Escocia: Scotland might follow Canadian seed potato route for farming
Sources say the ‘Canadian concession’ could offer a route for Scottish and UK seed potato exporters to resume at least some of the trade lost with Europe in the wake of Brexit.
While repeated negotiations over the resumption of seed potato exports from the UK to the EU has made little headway, a leading civil servant told delegates this was another avenue to be explored.
Professor Gerry Saddler, Scotland’s chief plant health officer, told Scottish Agronomy’s annual conference in Perth that an arrangement which allows limited amounts of Canadian seed potatoes into the EU could form a template for a Scottish deal.
“The Canadian concession only covers certain varieties, mostly from Prince Edward Island destined for southern EU countries,” Saddler told the conference. “But it is perhaps something we could exploit in terms of being able to resume exports to the EU and Northern Ireland.”
Still, he revealed that it would be next year at the earliest before any headway was made.
Fuente: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9404466/scotland-might-follow-canadian-seed-potato-route-for-farming/
