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The initiative launched by FECOAM and INFO and funded by the SEF and the collaboration of the Department of Local Development, Employment and Training, will enable young entrepreneurs to be able to set up their own agricultural enterprise or have the training to work in a

The mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jódar, together with the president of FECOAM, Santiago Martínez, the INFO director, Javier Celdrán, and SEF director Alejandro Zamora, presented the "AgroEmprendia" training project, which will train young entrepreneurs and Future farmers in matters so that they can be able to set up their own agricultural enterprise or have an entrepreneurial training oriented to the sector when they go to work in an already formed one.

The program will involve the training of 12 young people in agricultural cooperatives associated with Fecoam in the town of Lorca, one of the most productive areas of the Region in agrarian matters and where the agricultural cooperative sector is more present.

The training will have three main areas of action:

Training in crop production, management of farms and marketing of agricultural products.

Fecoam will be in charge of imparting all this knowledge so that, later, the students can apply them in their practical experience in agricultural cooperatives.

These practices will be carried out under the formula of non-work professional practices.

Training in Creation of agri-food companies for entrepreneurs in unemployment.

The office of entrepreneurs of the Institute of Promotion of the Region of Murcia will lead this training action that will foster the development of the entrepreneurial spirit and the access of young entrepreneurs to resources and services for the implementation of new business projects.

Tutoring the project "Agroemprendia".

Actions will be tutored based on the start up of new agribusiness projects.

The federation will train the participants to be able to carry out the technical and economic management of the crops of an agricultural holding.

Another ability that participants can acquire is to optimize the organization and exploitation of their resources and how to make informed decisions autonomously.

The objective is that these future entrepreneurs can develop their business idea through this experience in agricultural cooperatives.

This training will begin to assess specific aspects such as the history of agriculture in the Region of Murcia and its current situation;

Quality agricultural production systems;

The needs, fertilization, techniques and phytosanitary products applicable to productive crops;

The selection of markets in which the Region is more competitive;

The economic management of farms, and training to access aid for farming.

The "AgroEmprendia" training project is funded by the Regional Employment and Training Service and co-financed by the European Social Fund.

One more example of the commitment of the Federation of Agrarian Cooperatives with the training of entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs of the regional agricultural sector.

Specifically, Fecoam is also committed to a generational changeover in the agricultural sector of the Region to continue to take advantage of the land resources and that the rural environment represents a sector of the future for its inhabitants.

Fecoam emphasizes the adaptation to the new technologies and the modernization of the crops and of the whole agricultural production process as factors of an increase in the quality of the final product, the increase of the security and the improvement in the working conditions of the people who They work in this sector.

The Mayor of Lorca stressed that "it is a valuable tool for 12 young Lorca who can get an essential training to build their career in the field of agriculture, characterized by its strength and future. Who can gather information and register at the headquarters of FECOAM in Murcia, while in Lorca may do so in the Department of Local Development, Employment and Training, located in the Center for Local Development.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca