EDIA releases Alqueva Agricultural Yearbook

The Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company (EDIA) reveals that the Alqueva Agricultural Yearbook 2023 is now available.

In a statement, EDIA says it is “a document that allows a complete view of the area covered by the Alqueva Multi-Purpose Development (EFMA), detailing the cultural occupation, the economic profitability of the different cultures and the trends in the national and International”.

The same source emphasizes that “data on existing and potential production systems in Alqueva, presented in a clear and comprehensive way, helps in choosing more sustainable crops and in formulating more efficient marketing strategies”.

“With an area of ​​130 thousand hectares of infrastructured irrigation and an average adherence rate of 98%, EFMA is a structuring and mobilizing instrument for a diverse set of activities, supported by an integrated development process”, he states.

The Alqueva Agricultural Yearbook of 2023, which is in its ninth edition, results from the collection of information about different crops, from experts, producers in the region, information from documents, articles and other bibliography published and made available by the various entities in the sector, as well as data and information from the National Statistics Institute (INE), the Planning and Policy Office (GPP) and other institutions linked to the Ministry of Agriculture.

The 2023 Alqueva Agricultural Yearbook can be consulted on the EDIA website.