The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerda, general manager of Operations and Training Modernization of Land, Angel Garcia, director of IMIDA, Adrian Martinez, the mayor of Cehegín, Jose Soria, and the Councillor for Agriculture, Juan Antonio Chico visited two places in the municipality, home to the first planting flask buts of virus-free, improved and prepared to provide enough fruit for future intensive farming.
About 4,000 trees have been planted in this first performance, in which one begins to see collections.
Still, Soria said that "I have asked the Community for the next year we donate another four or five thousand plants."
The mayor explained that "we are looking for the Designation of Origin Cehegín But who has the qualities to bring to market.
Furthermore, in the village are working to diversify production structures, and agriculture at stake here goes. "
For his part, Antonio Cerda said that "it is Cehegín But prospects and a pretty good future, but right now we have about 14 plantations distributed in the municipality."
The counselor has advised that "it would be good to include this crop in the" clean farming techniques "which include using natural predators to kill pests instead of spraying, which would give more value to the fruit."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín