InPP met with the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was present at the meeting with the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries that took place last Monday, July 22, at the BejaParque Hotel in Beja.

The aim of the meeting, which included MPs from the PSD, PS, Chega and PCP constituencies, was to listen to the players in the field, such as local authorities, associations, companies and other entities in the agricultural sector, to get to know the reality of agriculture and livestock farming in this region up close, and to find out about the successes, potential and constraints in the area.

Representing associations and companies in the agricultural sector were the Associação dos Regantes, Associação dos Criadores do Porco Alentejano, Associação de Agricultores do Campo Branco, Associação dos Jovens Agricultores de Moura, Cooperativa Agrícola de Moura e Barrancos, João Portugal Ramos, Lusomorango, Olivum, Pepe Aromas Lda, Portugal Nuts, Cooperativa Agrícola de Beja e Brinches and Associação de Agricultores do Sul (ACOS) and Almiberia Lda.

Problems related to the use of water resources in Alqueva and the revitalization of the Alentejo cork oak forest were some of the concerns presented by the sector to the Assembly of the Republic's Agriculture Committee, which visited the Baixo Alentejo district.

The meeting took place as part of a working visit to the Alentejo region from July 21 to 23.