In 2024, Spain will reduce its garlic surface area, but France and Italy will not

Published 2024년 3월 15일

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The garlic contact group, which includes officials from France, Italy, and Spain, has agreed to a proposal to authorize phytosanitary products on a zonal basis, rather than by individual Member State. This move is expected to increase the availability of these products for garlic cultivation. The proposal will now be forwarded to the Joint Committee for approval. Additionally, the group discussed this year's garlic crop forecasts, predicting a significant reduction in Spain's crop area, while France and Italy's areas are expected to remain stable.

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The garlic contact group, made up of officials from the sectors of France, Italy and Spain, as well as their respective administrations, met yesterday in Rovigo, Italy, and has adopted the proposal put forward by the National Association of Producers and Marketers of Ajo, ANPCA and FEPEX so that the authorizations of phytosanitary products are carried out on a zonal basis and not by Member State in order to have greater availability of phytosanitary products. After carrying out an exhaustive comparative analysis of the availability of phytosanitary products for the cultivation of garlic in different countries and given the lack of availability of phytosanitary products for cultivation tasks and the difficulty in approving new products, ANPCA and FEPEX have proposed that the authorizations of new products be carried out on a zonal basis, not by Member State. In this way, when a product is authorized, for example, in Spain, it will automatically be authorized in all the countries of ...

Source: Agrodigital