Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 27.7. 2011

Ecological food production in Europe and in world

The biggest share of areas in ecological regime belongs in Europe to Austria and Liechtenstein; in the world then the Falkland islands. Of the EU member state, Austria approaches the most to already many years ago prepared aim - 20 percents of share of ecologically farmed land - with 19,4 % areas (including mountain meadows). The biggest share in Europe is shown by Liechtenstein with 26.87 percents; in the world then the Falkland islands with 35.68 percents. The EU average moves about 4.8 percents of agricultural land and the all-European average (including Turkey) amounts only to 1.9 percents.

Government approved amendment on sale of state land to EU citizen

The government has approved a draft amendment which will enable a sale of state agricultural land only to citizens of member states of the European Union and countries of European Economic Area. The ban of land sale to foreigners was negotiated by the Czech Republic at accession in the EU seven years ago; this exception stopped to hold at the beginning of May. According to the Ministry of Agriculture (MZe) the amendment should secure a sale of agricultural land to farmers who have already farmed on it. The condition will be so that the field area would amount at least to ten hectares and farmers have managed it at least for 36 months. The aim of the proposal is also to unify conditions for transfers of agricultural land to agricultural entrepreneurs and prevent a preferential acquisition of land by persons who do not operate agricultural production.

Traditional slivovitz Rudolf Jelínek will no more be from Vizovice, but from Netherlands. Firm changes seat

A liqueur plant Rudolf Jelínek will follow huge groups like PPF, NWR or Zentiva and medium sized firms like for example a producer of health bed Linet. The biggest inland producer of fruit spirits, Rudolf Jelínek from Vizovice, will move the seat of parent company of the whole holding, the company R. Jelinek Group, in the Netherland. Today´s daily E15 informs on it. According to a vice-chairman of the managing board and one of the liqueur plant investors Mojmír Chromý, one of the reasons is protection of investments. The production of famous slivovitz itself remains in Vizovice.

Agricultural Union of CR disagree with stopping of administration of applications for building of bio-gas stations in framework of Rural Development Programme

Last week, the Ministry of Agriculture of the CR stopped the administration of applications for building of bio-gas stations in the framework of Rural Development Programme. This step was substantiated by reflecting of further development in the area of renewable energy resources in the framework f the European Union and at the same time with it connected contexts on the field of agri-food production. Other reason should be also a saving of financial means. The Agricultural Union disagree with the stopping of administration of applications for building of bio-gas stations in the framework of Rural Development Programme and refuses the above mentioned arguments.