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The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, escorted by the councilman of Agriculture and Water, John Pagan, and the presidents of the Association of Defense health of sheep and goats "Santa Eulalia", Pedro Canovas, and the Health Protection Association Pig of the Paretón and Totana, Pedro Bermejo, have signed cooperation agreements amounting to 6,000 euros, respectively, for the administration and management costs to defend the interests of the organization.
In this regard, Pagan Sanchez has shown the interest of the City Council in the development of these sectors and the implementation of measures to enable the development of the same and that in turn serve as activators of the local economy .
Pedro Cánovas said both organizations are striving to be a reference to regional level in the fight for the protection of the health of sheep, goats and pigs.
For their part, both representatives of the livestock of the town, welcomed the financial contribution provided by the Consistory, which contribute to the development and promotion of their activities.
Similarly, Martínez Andreo said one of the biggest bets of the City address this crisis is to support agriculture and livestock, "as it is an important economic sector in our city, dedicated to the production of products with wide acceptance in domestic and international markets showing a growing momentum. "
He also announced the creation of a logo and corporate image of farmers and ranchers to raise awareness of local products at fairs and other kinds of activities will be presented in coming days.
City Councilman said a series of actions that the municipality has started to address the crisis, such as product promotion totanero, through this corporate image externally promote farming and agriculture, and recalled existing subsidies to pay the IBI rustic.
Finally, he announced that the 2009 budget envisages an increase of the budget of the Department of Agriculture, because it is the intention of the government team in these sectors continue to invest and open new credit lines in addition to maintaining existing ones.
Institutional participation in the demonstration on Saturday 21 in Madrid
The Councillor for Agriculture, John Pagan, will add to the demands of agriculture to promote the general strike for November 20 and attend the rally called for tomorrow, Saturday 21 November in Madrid.
The three political groups Totana City Council unanimously approved in Parliament a motion requesting the Central Government to the implementation during 2009 of the negotiation tables to achieve a number of points in high demand by industry.
The council has explained that the intention of the government team is to inform, promote and support the actions taken by the three organizations through which call for the implementation of a series of measures to restore the viability of farms and to ensure fair prices for agricultural products.
It has also indicated that the Consistory will support all actions of agricultural organizations and that support is crucial sector and policy decisions, together with the European Directives, are essential for the survival of one of the most important drivers the economy of the Region of Murcia and Totana both.
It has also highlighted the extreme situation that is the sector that is poorly protected, "so you have to ask to see the central government is essential to launch a series of measures to make agriculture revival Spanish ".
Pagan explained that farmers do not demand that their products are very profitable, but require that the sector is profitable to keep in top condition holdings.
The mayor has said that the duty of the government team is to defend the rights of farmers, because now is the sector that is keeping the economy and would be more suitable if prices were competitive and the availability of water resources needed .
However, the council has encouraged residents of the municipality and farmers in general to join the demonstration, for which it has indicated it will make contact with agricultural organizations, which together with the support of the City, go to charter buses to go to Madrid.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com
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