The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, and Economic Development Councillor, José Antonio Valverde Queen attended the official opening ceremony of the XXVI Mediterranean Agricultural Fair "Fame 2010", held through Sunday, May 16 at the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions of IFEPA in Torre Pacheco, which has been presided by Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá Cerdá, the Government Delegate, Rafael González Tovar, and the Mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid.
During the event, city officials have visited the display of the Denomination of Origin Paprika of Murcia, whose head office is located in the Industrial Park "The Saladar" of Totana and also visited the exhibitors of the trade unions agricultural Totana.
Later, coinciding with the opening day, have developed the commemoration of the "XV Agricultural Cooperative Day" organized FECOAM and this year to 4,000 cooperatives receive coming from all parts of the Region, which has awarded the Cooperative Marcos Carvajal year, founding partner of the Cooperative Alimer of Lorca and is liable to the gold badge Jesus Lopez, head of the agricultural sector Cajamar.
In this year involves 90 companies around the country who occupy 20,000 square meters of surface IFEP, representative of all agricultural subsectors such as seed, fertilizers, plastics and nurseries as well as the presence of agricultural machinery companies systems for water resources development, so necessary in the region.
This year, in addition, FAME 2010 is the presence of several trade delegations from Peru, Slovenia, Algeria and Egypt who are interested in hearing the application of technology in the field Murcia by firms participating in Fame 2010.
For his part, Mayor of Totana has highlighted the importance of this event, being "one of the most significant business meetings for regional and national agricultural sector" stressing that the Agricultural Fair in the Mediterranean "is an attempt to modernize the sector. "
In this regard, he bet that the agriculture is done by the application of technology in the field, highlighting the need for agriculture in the future. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana