Petition to save Costa Vicentina natural park from ‘uncontrollable intensive agriculture’ enters parliament
Juntos pelo Sudoeste, a group of citizens determined to save the west’s Vicentina coast from the “uncontrolled advance of intensive agriculture” has today delivered a petition into parliament of almost
2019 sees “special evidence” in Portugal of devastating chestnut fungus
A devastating chestnut fungus, which affects chestnuts even after they have been harvested from the trees, is cutting a swathe through the Minho region and could, if not checked, “decimate
Lack of water in Sado river threatens Alentejo rice production
Lack of water in the Sado river is threatening the production of rice in the Alentejo – one of Portugal’s oldest rice-producing areas. Farmers are caught between a rock and
Stink bug alert warns Portugal of new scourge for agriculture
Investigators are sounding the alert over a new bug that threatens over 300 plant species, many of them agricultural crops. Halyomorpha halys – or the Brown marmorated stink bug –
Hundreds of birds killed by ‘intensive olive picking’ in the Alentejo
Hundreds of small birds are being slaughtered by mechanical ‘olive harvesting’ that takes place at night in the Alentejo. Conservationists at Quercus, the country’s oldest environmental NGO, are demanding the
Minister of Agriculture appeals to Brussels to reduce Portugal’s €143 million ‘fine’
Agriculture minister Assunção Cristas did her utmost in Brussels yesterday to get the EC to reduce the whopping €143 million which it says Portugal must pay back due to “irregularities”
Brussels gives Portugal €12.56 million “slap on the wrist”
Portugal has to repay €12.56 million worth of community funding that was “incorrectly used” in the agricultural sector, the European Commission has revealed. The bulk of the money has to
Fifty thousand leave agriculture
Never have there been as few farmers working in the agricultural sector as there were last year. According to new data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), 50,000 farmers and
The route of cork
By Sue Hall
Portugal has fifth most profitable agriculture sector
Portugal has ranked fifth for agricultural production in the European Union in 2012, according to Eurostat. The report also estimates that income for farmers in 2012 has risen in 16