The Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment will give the necessary steps for the transformation of the association Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Melon de Torre Pacheco in Murcia regulatory council of the IGP.
To do this Order setting out the rules, composition and functions, among other things, of that advice will be developed.
The CEO of Productions and Agricultural Markets, Fulgencio Pérez, met today with the new directive of the GI Melon de Torre Pacheco to address this issue, as well as possible assistance which may choose.
In this sense, Fulgencio Perez said that counseling is working on adapting the Rural Development Plan (RDP) so that all figures quality eligible for aid for the control and promotion of their products.
The melon of Torre Pacheco, variety 'toad skin', is registered in Brussels since last year as Protected Geographical Indication, and there are producers, traders and very interested marketers in promoting it, even if it is a seasonal product that often marketed during the months of June and August.
Source: CARM