Alqueva: Water used for irrigation without authorization in “6.500 hectares”.
The associations Zero and Almargem refer in a statement that “an area larger than the size of the city of Porto, essentially in the municipalities [Alentejanos] Beja, Évora and Serpa, is using public waters from the Alqueva dam without authorization, in many cases for several years now”.
Museum of Light: Exhibition “Higher the water” by António Cunha, in Olivença.
The temporary exhibition at the Museu da Luz “Higher the water: the Guadiana and the new translation of the land” by photographer António Cunha, will be present at the Extremenho Ethnographic Museum – Gonzalez Santana, in Olivença, from the next day 25 May.
Agriculture: Minister defends intensive crops. “Not the evil of all sins”, justified.
The Minister of Agriculture was this Tuesday afternoon in Beja, attending the presentation of the Sustainable Alqueva Program (NOT), initiative promoted by the Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company (EDIA) and spoke to about a hundred people who were present at the PAS presentation.
Agriculture: Minister opens today presentation session of the “Sustainable Alqueva” program.
The presentation session will take place today, by 14:30, in the auditorium of edia, in Beja, and will be attended by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Maria do CĂ©u Antunes.
Alqueva: Inflation value indexed to the new water price.
The price of water in Alqueva will only increase according to the inflation rate. The guarantee is from Rui Garrido, President of the Federation of Associations of Farmers of Baixo Alentejo (Faabu), sure this is a “great news for watering holes”, as, over the table, there was a rise in tariffs greater than 80%, bail.