Within the framework of CONSULT 360 2024, an inquiry was launched among the main agricultural, agro-industrial and forestry entrepreneurs in Portugal. This inquiry aimed to gauge the opinion of these entrepreneurs regarding critical issues for the businesses in which they operate. The inquiry was attended by 50 personalities, of whom 60% they operate in the agricultural sector, 27% in the agro-industrial sector and 12% in the forest.
Through this inquiry, the entrepreneurs sought to convey their comprehensive, structural and strategic role in the economy, society and the environment, to emphasize the need for political stability, to strengthen the quality and safety of the products they place on the market, and to appeal to conscious, local and national consumption.
Bureaucracy and taxation are the main risks identified
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About 50% Of those surveyed, 40% consider bureaucracy and the tax burden as the main risks for their organizations.
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Unfair intra-community competition was brought about by 40% of those surveyed among the three main risks faced by their organization.
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The availability of material and human resources was positioned by 20% of those surveyed among the three main risks.
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Talent acquisition and political instability were the least prioritized risks, being placed among the three least relevant by about 50%. 40% of the respondents.
Respondents want changes in Community and fiscal policies
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About 80% Of the respondents, the change in Community policies ranks first among sectoral priorities.
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The fiscal policies associated with investment, labor costs, and income are pointed out by about 50% of those surveyed as priorities for sectoral change.
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About 40% of those surveyed, some gave some degree of priority to changes in the areas of technological innovation and carbon markets.
Investments in innovation and development continue
On average, the respondents stated that they allocate 10% from your budget 2024 innovation and development. When compared with the budget of the previous year, 70% Of those surveyed, 53% stated that the amount allocated to innovation and development remained the same or decreased.
Regarding the source of investment in innovation and development, 44% Of those surveyed, some claim that part of the funding comes from national or European funding programs, such as the Partnership Agreement Portugal 2030 (Portugal 2030), the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) or the Horizon Europe.
Change in political framework triggers greater investment in organizations
A majority of 62% of those surveyed states that the change in the political framework experienced in 2024 It triggers greater investments in their organizations.
Applications for public funding lines are an option
Um 2024, 62% Of those surveyed, 40% say they want to apply for a public funding line, such as the Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy (PEPAC) 2023-2027 or Portugal 2030. Others 34% They also state that they have not yet made that decision.
Communicate the sector and the production method above the organization
Half of the respondents consider the communication of the sector and its production method to be a priority, while only 30% points out that communicating their own organization is a priority. On a scale of zero to five, the relevance of organizations’ communication was given an average of 3,7, While the communication sector and the mode of production achieved 4,2.