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The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, said today that the cultivation of the almond represents "an important regional productive assets, with an area of over 70,000 hectares and an average annual production of 30,000 tonnes.
The owner of Agriculture made the remarks at the close of the General Assembly of the Cooperative Partners 'Almond Murcia' of Fuente Alamo.
Murcia counselor encouraged the industry to "promote the policies of modernization and technological improvement as a competitive tool to market challenges, and in this connection referred to the internationalization and American almond imports in the European Union, as well as Community policies attached to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that affect the industry nuts.
The adviser also stressed the need to create "a quality certificate for this fruit that identifies the origin of Murcia and the Spanish almond face competition from third countries."
Cerda said that in the 2007-2008 campaign the Ministry of Agriculture and Water has streamlined the payment of more than 96 percent of the aid requested by the sector corresponding to an area of over 64,000 hectares, amounting to 360,000 euros.
Also stressed that "the conservation of the almond is essential to maintain environmental balance and avoid the high risk of desertification", and claimed that "improving the quality and volume of the fruit" Murcia has placed "at the top production Almond green. "
Almonds Cooperative Society of Fuente Alamo Murcia, founded in 1989 and which now form part more than 600 partners, has an area of 5,800 hectares with a potential production of 4,000 tons of almond and carob over 500 .
The shell almond marketing is aimed mainly to the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Murcia, as well as communities of Andalusia and Catalonia.
Source: CARM
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