isUP-AgrO: Unlocking the Potential for Agricultural research on an EU Outmost region: boosting ISOPlexis Centre', coordinated by the University of Madeira, was recently approved by the European Union, under the Horizon Europe Programme, and will receive more than 1.4 million euros in funding.
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Rafaela Fernandes, the Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Environment, will preside over the delivery of 'bag-in-a-box' containers to cider producers in São Roque do Faial, tomorrow, the 5th of March
A training course, promoted by the Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the cultivation of the apple tree brought together 39 trainees, in Santo António da Serra.
February 2024 is expected to be the hottest February ever in the region since records began.
While underlining the importance of the farmer's aid package that was transferred by the IFAP; political party 'Madeira First' has defended a new system that is less bureaucratic and that can be accessed simply and easily so that aid guarantees can be applied easily without placing thousands of Madeiran families at risk.
The Funchal City Council, through the Department of Green Spaces and Climate Action / Division of Gardens and Urban Green Spaces (DJEVU), today reinvented the planting of the Infante Roundabout (Rotunda do Infante).
Marco Caldeira, Regional Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, visited Robert Kusch's Quinta Alegre farm, which is mainly dedicated to organic horticulture production.
The fundraiser began last year in the wake of the fires that devastated much of the island's north and west coast.
On the 3rd and 4th of February, the parish of Prazeres will host the VII Camellias Exhibition
The President of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation, IP-RAM (IFNC), Manuel Filipe, and the President of the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM), Tiago Freitas, carried out follow-up visits to winegrowers on the north coast of Madeira Island, as part of a damage limitation survey of their needs, taking into account the devastation caused by the October 2023 fires.
The Regional Government, through the Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development, held a workshop at the Farrobo Experimentation Centre, Porto Santo,
Farmers affected by the fires are now to receive fruit trees to help restore the productivity of the land.
The Regional Government has decided to allocate a total of 110 thousand euros to associations and cooperatives of cattle farmers in the municipalities of Ponta do Sol, Calheta, and Porto Moniz at the Extraordinary Government Council, which took place this morning.
The European Commission today included the "Madeira onion" in the Protected Designation of Origin category, highlighting the traditional production practices on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and the aroma of the bulb.
A landslide occurred in the Espigão area in Ribeira Brava today, scaring the local population.