Agriculture

The plan to catch wild boars infected with the African swine plague was reinforced this Sunday in the Collserola area of Barcelona, and it is not ruled out that another animal is found dead in the area.

At the same time, it calls for care, prudence and vigilance for all the agents of the Basque Country linked to the pig sector, which has killed six boars in Barcelona in two days.

In the Brazilian Amazon, large plantations havedisrupted the life of fruugiboric bats\ u00A0. It is an essential species for the conservation of native seeds and vegetation. Monoculture prevents bats from moving around the area, which makes it difficult to disperse the seeds. Every seed transported by bats contributes extraordinarily to the regeneration of trees, fruits, forests and savannas.

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EITB has been with Amaia Arriaga of Erlia Eggs Ekologikoak, who has 500 chickens and produces organic. Although they experienced a similar situation a few years ago, she is concerned about the stress that chickens will experience. She knows that the production of eggs will decline and hopes that the closure will be as short as possible.

The Department of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries will convene an urgent meeting with representatives of the sector and institutions in the coming days to monitor the situation.

The confinement has been ordered by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Spanish Government and has determined the area of special surveillance in Navarre, which comprises 12 municipalities. Neurri is preventive, but for a community with many farms it is not small, while in Álava the order affects six municipalities. 

Poultry from 12 municipalities in Navarre and 6 in Álava must be confined from today in the face of the rise of avian influenza in Europe. The Ministry of Agriculture calls for calm but insists that we must be prudent in preventing contagion and curbing the spread of the virus.

From 10 November, measures affecting domestic and breeding birds in specific risk and surveillance areas, which do not exist in the CSC but in Navarre, will enter into force. In any case, the authorities have called for careful and responsible action in the face of the virus from Europe in order to avoid the damage that contagion and the spread of the virus may cause.

On Friday, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia will meet with the livestock sector to report on these measures. However, they have sent a 'message of tranquillity' to the 'nearest fair', the Last Monday in Gernika on 27 October, where there are no cattle.

Contagious nodular dermatosis (DNK) has become an epidemic and is spreading widely among cows in France and Girona. Although it is not transmitted to humans, it can cause many head losses on farms. 

Counselor Amaia Barredo is in Mexico City accompanied by a delegation of 23 Basque wineries with the aim of opening new markets with the label of quality and excellence of Basque cuisine.

The Navarre Government has already authorized the felling of damaged trees and, after meeting with farmers, they have begun to explore the possibility of entering the fire extinguishment operations in a regulated manner and with the greatest guarantees. 

According to Javier Fatas, representative of the COAG Abeltzain eta Farmers Anternational Coordinator, this is a "catastrophic situation" in several parts of the state, with more than 350,000 hectares burned, especially in the west.

In addition to high temperatures, the risk of fire increases, and the risk increases if agricultural work is to be done, such as harvesting. In Álava, no fire prevention measures are ordered, butfarmers  take steps to prevent fires.