Apple snail in the Ebro Delta: Summoned aid to saponins

Published 2020년 6월 1일

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The Catalan Department of Agriculture (DARP) has introduced a new aid package for rice farmers to help cover the costs of purchasing saponins, a crucial ingredient in the control of apple snails. This initiative is part of a larger plan by the Technical Commission to combat the apple snail infestation in the Ebro Delta, utilizing a budget of € 5,000,000 over five years. The aid will cover 33% of the saponin purchase costs for farmers between April 17 and November 13, 2020, totaling € 120,000. The aim is to reduce apple snail populations, prevent new infestations, and eradicate the pest, as seen in the rice area of Pals, which was declared apple snail-free at the end of 2019.

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The Catalan Department of Agriculture (DARP) has just announced a new line of aid for rice farmers aimed at subsidizing saponins, the most effective method for controlling apple snails. In order to reach a consensus with the sector on the set of actions to be carried out against this plague, the Sectorial Technical Commission for Monitoring the Apple Snail in the Ebro Delta was created. Coordinated by the DARP, the Department of Territory and Sustainability, the Park Natural, the Irrigation Communities, the Professional Agricultural Organizations, the Federation of Cooperatives, the Grouping of Plant Defense, the environmental entities, Catalan Forest and the IRTA. This Technical Commission met on April 30 and agreed on the 2020 actions to combat apple conch within the framework of the Ad hoc Group, created and subsidized in the framework of the operation "Conservation of biodiversity and fight against invasive species in the Ebro Delta “included in the Rural Development Program ...

Source: Agrodigital