Government of Portugal opens notice of 40 million euros to support the wine sector

The wine sector can apply for a support fund for the transformation and marketing of agricultural products, endowed with 40 million euros, announced today the Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes. “Since 2018, we have not had any open notice as we have now, for investment in the transformation and marketing of agricultural products. We have a new open notice with 40 million endowments in which wine, for the first time since 2018, can compete”, said the minister today, on a visit to Adega de Cantanhede, district of Coimbra. The government official said she hopes that the initiative will help the sector to reach the established goal of being able to “reach one billion euros in exports in 2023”. “Let's get it. Despite all the setbacks we have felt in this almost a year and a half of pandemic, we truly managed to continue to increase our exports”, he stressed. The minister took advantage of the moment to announce that the “Vitis” program, for the conversion of the vineyard ...