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The pink represents 50 percent of the total production of the cooperative, followed by chrysanthemum and gladiolus
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, today urged the floriculture sector to "diversify" to get higher returns to the "rapid development" of the markets and its "saturation" because flowers imported from third countries .
Agriculture responsible for regional government Cehegín was speaking at the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the cooperative Canaraflor.
The owner of Agriculture and Water said the cut flower sector is "emblematic" in the municipality of Cehegín, adding that the cooperative is one of its greatest exponents "in the production of carnation, which represents 50 percent of total production, followed by chrysanthemum, gladiolus, roses and lilies, among a score of crop varieties.
Cerdá highlighted the work done by the 66 partners that make up the cooperative, which employs more than 500 people, and its production capacity that has allowed more than one million packages of various species of flowers and a sales volume close to two million euros.
It also stressed that it is an example of generational change, the number of youth groups.
The cooperative has with 262,000 square meters dedicated to growing greenhouse flowers.
The Minister of Agriculture and Water said that floriculture, intensive in character, "allows a high yield per unit area, so it had an impact on" the differentiation and commitment to technology "should be" an effort to build profitable and expand markets. "
Agriculture responsible for the regional government said that floriculture is a changing and dynamic sector, with new species of cut flowers and add flowers and green species, as remarked that "it is necessary to adapt to the speed of developments in the sector. "
In this regard, he recalled that from the Centre for Demonstration and Technology Transfer 'Canaraflor' of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water "we are developing various projects in collaboration with industry to assess species, varieties and cultivation techniques demanded by the trade and industry productive. "
Among the projects include crops such as the wallflower, the meristem, carnation, and the crest of the rooster.
He stressed that the center "allows farmers to transfer the results of all studied and experienced."
Regional production
The value of production cut and ornamental plant in the Region of Murcia reaches 46 million euros, representing 3.3 percent of crop production.
In the nation as a whole, the region accounts for 11 percent of total cut flower production and 2.6 percent of the ornamental plant.
Source: CARM
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