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The Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras requests your support for the project to continue to strengthen the organic farming sector has significantly increased its production came to represent 12 percent of the agricultural land in the municipality with more than 1,250 acres of organic crops
The Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras has applied for membership to Agrotur Project, an initiative to promote the creation of green businesses in the areas of organic farming, especially the cultivation of orange, and the rural tourism linked to the activity agriculture and environment to enhance the economic development of the area.
Thus, the session aims to further strengthen the organic farming sector in the municipality, as in recent years has increased considerably to represent 12% of the agricultural area of ​​the municipality with more than 1,250 hectares.
In this sense, the mayor of the municipality, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, explained that "Puerto Lumbreras has applied to join the project with which we intend to further develop the organic farming sector, as well as continue to support companies that promote tourism linked to rural farming and environmental. "
Thus, Sanchez said that "this is a program that includes various specific actions aimed at workers in agriculture, tourism staff and concerns unemployed entrepreneurs in the areas of farming and rural tourism."
Thus, the project will develop Agrotur in rural Andalusia, Valencia and Murcia, and to establish a network of Farming and Rural Tourism in the area.
To this end, pose a comprehensive action plan with concrete actions that seek to modernize and professionalize the farming sector to increase competitiveness and productivity.
Thus, the project will include several AGROTUR campaigns, business advice to encourage businesses to adapt organic farming as well as seminars and training courses on 'Growing organic orange', 'energy efficiency systems in agriculture', and 'Entrepreneurship in farming sector, rural tourism and green businesses'.
Puerto Lumbreras organic production increases
As for farming in Puerto Lumbreras, Mayor, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, explained that "the town has considerably increased production, which currently accounts for over 12% of the agricultural area of ​​our town with over 1,200 hectares of crops ecological ".
So, Sanchez explained that in recent years the council promotes seminars, and advisory services for farmers who decide to adapt their crops to organic farming systems.
Thus, this new farming system brings many economic benefits such as increased income of farmers by reducing external economic dependence.
In addition, organic farming helps the environment by improving agricultural soil fertility and efficient utilization of energy use, and produces healthy foods based on the optimal use of natural resources without using organic chemicals or genetically encoded.
Finally, this agricultural practice conserves soil fertility and is environmentally sustainable and balanced manner.
Specifically, in the town of Puerto Lumbreras predominantly organic crops are almonds, olives for olive oil, and vegetables grown outdoors and in greenhouses and orchards.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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