The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, and the Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, M ª Ángeles Tunisia have closed the seminar held in the hamlet of La Station lumbrerense-Esparragal.
Carnation cultivation techniques, preservation of cut flowers and ornamental plant marketing are some of the topics discussed during the day.
More than 60 people, mainly farmers and traders of plants, have attended the first workshop on cut flowers and accessories in green, which took place at the Centre Socio-Cultural lumbrerense hamlet of La Ermita.
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, and the Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, M ª Ángeles Tunisia have closed the training seminar that serves to "teach skills and promote the professionalization of the agricultural sector in the municipality"
Specifically, the day began with a presentation on carnation culture techniques by the Managing Director of Barberet-Blanc, José Sosa.
This was followed by a session on alternative techniques for the application of plant growth regulators in floriculture, taught by Sebastian Bañón, PhD from the University of Cartagena.
In this sense, the event continued with a presentation on the preservation of cut flowers by Maria Serrano, PhD from the University Miguel Hernández, and Juan has continued to shift Wonderland Canaraflor cooperative manager, who explained techniques marketing of ornamental plant.
Also, the act has come Pilar Gomez, service management technical modernization of farms, to provide information and explain the grants and subsidies to eligible individuals who want to start in this crop.
The day was closed by the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, M ª Ángeles Tunisia, and the Minister of Agriculture and Water in the Region of Murcia, Antonio Cerdá.
So, the Mayor explained that "agriculture is a significant percentage of the workforce in Puerto Lumbreras, and has great potential in the field of flowers, being very numerous carnation greenhouses".
To conclude, Tunisia, explained that "the agricultural and livestock sector represents 55.6% of the working population in Puerto Lumbreras, becoming one of the main drivers of the local economy."
Thus, agriculture has a great potential in the field of fruit and flowers, being very numerous carnation greenhouses.
Also noteworthy is the growing of citrus and peach.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras