PFORCA GO for the promotion of fodder production in Gran Canaria

Its general objective is to achieve the objectives detailed in the Gran Canaria Forage Plan:

• Increase forage production by increasing the area devoted to cultivation and the economic performance of farms.
• Reduce dependence on foreign sources of fodder in Gran Canaria.
• Maintain the production of quality fodder on farms and in traditional agropastoral systems.
• Facilitate the entry of adequately trained farmers into the agricultural sector, and in particular generational change.
• Improve the technical level of the entire forage production process.
• Establish a catalogue of forage species, both local and introduced varieties, characterised from an agronomic and performance point of view, economically assessing production costs based on the intrinsic characteristics of the crop, geographical location and particular conditions of the agricultural holding.
• To study and disseminate the botanical composition of agrosilvopastoral systems, establishing proposals to improve their composition and/or quality.
• To study and disseminate the processing and storage techniques for the different types of fodder that can be grown in Gran Canaria.