“Portugal has not invested in agriculture or taken advantage of funds in this area”
José Manuel Fernandes considers that “Portugal does not have apostate agriculture nor does it use European funds properly in this area. The Government does not give understanding, territorial importance and food sovereignty. Portugal has the obligation and conditions to reduce the agri-food deficit, which corresponds annually to around 370 million euros. It should be noted that with the governor of António Costa this deficit has increased. Portugal has more than 8600 million euros for agriculture for the period 2021/2027 that it has to use well.”
José Manuel Fers the role of the agricultural union and that are considered important for the development of the economic and economic union of the sector are considered important for the development of the economic initiative, rural productivity and cooperatives. Management is necessary and also promotes the maintenance of water cleanliness and ensures the efficiency of irrigation.”
Recall countries, EC Spain from Denmark, first package of CAP strategic plans for seven weeks, Finland, France and Portugal. The EPP Coordinator highlighted that this is a step towards the implementation of the new common agriculture, an important Commission starting on 1 2023. The new CAP is designed to shape the transition to a more sustainable, resilient and modern European agricultural sector” . The European representative also detailed that “the funding distributed more equitably to small and medium-sized farms, as well as to young young people. In addition, the products will encourage new ecological innovations, from precision agriculture to agrological production methods.” In addition, concrete actions and other actions “the new CAP can constitute a cornerstone of food security and agricultural communities in the European Union”.
“In the real moment of agriculture, it became very clear the importance of starting a strong and solid support to our sector that faces a difficult situation, marked by the sharp increase in costs due to drought and war in Europe. This new PAC solution guarantees the stability of agricultural resources and long-term food security”, emphasizes José Manuel Fernandes.
Just this week, PSD deputies announced that they will propose in Parliament (EP) the creation of a European strategy for issues related to drought and European fires. The announcement was made by José Manuel Fernandes: “The PSD deputies will propose a debate in plenary in the EP, with a resolution, so that the issue of fires and also drought is seen in European terms, a European strategy for it, but after each one (countries) does its part, do its job”. At the time, the MEP also asked the Government to have achieved “non-imputability”, discarding responsibilities in relation to the fire in Serra da Estrela.
In another context, the Common Agricultural Policy will receive funding of 270 billion euros for the period 2023-2027. The seven plans, approved on 31 August, represent a budget of more than 120 million euros, including more than 34 million euros exclusively aimed at meeting environmental and climate objectives and ecological regimes. This can be used to facilitate dissemination and facilitate land management to improve water management and grassland quality. The CAP can also promote afforestation, fire prevention and forest restoration. Farmers participating in ecological schemes are rewarded, particularly in the case of protection against pesticides and limiting the use of soil-specific schemes.