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The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, along with the mayor of Eagles, Bartolome Hernandez and Asaja president, Alfonso Gálvez, last night handed the award for 'Farmer of the Year' at the family farm of Peter and Mary Ascension Hernandez Asensio by reason of acts for this weekend celebrates Township Farmers' Association.
During the ceremony, which also honored Antonio Monserrate, technician of the Ministry, for his work in the fight against pests in the municipality, said that this town Cerdá "was leading in implementing the program 'Clean Agriculture' for pest control biological and biotechnological techniques "and stressed that the production systems used in Eagles" should imitate. "
He added that the European Union recently issued a directive on the sustainable use of pesticides "Murcia Region has already implemented more than ten years."
Aquiline stressed that farmers "have been leaders in agricultural modernization and renewal," adding that "they are converting their traditional crops to other crops that are more in demand in the market today."
He stressed that the figure of the farmer "has to go further" and said that so far "not been well treated."
In this regard, said that the profitability of farms and the prices received by farmers "are still weaknesses in this activity," explaining that the future Law on Transparency in the food chain, which has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Food "should be put on the table mechanisms to change things."
Source: CARM
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