The problems faced by the 14 commander villages and their winegrowers, were the subject of a site visit by members of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, with its Chairman, Yiannakis Gavriel, assuring that every effort will be made to resolve them.
As Mr. Gabriel, "a serious problem arises, since after two years of implementation of the measure for green rice, we have been informed that the Ministry of Agriculture will not proceed for the third year, while other problems have also arisen concerning the organization, distribution and promotion of the product."
In order to promote the product, he continued, the Commission asked a representative of the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, who was present at today's meeting, to immediately place kumantaria stands in the seven Christmas villages, which have already started operating for the festive season.
As a second measure, he added, "we will request an immediate meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, after a note has been prepared with the five most important issues facing the commandery villages, and at the same time, we will proceed to support the creation of a winery group of producers so that they can have their own private benefits, as a form of mini cooperativism."
The latter, he said, would be a good practice to avoid any exploitation of producers by wine companies "who have not received grapes for the last two years, which is why the Ministry went ahead with green harvesting and now there is an issue as to whether or not they will cultivate their vines this year."
Finally, he said that the production of coumadaria is a separate issue from the rest of the wine production, as it is PDO, which limits the production of quantities per quintal.
Source: CNA
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