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Seed splurge
THE Balearic government, at the proposal of the Institute of Research and Training for Agrofood and Fisheries of the Balearic Islands (IRFAP) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment, has authorised expenditure of €665,000 to buy certified seeds of cereals and legumes of conventional and organic cultivation for the 20232024 season. These are wheat, oat, barley, triticale, pea and fava beans.
IRFAP, formerly SEMILLA, has run different programmes in recent years to promote the use of certified cereal and leguminous seeds. The use of certified seed implies a number of advantages for farmers such as the guarantees of the seeds in terms of specific purity, purity of the variety, high degree of germination, homo
Jo Pugh
THE mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, attended the delivery of three new vehicles for the Civil Protection volunteer teams at the Son Malferit Fire Station on Monday, August 7.
Llabrés confirmed the commitment of the new government team "to the Civil Protection volunteers of Palma", and highlighted the need to geneity, healthcare, the traceability of genetic material and the guarantee of official labelling, among others. All this contributes to the maintenance of crops in the Balearic Islands and to the public values associated with agricultural activity, such as the fight against climate change and CO2 retention.
