The University of Madeira (UMa) yesterday presented a project for the candidacy of Madeira wine to Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, focusing on the cultural and social practices associated with its production and commercialisation since the eighteenth century. “This is what we intend to inscribe on the representative list of…
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The Municipal Inspection services of the Funchal City Council were, today, in Rua de Santa Maria Maior where they removed equipment, tables, and chairs that were improperly occupying public areas in this historic street. According to a statement, this action took place after the municipality had notified all merchants on…
The Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM), as part of the harvest itinerary initiative, has already passed through Caniçal, in the municipality of Machico, São Jorge, in the municipality of Santana, Seixal, in the municipality of Porto Moniz, Câmara de Lobos, and Porto Santo. In this context,…
A team from the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM) is in Porto Santo monitoring the 2024 harvest campaign and, according to data 12 tonnes of grapes have been harvested, mostly from the caracol and striprão varieties. Tiago Freitas, President of IVBAM, notes, the good phytosanitary status…
Pedro Lima, President of the Association of Cider Producers Madeira, in an interview with Radio JM-FM, reports that cider production could drop by more than 50% due to the high temperatures affecting the pears’ maturation. “We have a production much lower than last year, with very little fruit,” stated the…
Restaurant owners located in the Old Town were surprised today with the removal, of tables, chairs, and parasols from the terraces by officers from the inspection service.
In the first quarter of 2024, Missão Continente donated more than 320 thousand euros in food and non-food surpluses to 36 social solidarity and animal support institutions in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
Demand for olive oil has been globalising since the pandemic while production is suffering the negative impact of climate change, making it necessary to produce more and more sustainably, according to the International Olive Council (IOC).
The price of milk rose by two cents for consumers between January and March, reaching 0.86 euros per litre, but the amount paid to farmers fell. According to data from the Price Observatory, between the 1st of January and the 25th of March, the price of a litre of semi-skimmed…
The Centre for Sociocultural and Agroforestry Development and Innovation (CDISA), has defended the need to prepare and implement an Integrated Agroforestry Development Plan for Jardim da Serra, which should be extended to the remaining highlands of the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos.
A major inspection operation took place this morning in the Machico area
he Association of Producers of the Island of Porto Santo (APIPS), and the Association of Young Farmers of Madeira and Porto Santo (AJAMPS),
The Madeira Food Bank Bag Campaign will take place on the 25th and 26th of May in the region's supermarkets.
The Regional Directorate of Agriculture, through its services, is creating experimental seed fields in Santana, to mitigate and study the consequences of Climate Change on some crops, according to a recent press statement.
On Tuesday the 14th, between 09:00 and 14:00 the Savoy Signature will host their 'Open Recruitment Day,' at the Savoy Palace hotel, in Funchal.
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