As part of its General Assembly get together , AREFLH ( the Assembly of Horticultural Regions ) devise a public league in Central Macedonia to discuss the change underway in Europe regarding the CAP and the newfangled strategic apparent horizon for the agrarian sphere .
From go forth to right , François Lafitte ( President of APFeLSO ) , Richard Schouten ( Director of DPA ) , Cristian Maretti ( Vice - President of Gruppo VI.VA ) , Elli Tisforou ( President of the Cooperative Coordination Committee at COGECA ) , Christos Giannakakis ( Vice - President of the National Union of Agrarian Cooperatives of Greece ) and Simona Caselli ( President of AREFLH ) .
Three representatives from the host part opened the event . Georgios Kefalas , Vice - Governor , and Bane Prelevic , Vice - Governor for External Relations , spoke of the " need for exchange and treatment to build the time to come of the sector in our regions . " Katerina Zografou , Vice - Governor of the regional unit of Chalkidiki , stressed that in this troubled context , " organization like AREFLH are more important than ever to enable farmers to speak with one voice with the European institutions . "

The first part of the conference was devoted to the challenge front European manufacturer . Luc Berlottier from the European Commission ’s DG AGRI also presented a progress paper on sectoral interposition in the yield and vegetable sector . He highlighted the trend towards a expectant density of European production in a decreasing number of producer organizations .
His intervention initiated a discussion with the participant to clarify and better understand the Commission ’s berth . The first rung tabular array , lie in of six European expert in agricultural yield , limn the background to the strategic dialogue launched by the Commission : the forthcoming election , protests across Europe , mood change , and young market regulations . The speakers emphasized the need for transition periods for Fannie Merritt Farmer , as well as naturalistic policies on the part of the relevant asylum .
verbalizer also called on the sector to be proactive in the face of clime modification , pointing out that the changes in society ’s mental attitude to food for thought and the sustainability of solid food products can not be ignored .
The 2nd major theme of the public conference , held on the eve of International Water Day ( 22 March ) , was the management of this full of life resource . The speakers presented their current labor and action to conserve water in European territory .
The example of the region of Valencia ( Spain ) and Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes ( France ) detailed their living for producers in their efforts to expend body of water meagrely , thanks to irrigation robotics and constant tending to farmers ' need . Simona Caselli , President of AREFLH , declared that " we require to project the use of piss and invest in the modernization of substructure as well as in operating programs . " The subject will be taken up again in the coming AREFLH water working group .
Simona Caselli end the day , with the next Annual General Meeting to be have in March 2025 in the Spanish region of Valencia .
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