An insight into the Portuguese sector of aromatic and medicinal plants

Rodrigues, M.A.; Afonso, Sandra; Ferreira, Isabel Q.; Arrobas, Margarida

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An insight into the Portuguese sector of aromatic and medicinal plants

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dc.contributor.author	Rodrigues, M.A.
dc.contributor.author	Afonso, Sandra
dc.contributor.author	Ferreira, Isabel Q.
dc.contributor.author	Arrobas, Margarida
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-06T12:19:11Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-06T12:19:11Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description.abstract	In recent years in Portugal, many new farmers began to settle in the medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) sector. They are mostly young, highly educated, though not always in agronomy. Almost all adopted organic farming practices and put soil screen for protection against weeds. In this work, we provide a diagnosis of the situation of the new producers and give up a guideline to mitigate the situation that has arisen. Shortly after installation, virtually all producers are experiencing great difficulties, because they cannot fertilize their plants and the biomass they produce is very low. The application of solid fertilizer and organic amendments is not possible due to soil screen. They have appeared on the market liquid organic fertilizer which can be used in fertigation, but their costs are prohibitive. Studies for three years with verbena, lemon balm and peppermint have shown that these fertilization solutions give tenuous productivity increases, revealing the plants deep symptoms of nitrogen deficiency very quickly. In the future seems to be no alternative to the removal of the screen and to the introduction into the system of a livestock component or legumes with ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some legumes can be grown during the winter in an asynchronous cycle with the main MAP grown in Portugal. However, these cropping technologies have not yet been tested in Portugal, which can leave the producers vulnerable to error.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Rodrigues, M.A.; Afonso, Sandra; Ferreira, Isabel Q.; Arrobas, Margarida (2016). An insight into the Portuguese sector of aromatic and medicinal plants. In I International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions. Bragança: Instituto Politécnico. ISBN 978‐972‐745‐214‐9	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978‐972‐745‐214‐9
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/15573
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Medicinal plants	pt_PT
dc.title	An insight into the Portuguese sector of aromatic and medicinal plants	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage	192	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	I International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions	pt_PT
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person.givenName	Manuel Ângelo
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