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The Director General of Operations and Training Modernization of Agricultural, Ángel García Lidón, Councillor for Economic Development, Jose Antonio Valverde Queen, Councillor for Agriculture, John Pagan, and the Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, inaugurated this morning the day "Innovation and Business Opportunities in the food sector", part of the Forum for Socio-Economic and Strategic Development, Totana 2010.
This forum, which already held several conferences aimed at promoting employment and the analysis of global opportunities in the Shire has Guadalentín attended by representatives of agricultural organizations and business as UPA, APOEXPA, FECOAM, CECLOR between others, councilors of Puerto Lumbreras, Lorca and Alhama, farmers, ranchers and people involved in the food sector.
Mediterranean Food City
The economic center development mayor, council that organized the forum, explained that all day industry experts will break down what are the business opportunities Guadalentín County has and what are the aspects that must be to influence to improve their production.
In addition, Valvede Queen has presented the project championed by the City Council of Totana, Mediterranean Agrifood City (CIAM).
In his speech after the mayor explained that the three pillars of the Food City project is the installation of a Special Industrial Park, construction of a logistics center and development of the Campus Food, which will give great added value the research infrastructure to enter university in the project.
This Specialized Industrial Park would be used to start up businesses in the productive sectors of food in general, auxiliary enterprises and service agencies and public institutions and related private sector.
Moreover, the logistics center would be a service-based infrastructure and common platform for companies setting up in this industrial park.
In this sense, the complement of the Intermodal Freight Station would enable better haulage firms in the Industrial Park.
Finally, as noted by the mayor, the Campus Food, which will be launched by the San Antonio Catholic University who has already signed a collaboration agreement is an initiative towards teaching and research, where ofertaría vocational training college and other training offered by masters, doctorate and thesis.
The mayor of Agriculture explained that the agriculture sector in the Region of Murcia is surviving thanks to the modernization that is taking place from the Ministry of Agriculture and initiatives such as the realization of these days possible the implementation new projects that improve the work in the agricultural cooperatives.
For his part, Mayor totanero recalled that the debate will see the business potential of agriculture in the region, as well as what values they can add, such as innovation or modernization, to export more strongly our products .
Thus, said, as the general manager of Operations Gracious, the desirability of conducting a discussion forum that will give such good results.
Likewise, García Lidón, inter alia, stated that great effort is being made by the Autonomous Community to modernize irrigation systems and debugging almost one hundred percent of the wastewater for agricultural use and the town of Totana is a leader in water purification.
During the morning he made a speech entitled "Innovation and business opportunities in the food sector" from the hand of presolar Manuel Rodríguez, responsible for generating business in the food business consultant IDOM; the talk "Sector Business Opportunities ", presented by Antonio Sanz de la Morena, deputy director of FECOAM, presentation of study on the situation of agriculture in the Shire of Guadalentín" by Maria del Mar Peñarrubia Agius.
Secretary General of the Regional Confederation of Organizations of Lorca (Ceclor) and the roundtable "Presentation of case studies on companies in the region."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com
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