Spanish Board promotes the consumption of Andalusian lamb for Christmas

Published 2022년 12월 22일

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The Minister of Agriculture, Carmen Crespo, has approved a campaign to promote the consumption of Andalusian lamb for Christmas, highlighting its quality and the importance of the sheep sector to Andalusia's economy, social fabric, and environment. The sector, which accounts for 11% of Livestock in Andalusia and 6% of Spain's production, employs 2 million people and exports to France, Germany, and Arabia Saudi Arabia. The Minister has also mentioned the detection of sheep and goat pox in some areas but emphasized that most areas have now received commercialization freedom. The Ministry has launched aid lines for farmers to help with drought effects.

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has given the go-ahead to the campaign launched by the Ministry to promote the consumption of Andalusian lamb this Christmas. Crespo has valued the importance of a sector, such as sheep, which has experienced difficult times as a result of the rise in production costs, the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the drought. Without forgetting the detection of outbreaks of sheep and goat pox (VOC) in the provinces of Granada and Almería, but which already have, since last day 14, commercialization freedom in most areas after having complied with the preventive restrictions of rigor. The campaign consists of the dissemination of a video, as agreed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development with the Andalusian sheep sector, in which the quality of Andalusian lamb meat is highlighted and its consumption is encouraged ahead of the Christmas holidays. The Minister stressed ...

Source: EComercio Agrario