Councillor for Agriculture and Rural Development, Livestock and Fisheries, Magdalena Mendez announced his department goals in the round of hearings that are conducting various councilors of the government team to inform the goals that have been proposed short and long term for this term.
The mayor also gave an overview of the various initiatives and projects that have been carried out during his first year in office.
In this sense, Mendez said that "since we have enhanced Agriculture experimental crop practice as cherry, with which we tested nine varieties and we expect to see the first fruits next year, as well as various sub-cultures that have known Thanks to our contacts with the experimental farm The Cajamar Palmerillas the entity has in Almeria ".
The councilor stressed that "crops like mango fruits can be very interesting to plant in certain areas of Mazarrón for its special atmosphere, apart from other cultures we are studying and we believe it would be very good economic development in our town."
Training courses and lectures for farmers will be another initiative that will be further developed as the one held last Friday at the People's University of Mazarron (UPM), which brought together fifty stakeholders met interesting legal and logistical aspects of mating reservoirs for irrigation.
Some aspects that were offered by a technician from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water and also followed closely Magdalena Mendez and Councillor for Health, María Martínez.
Of course, "will continue to support rural associations, agricultural unions, agricultural and livestock associations and, in general, any association which works for the development of rural areas of the municipality."
Rural Development and enhancement of the districts of Mazarrón "will continue, as we are demonstrating with improved roads for example, a priority for this government team", expressed Mendez, who announced that "we have begun to make an inventory of roads on our own, without the help of the Autonomous Community or any outside company for the need to optimize the financial resources available to us. "
The mayor has proposed that this inventory "this finished for this term. A real challenge because of the complexity of the project before we met and, as I say, unable to turn to outside help."
In regards to the fishing area, the City Council "will continue to work with the Fishermen's Association of Puerto de Mazarrón and the General Directorate of Ports, Maritime Authority and the State Coastal Authority to carry out improvements we believe that we must undertake various aspects. "
Thus, another goal will be to improve the services of the fish market "to make it a landmark tourism and fishing the coast of Murcia" as expressed Magdalena Mendez.
In short, "will continue to stand strong with resolve and by the districts of the municipality and rural areas in order to improve the lives of citizens and the services provided in these places," stated Mayor Ginés Campillo, who also stressed that "agriculture will be encouraged to promote new crops today have good economic prospects, as we believe that agriculture is one of the fundamental pillars where we must rely to emerge stronger from the current economic situation that we suffer."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón