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Agricultural Cooperative Day XIV

The Government of Spain is working on the Draft Law on Cooperatives and Sustainable Rural Development Programme 2010-2014.

Quality Control of imports is a priority that will be boosted by the Government of Spain.

The Government of Spain has invested 130 million euros in improving water infrastructure to support agriculture Lorca.

The government delegate in Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, stressed in his speech at the XIV Agricultural Cooperative Day in Lorca, Spain's government supports the interests of Spanish farmers and Murcia.

In this regard, said that the forthcoming Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Government of Spain will promote the quality control of imports to defend the interest thereon.

It has also indicated that the Government of Spain is working on a Draft Law on Cooperatives to make them more competitive in the various national and international markets.

Added to this is that the Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree on the implementation of the Single Payment scheme in agriculture and the integration of certain agricultural subsidies from next year.

González Tovar explained that the Government of Spain is involved in the development of a Sustainable Rural Development Programme 2010-2014 that, at present, information is published with the collaboration of 15 ministries and that will mean a whole new way to work around the largest investment ever made in rural areas, with the design of strategies for each specific area.

130 million euros to improve water infrastructure in Lorca

On the other hand, pointed to the cooperative meeting this fourteenth day of the Agricultural Cooperative that the Government of Spain has made multiple measures such as the investment of more than 130 million euros in improving water infrastructure development with which favor the lorquina agriculture.

This is compounded by the numerous grants for the modernization of farms, the pest control, promotion of new technologies and its extension in the agricultural environment, financing of the restructuring plans, promotional campaigns abroad.

7,400 million with EAGF and EAFRD funds in 2009

Also, he pointed out that one of the objectives of the Government of Spain is defending the interests of Spanish agriculture, as evidenced by the assistance received from European Union funds and EAFRD EAGF have funded programs in all the Autonomous Communities e worth over 7,400 million euros in 2009.

Importance of agriculture in the Region of Murcia

The Delegate of the Government has sought to highlight the importance of agriculture in the economy of the Murcia Region is a priority and that some supplies of safe food, safe, quality and elsewhere is a great potential to promote employment and promote economic growth in the new model of sustainable economics.

Also, wanted to transfer the outstanding work that brings in the joint cooperative production and marketing of products and improving its competitiveness in the domestic market and export in the Murcia region being one of the Autonomous Communities agricultural cooperatives have special relevance.

González Tovar brand common goal and priority of all governments to work together to solve the problem of food and agricultural prices.

To do this, we should focus the product offering Murcia through cooperatives to increase their size, their competitiveness and respond to demand increasingly centralized.

See story:

http://www.murcia.com/lorca/fotos/2009/dia-del-cooperativista/

Source: Delegación del Gobierno. Fotos: murcia.com