Agriculture

The cultivation of cannabis for medicinal purposes in Portugal has bloomed in recent years with 20 licenses to farm the plant issued in 2022 and 27 licenses for export granted in the same year. [...]

The President of PortugalFoods, Amândio Santos has admitted that Portugal’s food industry, has no choice but to increase prices if it is to remain viable. But he says all players in the food [...]

The price of agricultural produce in Portugal will continue to rise even if inflation stops according to the Confederation of Portuguese Farmers (CAP). The confederation’s president Eduardo [...]

With inflation pushing up the average supermarket shop to 15% since the pandemic, one innovative and sustainable startup – Raiz – has a sustainable answer: vertical farming. Text: Chris Graeme [...]

Shaping Up-Making a difference in the Algarve In light of the European Commission’s recent political agreement reached through the European Parliament and Council, the new Common Agricultural [...]

A combination of extreme drought and the heat wave could seriously affect wine production in Portugal. In the Upper Douro grapes are already showing signs of stress because of a lack of water and [...]

The Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture says it will double the national production of cereals from 18% to 38% to offset dependence on supplies from Ukraine and Russia. The minster Maria do Céu [...]

The old English expression used when conflating one issue with another that isn’t relevant “what’s the price of eggs got to do with it” has just taken on a whole new meaning. One of Portugal’s [...]

A Norwegian group is to invest €80 million in the port town of Sines, near Setúbal on a fish nursery to raise Norwegian cod and salmon. The project involves the setting up of two fish farms on a [...]

A Portuguese winery in the Alentejo region of the country has tried something it believes might be a first…in Portugal at least. Casa Relvas, based at São Miguel de Machede, in Redondo, a family [...]