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The campaign, which included the Strategic Plan 2008-2012 Ecopuerto inform the local farmers on the economic, environmental, social and cultural rights provided by the production.
Puerto Lumbreras has significantly increased organic production representing 12% of agricultural land with more than 1,200 hectares.
The Mayor, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, and the Director General of Irrigation and Rural Development, Julio Bernal, inaugurated the training program "Introduction to organic farming: vegetable, olive and almond trees' which is part of this campaign.
Wednesday October 20, 2010.
The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras, through the Department of Rural Development, in collaboration with the Regional Government has launched a program to promote awareness and adaptation of local farmers to organic farming systems.
The Mayor of the town, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, accompanied by the Director General of Irrigation and Rural Development, Julio Bernal, inaugurated the training program "Introduction to organic farming: vegetable, olive and almond ', part of this campaign and also includes advice and support to local farmers to incorporate them into ecological systems.
"Since the City Council are carrying out concrete actions to improve the marketing of organic products, and to encourage the development and growth in the organic farmer in the town. This training program is part of an awareness campaign that promotes organic farming the municipality in collaboration with the Regional Government, with which not only inform the farmers, but they advise you and show you some examples of this type of farming prevailing in the locality, "said the Mayor, Pedro Antonio Sánchez.
Thus, the training program Introduction to organic farming: vegetable, olive and almond 'is organized by the Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture and develops between 19 and 23 October.
Among the highlights contained European regulations for organic production, existing, organic gardening or organic crops of almonds and olives.
The program also includes visits to local farms and adapted to organic farming.
In this sense, the mayor explained that in recent years "Puerto Lumbreras has significantly increased organic production, due in large part to the various actions that we are developing in this area."
Thus, he explains, "organic production representing 12% of agricultural land with more than 1,200 hectares."
Thus the City Council of Puerto Lumbreras was developed last year Ecopuerto Action Plan 2008-2012 for the continued fight against CO2 emissions.
Among the measures include actions to promote the development of organic farming in the locality.
Organic Agriculture
This new system of agricultural production brings many economic benefits as increased income of farmers through the reduction of external economic dependence.
In addition, organic farming helps the environment by improving the fertility of agricultural land and the efficient use of energy use.
This new system produces healthy food, more nutritious and tasty and also favors the retention of water without contaminating the aquifers.
Organic farming is a farming system basing on the optimal use of natural resources without using chemicals or genetically encoded.
This practice preserves the fertility of agricultural land and environmentally friendly sustainable and balanced way. Specifically, in the town of Puerto Lumbreras organic crops that predominate are almond, olive to olive oil, and vegetables grown outdoors and in the greenhouse.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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