Loading ...Brasov (central Romania) was the host recently of the launch of the National Office for Traditional and Ecological Romanian Products (ONPTER).
The Office has representatives in six of the country’s counties, respectively in Iasi, Galati (eastern), Arges (south), Timis, Bihor (west), Alba (central) covering the entire country territory, working with the small and medium-sized producers, keep in touch with processors and operators and collect such applications for the certification of the products.
The Office has representatives in six of the country’s counties, respectively in Iasi, Galati (eastern), Arges (south), Timis, Bihor (west), Alba (central) covering the entire country territory, working with the small and medium-sized producers, keep in touch with processors and operators and collect such applications for the certification of the products.
Gheorghe Albu, Secretary of State with the Ministry of Agriculture, stated that the Minister initiated a Government resolution saying the ecological products should be supported through a programme to be compatible with the European market, where 50 percent of such expenditures with the certification of traditional and ecological products are supported from the budget of the Ministry.
Moreover, there will also be granted 425 lei for a hectare of vegetal culture ecologically certified, 700 lei for a hectare of vineyard ecologically certified, but with the surface not to exceed 20 hectares, and 75 lei for a family of honey bees ecologically certified.
The source also explained that “the objectives for the future of the Ministry of Agriculture in this sector will be well managed, due to the implication in this project to promote this sector by organizing national and international fairs, exhibitions and caravans nationwide, to promote as much as possible these products.”
The source also explained that “the objectives for the future of the Ministry of Agriculture in this sector will be well managed, due to the implication in this project to promote this sector by organizing national and international fairs, exhibitions and caravans nationwide, to promote as much as possible these products.”
There are currently 1,800 such traditional and ecological products attested in Romania and 3,800 operators in the ecological sector. Romania imported in 2007 such ecological products worth 3 million lei and exported in the same interval 87 tonnes of ecological and traditional products worth 68 million euros in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece and France.
Among the certified traditional-ecological products are the potato bread, the cheese wrapped in fir tree bark, the smoke-dried trout, the Plescoi sausages, the plum jam, the forest fruits and others.
Among the certified traditional-ecological products are the potato bread, the cheese wrapped in fir tree bark, the smoke-dried trout, the Plescoi sausages, the plum jam, the forest fruits and others.
“According to the statistics, from 200 to 2007, such ecologically certified cultures increase in surface by almost ten times, with the number of ecologically certified animals having increased in
2007 as against 2000 by 16 times, Gheorghe Albu showed. The distribution network of the ecological and traditional products started even at the gate of the factory, continues in stores and also in the detachable markets, the Minister of Agriculture added.
2007 as against 2000 by 16 times, Gheorghe Albu showed. The distribution network of the ecological and traditional products started even at the gate of the factory, continues in stores and also in the detachable markets, the Minister of Agriculture added.
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