Agroaldea
THE AGREEMENTS WILL BE FIXED THROUGH A MINISTERIAL ORDER.
The agreement was adopted at a meeting held in recent days in Madrid, the Director General of Agriculture, Good Sunday, and representatives of the Plant Health area of the Ministry of the Environment, The last chapter of the manual is dedicated to the collection of the product;
the National Agrarian Insurance Entity (Enes); Agroseguro; the Federation of Exporters of Horticultural Products (Fedex); and the Association of Harvesters and Exporters (Vinegar).
The measures agreed upon at this meeting in relation to tomato insurance, They will be reflected in a ministerial order in which the characteristics of the collective insurance of this crop specific to the Canary Islands will be redefined..
Said order determines that the insurance for tomato cultivation for the campaign 2010-2011 will include coverage of damages caused by Tuta ABSOLUTA for those farms that suffer damage, even complying with all the control measures for this pest. In this case, The disease acquires the status of “non-controllable” for the farmer and the insurance covers the expenses derived from the lifting or replacement of the crop of the affected insured productions that meet these requirements..
Productions obtained from abandoned greenhouses will be excluded from insurance coverage., intended for self-consumption and plantations carried out after 31 January.
The managing director of the Agricultural Cooperative of La Aldea de San Nicolás, COAGRISÁN, Jacinto Godoy, present at the meeting, was very satisfied with the introduction of this coverage, which according to what he stated, constitutes protection for the crop, and is the result of the joint effort of farmers and the Ministry.
Among the measures established in the standard to benefit from this coverage, Highlights include the installation in band and ridge mesh greenhouses with a minimum density of 6×9 threads per square centimeter, the use of chromatic traps between both doors, the repair of all breaks or holes that the meshes may present and the care of the surroundings of the plot, which must always be kept clean of weeds and crop remains.
The importance of carrying out biological control is emphasized, chemical and biotechnological control of the pest using specific chemical products for its treatment and sexual pheromone traps for monitoring.
At the meeting it was agreed to update the replacement and lifting costs, that will happen from 24.000 euros per hectare in the campaign 2009-2010 to 25.500 euros per hectare for next year.
In addition, as a novelty, Marketing entities will have the option to choose the insurance coverage period, up to the 30 April or 30 may; and since these are group insurances, the producers with the highest risk of accident will be the ones who will face the greatest proportion of the premium payment..
It has also been decided to develop a damage assessment protocol adapted to modern cultivation methods., for which a working group composed of technicians from the sector will be created, of Agroseguro and the Ministry of Agriculture, and the yield calculation criteria of each producing organization will be reviewed, including the computation of lost production at the plot level.