In the Lika region the sugars accumulated are used up less in the breathing process and are translocated instead to the potato tuber, in which they accumulate in the form of polysaccharide starch, forming the bulk of the tuber’s dry matter.

they have been granted a payment in the reference period referred to in Article 38 under at least one of the support schemes referred to in Annex VI or, in the case of olive oil, in the marketing years referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 37(1), or, in the case of sugar beet, cane and chicory, if they have benefited from market support in the representative period referred to in point K of Annex VII, or, in the case of bananas, if they have benefited from compensation for loss of income in the representative period referred to in point L of Annex VII, or, in the case of fruit and vegetables, ware potatoes and nurseries, if they were producers of fruit ...[+++]and vegetable products, ware potatoes or nurseries in the representative period applied by Member States for those products in accordance with point M of Annex VII; ’.

they have been granted a payment in the reference period referred to in Article 38 under at least one of the support schemes referred to in Annex VI or, in the case of olive oil, in the marketing years referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 37(1), or, in the case of sugar beet, cane and chicory, if they have benefited from market support in the representative period referred to in point K of Annex VII, or, in the case of bananas, if they have benefited from compensation for loss of income in the representative period referred to in point L of Annex VII, or, in the case of fruit and vegetables, ware potatoes and nurseries, if they were producers of fruit ...[+++]and vegetable products, ware potatoes or nurseries in the representative period applied by Member States for those products in accordance with point M of Annex VII; ’.

the following raw materials, used in the composition of feed supplements: all cereals and derived products, molasses as a binder, whole or crushed peas, field beans, lupine, soya, sunflower cake, copra, linseed, palm kernel, colza, soya, cotton, potatoes, vegetable fats, all minerals, macro-elements and whey from the farm stored in good conditions to prevent any contamination with pathogenic germs.

The use (both nature and total volumes applied) of pesticides varies depending on the type of agricultural produces - the largest quantities of PPPs are used on vines, cereals, vegetables and potatoes - and on a range of factors, such as outbreaks of plant diseases or plagues of insects.

(21) With regard to crop cultivation in the Azores, the small cultivatable area, the small size and fragmentation of farms and the extensive nature of production all make for high production costs. It is vital that these crops (beet, chicory, potatoes, tobacco, pineapples, wine, tea, etc.) continue to be cultivated as an alternative to counterbalance the predominance of livestock farming, and to ensure this the aid granted to the local processing industry should be continued.