Portugal: Study highlights involvement of Sabugal farmers in chestnut production
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Portugal
Published Nov 13, 2021
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A study on the chestnut sector in the municipalities of Sabugal, Fundão and Covilhã, in Beira Interior, reveals that farmers in Sabugal, in the Guarda district, are “more involved in the production of chestnuts”, was announced today. The conclusion consists of a project on the life cycle and sustainability of chestnut production in the three municipalities of Beira Interior, which is being prepared by CATAA – Center for Technological Support for Agro-Food (Castelo Branco), under the scope of the “Cultivar” project which involves that entity, the University of Coimbra and the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco. “In Sabugal there is a lot of production [of nuts] while in Covilhã and Fundão there is not. This has to do with farmer involvement. Here, in Sabugal, farmers are much more involved in the production of nuts, while in Covilhã and Fundão they only go there to harvest and carry out very basic maintenance”, CATAA researcher Christophe Espírito Santo told the Lusa agency ...
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