Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 12.2.2008

Lesy CR has tenders for forestry works solved from 98 percents

The state enterprise Lesy of the Czech Republic (LCR) has tenders for forestry works for years 2008 to 2010 solved from 98 percents. Meanwhile, conclusion of contracts is not solved in last four units from 257 selective proceedings. LCR will secure works at these areas by means of option with the present partners. CTK was told today by a spokesman of LCR, Radek Drahný. The total value of tenders is about 11 billion crowns.

Entrepreneurs managing in forests have disposable expert advisers

Entrepreneurs in agriculture and persons managing in forests can ask for subsidies for use of services of an agricultural advisory system. As a spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture Petr Vorlíček informed today, they are a part of Rules which set conditions for providing of subsidies for projects of the Rural Development Plan of CR for period 2007 - 2013 (further only Rules) for measure Use of Advisory Services approved by the minister Petr Gandalovič on the 5th February this year.

TECHAGRO and comp. will be the biggest in it s history this year

The tenth international fair of agricultural engineering TECHAGRO, the ninth international forestry and hunting fair SILVA REGINA will take place from the 6th to 10th of April 2008 in Brno and they will be again record. Martina Kremlová, a spokeswoman of fairground in Brno insists on it at least. “After a success of last year, which has been the biggest in its history till this time, organizers can with pleasure state that an imaginary magic border of statistics of 2006 has been exceeded”, Kremlová stated.

Gandalovič: Tradition of hop growing is in our interest

In 2007 Czech hop growers used a financial support in a total height 68,6 million crowns. Other means hop growers will draw from the Rural Development Plan in frame of the measure I.1.1.1. of an intention b) buildings and technologies for plant production. In frame of the first round 14 projects were submitted and all succeeded. In total 15,9 mil. CZK will be distributed among them. The Minister of Agriculture Petr Gandalovič said it in frame of its presentation at a Hop-growing congress which takes place at the hotel Praha in Prague - Dejvice today.