Agriculture proposed a new regulation banana trees.

In the meeting with the sector, It presents the OPP and the OPA draft amendment to the decree that regulates.

It is a participatory document should analyze both the producer organizations and agricultural and make contributions.

The Minister of Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero; Deputy Minister of Primary Sector, Abel Morales; and the Director General of Agriculture, César Martín, They held a meeting with the Banana Producers Organizations (UP) and Agricultural Organisations (OPA) in which the modification of two decrees addressed: which it regulates OPP and assigning the reference quantities of banana producers.

Thus, and after several months of work, the Ministry of Agriculture advancing changes announced legislation that would modify to suit the current situation of the sector and to European requirements. During the working meeting, documents are now available to OPAS were analyzed and OPP “for, among all, develop a standard that will foster an improvement in the competitiveness of a sector facing difficult challenges of the future”, Quintero said.

In particular, the draft decree proposed that the recognition of producer organizations is regulated repeal the approved 2002, among other issues, the need to adapt to the changes that the EU has introduced in the conditions for setting up the OPP, changes that have already entered into force and requiring a comprehensive regulation. Now, will be the banana trees themselves who propose the conditions for the establishment of such organizations, always in accordance with the new European regulations.

In this sense, the Minister of agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water of the Canary Government stated that the intention is “concentrate supply so that we can be more competitive in an increasingly globalized market”.

On the other hand, among the most important issues contained in the preliminary draft decree reference quantities of banana producers they are regulated is promoting generational change, one of the objectives it has set the Department.

In this case, Priority will be given to young people when awarding the reserve fund, so that will have a higher score than the other applicants. “We wanted, in line with other aid content, facilitate access to those quotas to young farmers who are farmers principally or those who have viable plans to settle in and do this activity”, He remarked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water during the meeting.

Now, joint work between the Ministry, OPA OPP and determine what the regulation is approved definitively in both decrees.