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The Center for Technology Transfer Demonstration and El Mirador, located in San Javier, expand its surface with a new plot of 7,000 square meters which gives the local council, said the Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment, Adela Martinez -Cachá at the opening of the First Day Horticultural Sector, held in this experimental farm.
According to the minister, "this expansion will improve facilities and expand the area in which to investigate new varieties".
During his speech, Martinez-Chachá stressed "the commitment of regional government for moving forward in innovation and research in order to provide tools for producers Murcia Region remains a pioneer nationally and internationally."
At the conference issues related to innovation in agriculture, agricultural insurance, water and plant health, and others they were discussed.
The experimental center El Mirador is a "benchmark for the region and for other agricultural areas, as there are many eyes in national and international positions markets in agriculture in the region, because it is one of the strategic sectors" said the minister.
The farm has a total of 26,509 square meters of land in which there have been more than 200 trials on new crops (vegetables and citrus), fertilization, plant protection products, biodegradable plastics, beneficial insects, alternatives to methyl bromide, densities and frames planting and use of meshes in citrus and hydroponics.
The trials are focused on new plant materials celery, lettuce, cauliflower, citrus, melon and pepper varieties california soil type without soil.
Source: CARM
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