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a benchmark in terms of supply and services,” she said.

The intention of the current municipal government team is to be able to reach agreements with those responsible for the Son Bonet airport since, together with the sports facilities, the space has “many other interests for the residents such as the uses of the adjacent land,” said Torres.

THE number of hectares dedicated to the cultivation of organic chickpeas was reduced by 43 per cent in 2023. The figure raised the alarm among the sector which warned of the ‘decline’ of the cultivation of this product.

The Association of Ecological Agricultural Production of Mallorca (APAEMA) and the Association of Local Varieties have shown their concern about this decrease, which they explain is due to climate change.

“The rainfall and temperature regime has changed and the agricultures that are dedicated to this crop have had very bad harvests for some years, which has caused either that it cannot be harvested, or that not even the seed sown grows,” explained Miquel Coll, president from APAEMA .

With this situation, it has been the producers themselves who have shown seven have chickpeas to sell. “It no longer pays to plant Mallorcan chickpeas, since the uncertainty of whether or not they can be sold means that some even lose money,” Coll said.