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The Minister of Agriculture and Water and the Mayor of Torre Pacheco III presents the Melon Technical Conference to be held in the Performing Arts Center township on May 28
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 they are a classic for a deeper knowledge of this crop.
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.
The geographical features of each of these areas producing 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 Galia, Charentais, cantaloupe and Yellow.
The professionalism of farmers in this area have proven producer responsibility for 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
The work done in recent years farmers in the Campo de Cartagena is deserving of the distinctive quality for which we gamble.
A few weeks ago the Ministry of Agriculture and Water received notification that the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, which is the intermediary body to get a stamp of quality, had negative report from the Commission in Brussels to advance the Geographical Indication Melon protected Torre-Pacheco, although there are good reasons to have a quality label for this product.
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 are working on a scientific report to confirm the authenticity of the specific characteristics of the melon with the municipality 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: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco
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