Organic quota goes into law

THE HOUSE Plenum yesterday unanimously approved a bill to make 10 per cent of the country’s agricultural production organic within the next eight years.

Sofoclis Fittis of DIKO hailed the development, saying it meant healthier products and promised profits for farmers.

” Agriculture will get a shot in the arm as a large part of the organic production will be exported to Europe, where many consumers prefer this kind of products,”he said.

The deputy urged the government to go ahead with its plan to set up an Organic Production Council, which would co-ordinate the issue.

Green Party deputy George Perdikis claimed the paternity of the whole idea, boasting that the House had at last seen eye to eye with him.

But some of Perdikis’ colleagues reacted angrily, arguing that ” not everything happened thanks to Perdikis” .

The organic ‘quota’ is an EU requirement.

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