Candidate Cláudia Perestrelo has highlighted the need to enhance the government’s focus on agriculture, promoting the development of programmes to clear land and make it suitable for farming activities. Among the measures highlighted are pest control, including the use of rodenticides as well as the use of biological herbicides to…
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At the end of 2023, the Autonomous Region of Madeira had 12,202 farms and a Used Agricultural Area (UAA) of 4,702.9 hectares, of which 1 hectare corresponds to 100 ares or 10,000 m². These are the main conclusions of the Survey on the Structure of Agricultural Holdings 2023 (IEEA 2023),…
The PS-Madeira denounced this Sunday a significant reduction in the support that Madeiran farmers will receive this year under the ‘Single Request,’ known as ‘parcelar, ‘ which will fall from 400 to 100 euros per year. During a visit to the agricultural market of Santo da Serra, Paulo CafĂ´fo, President…
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“I really think that the archipelago of Madeira as a whole could be, in an innovative way, the biocultural heritage of humanity,” is what Professor Helena Freitas defended at the ‘Ecological Science and the Future of Agri-Food Systems Event.’ Her words were issued as a challenge to Madeira, asking it…