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The main variety produced in the Region is the Piel de Sapo melon, with 46 percent of the acreage
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, today with the mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid, Melon III Technical Conference to be held in the Performing Arts Center of the town on Friday, May 28, and that according to Cerda, "is a classic" to "deepen" the knowledge of this crop.
The owner of Agriculture and Water said the "special marriage" between the melon and the town of Torre Pacheco, a municipality that is the core of this fruit crop "from where it spreads to other districts of the Campo de Cartagena.
The melon-growing area in the region of Murcia occupies about 7,000 hectares spread over the region of Cartagena and surrounding districts as Avileses, Bath & Pauper, Corvera, Gea and Truyols, Lobosillo, Los Martínez del Puerto, Valladolises and Sucina.
Agriculture responsible for the regional government said that the geographical characteristics of each of these areas produce "results in different melon varieties differ in their sweetness, juiciness, flavor, weight and size."
The main variety grown is the Piel de Sapo melon, whose area accounts for 46 percent of regional total, followed by Gaul, Charentais, cantaloupe and Yellow.
Antonio Cerda said "great professionalism" of farmers productive zone "they have credited the authorship of the superb quality" of this product that comes mainly to markets in England, Germany and France.
Regional production of melon is 210,000 tons, representing 20 percent of domestic production, exceeded only by Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Quality mark
Cerda said the work done in recent years farmers in the fields of Cartagena "is deserving of the distinctive quality for which we bet."
He recalled that a few weeks ago the Ministry of Agriculture and Water received notification that the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, is "the intermediary body to get a stamp of quality" had negative report from the Commission in Brussels to advance Protected Geographical Indication in Melon de Torre Pacheco.
Agriculture responsible for the regional government said that "there are good reasons to have a quality label for this product."
He explained that the Ministry of Agriculture and Water, through the Instituto Murciano Research and Agricultural Development and Food (IMID), the Polytechnic University of Cartagena and the Control Board "work in a scientific report to confirm the authenticity of the specific characteristics of melon with the municipality of Torre Pacheco. "
Technical Sessions III
The next Friday, May 28, the city will host the Third Conference on the techniques that address the challenges facing the sector and improving processes in marketing this product.
During the day, will be honored with the distinctive 'Golden Melon' the farmer and the company Gines Vidal Almerco to reflect on the cultivation of melons "good agriculture that exist in the municipality of Torre Pacheco."
Source: CARM
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