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Councillor for Agriculture and Rural Development of the City of Mazarrón, Magdalena Mendez on Tuesday visited a farm devoted to growing Valencian kiwi accompanied by several technicians of that council and the Ministry of Agriculture and Water of the Autonomous Community, as farmers and agricultural technicians Mazarron Coexma company.
The farm is situated in the town of Lliria (Valencia) and her assistants could see how this tropical species can be grown well in the Mediterranean climate.
This visit is part of the goal of the City to seek alternative or complementary crops of tomato and which also involved the Ministry of Agriculture and farmers Mazarron.
The mayor Magdalena Mendez and technicians and farmers who made the visit could see `in situ 'kiwi plantation, farming techniques, the infrastructure required to implement it, etc..
Also know first hand the advantages and disadvantages that can have this crop.
Councillor for Agriculture and Rural Development has stressed that "since we interesándonos department chair for other crops other than tomatoes in order that agriculture again occupy an important place within the municipality and to which become a niche employment and economic wealth face the current crisis we are suffering. Kiwi could be one of those crops. "
In this sense, Méndez also visited the Experimental Station of Tropical Crops Cajamar, located on the grounds of The Palmerillas in Almeria, to see first hand how to develop the cultivation of various subtropical species such as avocado, mango or cherimoya.
Besides the mayor has advanced that "one of the next crop on which you can tell that, a priori, be something shocking, but we think it may be a shock important for the local economy."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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