This year, GESBA has been providing a manual pollination service for cherimoya (Custard Apple/Anona), in conjunction with technicians from the Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Development. This service has a unit cost of 3 euros per tree, to which VAT is added. According to the Regional Government, the measure…
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PANÂ has expressed its “deep concern” with the lack of Municipal Climate Action Plans by the municipalities of the Region, which “reflects that none of them has any strategy or roadmap for carbon neutrality.” According to the party, the absence of these instruments “demonstrates a serious lack of planning and…
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…
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).
16.3.2024 We met in the Gallery and saw “Eco-anxiety to Climate Optimism” Lyn Stoler spoke about Eco-Anxiety and how to combat it. Some of the numbers she came up sounded unreal. Maybe we should rather use the term “sustainability”. Two of our members already practise this in their B &…