
Farmers in Baixo Alentejo demand support measures to face the drought
FAABA: "the Government's action has not helped to mitigate these situations, since the policy measures are defined in a separate way"
FAABA: "the Government's action has not helped to mitigate these situations, since the policy measures are defined in a separate way"
“This year, the forecasts are terrible, because we already had a dry year before and a lot of fleet was lost”
Ministry is “working internally to understand what another level of support will be necessary” to adopt
Government created “a balance platform”
Technical data made it possible to sign the order declaring the state of drought, which makes it possible to “activate a set of measures within the scope of support for farmers”
Alerts and proposals are contained in an open letter to the Minister of Agriculture
At the Permanent Commission meeting, measures were taken or maintained for the southern region, Alentejo and Algarve
For the Algarve, measures were also decided to limit the use of water for agriculture, namely at the Odelouca dam
Water reserve at the Santa Clara dam, on which the entire region of Odemira depends, is at its lowest level ever
Government launched «pioneering project» to increase water availability in the impoverished lake in the municipality of Lagos
Municipality of Tavira took the opportunity to «disclose the perspectives, challenges and concerns of the Municipality»