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The mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo emphasized the importance of the agricultural sector for the economy of the municipality and the region during the signing of the renewal of a collaboration agreement between the City of San Javier and Coag-IR El Mirador represented by its president Emilio Alfonso Martinez who was accompanied by the regional president of the agricultural organization in Murcia, Miguel Padilla.

José Miguel Luengo showed his "total" support to farmers in the town "for its commitment to the improvement and modernization of their farms and their commitment to environmental values ​​through which it has reached the zero discharge".

Luengo emphasized the role of farmers "without which the economic crisis would have been much deeper," and recalled that the food industry of the municipality "have always remained as an investor sector and job creator, so it deserves our support institutional".

Emilio Alfonso Martinez, who thanked the support of the City Council, said the danger of water shortage for the sector.

"No water, no agriculture without agriculture this town would not be the same," said the president of Coag-IR El Mirador, recalling the worsening problem with sealing the desalobradoras, asked for help to the mayor "at higher levels for reach a solution that could be reached by infrastructure as a salmueroducto, and mainly with the supply of water for irrigation. "

In the same terms as the president of Coag-IR, Miguel Padilla said the industry's commitment to the "zero discharge" and called for a joint solution, "because it is everyone's problem, given the seriousness of the current water deficit suffering pronounced agriculture in the area. "

The agreement signed this morning in the city of San Javier, in a ceremony attended by the Councillor for Agriculture, Antonio Luengo, it is the municipal contribution of 16,500 annual euros, 10% more than in the previous year to Coag-IR Mirador which is intended for operation of the office keeps open the agricultural organization in El Mirador and from which work technical and vocational training are held, and counseling, among others.

Chairman Emilio Alfonso Martinez said that there has been a hundred new additions between new and second-generation farmers who take on family farms in the last year, reaching nearly 400 farmers who are members Coag in the municipality.

Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier