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Milk producers are going through a “very difficult time”, with “unbearable losses”, given the increase in production costs, a situation that will be. ....
Farmers ask for increase in water quota The president of ACOS - Agricultores do Sul, from Beja, have drawn attention to “the need to increase the availability of water” in Alqueva for agriculture, stating that the current quota “is manifestly insufficient . The current quota available for agricultural activity at the Alqueva Multi-Purpose Enterprise (EFMA) is manifestly insufficient to accommodate the expansion of the irrigated area currently under development, said Rui Garrido. According to Rui Garrido, it is estimated that “the irrigation in Alqueva will benefit around 200 thousand hectares in the near future”, which, according to the quota currently available, “means an irrigation endowment of less than 3,000 cubic meters [water] per hectare”. ....