A total of 56 organic farms in Mallorca have planted 2,424 fruit trees during the first two years of the 'Mallorca en Fruit' project. This initiative, promoted by Apaema and funded by the Mallorca Preservation Foundation, allows farmers to establish new plantations with minimal financial investment, while simultaneously strengthening the resilience of organic agriculture by prioritizing projects that use local varieties adapted to climate change. The main objective of the project "is to stimulate and promote fruit tree projects rather than simply focusing on the number of trees planted," explain sources at Apaema. The financial contributions are intended as a catalyst for launching productive activities that can ultimately expand. All of this is aimed at "recovering and ensuring a future for the production and marketing of local fruit, which is clearly in decline."

Se ObradorThe industrial kitchen managed by the Association of Organic Agricultural Production of Mallorca (Apaema), where all kinds of preserves and vegetable products are made, has gone from a difficult situation to increased production and customers in just one year. "We've grown in both members and production compared to last year," confirms Rosa Andreu, head of S'Obrador. Due to the increased production, the facilities "have become too small," Andreu explains. In fact, she admits that Apaema is considering expanding S'Obrador, although she clarifies that "nothing is concrete at the moment." "We know that at some point we'll have to increase its capacity, but we'll see when that happens," she insists.

Farmers, professionals, and organizations such as the GOB (National Agricultural Association), Unió de Pagesos (Union of Pagesos), and the organic producers' association Apaema (Apaema) have demanded that the government fundamentally amend the draft agrarian law because it "will disfigure the countryside" and have criticized the current wording as an initiative to promote urban and tourism uses that "will end up converting farms into hotels." They also regret that the law is not being used to "promote true food sovereignty and to seriously help make agricultural activity viable on the islands," according to spokespersons for these associations told ARA Baleares. There are some points of agreement among the organizations and professionals who have presented objections, particularly regarding criticism of the urban, tourist, and speculative orientation of the countryside, which instead focuses on improving food production, which "is the basis of any agricultural regulation." The environmentalists are calling for the government to withdraw the law as drafted.

The European Commission has proposed reducing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by €86 billion for the period between 2028 and 2034, which in the Balearic Islands could translate into a "loss of close to €15 million per year," according to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment, Joan Simonet. Farmers in the Balearic Islands are concerned about the proposed "fairly serious" cut in European aid, according to the president of the Association of Organic Agricultural Production of Mallorca (Apaema), Miquel Coll.

Of the 7,976 tons of plastic Of the 1,333 plastics required for agricultural activity, 1,333 are converted into waste each year. The agricultural sector in Mallorca generates 40% of the plastic waste that would be expected, according to manufacturers, thanks to its reuse and more efficient management by farms, according to the study. Analysis of the use and management of plastics in the agricultural sector of MallorcaPrepared by the Association for Organic Agricultural Production of Mallorca (Apaema) with the support of the Mallorca Preservation Foundation. Due to the reduction in the useful life of plastics, farmers have stopped burning or burying the waste they generate "thanks to services such as free collection on farms and the availability of municipal green points"

The Balearic Islands have experienced their warmest June since 1961, with a temperature anomaly of 3.3 degrees Celsius above average. This temperature increase adds to the difficult situation facing the Balearic Islands' countryside, which has already suffered firsthand—and continues to suffer—the consequences of climate change: drought, decreased production of some varieties, and an increased risk of disease in animals, among others. farmers They are forced to accept losses and, in addition, to make investments to try to mitigate the effects of adverse weather conditions as much as possible. "I've had to install showers for the cows because they have a very hard time with the heat. They don't eat and just lie on the ground," explains the president of the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers of the Balearic Islands (UPA), Joana Mascaró.

The Association for Organic Agricultural Production of Mallorca (Apaema) denounced the "worrying" situation the island is experiencing due to the arrival and expansion of new pests and invasive species, many of which threaten agricultural activity, biodiversity, and the balance of agroecosystems.