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This initiative seeks this strategic sector of the region does not lose its production and allowed farmers a recycling period

Secretary General MC, Jose Lopez, and the coordinator of Decentralization Municipal Group, Enrique Perez Abellan, have moved this morning to Semillero La Aparecida, where they held a meeting with farmers and technicians of the company to see first hand their expectations for the next horticultural campaign in the municipality of Cartagena.

As is known, the cartagenerista formation has as axes of its policy progress and development of the District of Cartagena, which has jeopardized this summer by the policies of the regional government and the state administration, which have caused an environmental problem proportions to be determined in the Mar Menor, and also do not offer alternative ways to agriculture, so that directly threaten the economic activity of the District of Cartagena and the way of life of thousands of citizens.

As for the Mar Menor, the position of MC is inflexible "as being the local government," said Jose Lopez, as it will require administrations, away from opportunism concrete measures and improvisation, since as pointed out by the Secretary General in previous communications, "the Mar Menor is not a timing problem."

However, as to the need for strong measures regarding discharges from agriculture to the Mar Menor, Lopez said that "in MC spent years asking alternatives for agriculture around the Mar Menor, we have proposed that agriculture is widespread green around it, and even the release and dissemination for marketing the brand 'Campo de Cartagena' as a distinctive quality, but

administrations have looked the other way, and so we are now with Mar Menor sick and wounded agriculture, both need urgent assistance. "

The cartagenerista training adheres to the demands of water for camp activity Cartagena from October because "farmers can maintain without damaging the salt lake activity, but that do policy makers need to put in place mechanisms of solidarity there, remembering the extraordinary transfer that farmers came to claim yesterday to Madrid to plant their crops in October, turning with the feeling that no one supports them, and add more, with the appearance of desertification field Cartagena does not bother these rulers, "added Jose Lopez.

The coordinator Decentralization MC Municipal Group, Enrique Perez Abellan, said that "we are working on a motion for the next municipal plenary, which will ask the accession of other municipal groups and demand the government in office, and also the Autonomous Community, which demanded the extraordinary transfer is approved and offer the guarantees Fecoam, UPA, and COAG, as industry representatives have called for the field of Cartagena and that have not been addressed. "

In this sense, Abellán has also indicated that "while no other possible routes are abandoned, as transfers of water from the communities of irrigators Estremera and La Poveda, or desalination plant tailings have any real use and, once clarify the administrative shebang created around it, the water can reach irrigators our fields. "

Secretary General MC has concluded saying that "those who have acted irresponsibly, without putting in infrastructure march met with public money, and consenting unsustainable performances environmentally as they walked banners 'Water for All', were the regional leaders, the now we ask a certain and effective engagement with farmers and field of Cartagena, which must be compelling and help retrain, yes, without losing their activity generates so much wealth to our region. "

Visit the hotbed La Aparecida

To know the real state of the industry, they have moved to Semillero La Aparecida where farmers have said that in the municipality are endangered during the next campaign five thousand hectares of horticultural for production in the municipality if no water flows along of September.

This would mean that it would no longer be transplanted more than 375 million cepellones different varieties of lettuce, broccoli, celery, etc., found in nurseries for transplantation in the coming months.

Thus, the consequences of the lack of water would involve, besides losing three thousand five hundred hectares of citrus in the municipality, the decline of more than 15% of direct employment in the primary sector, which would swell the unemployment rolls and as the economic consequences of the loss of market share.

Also during the visit, Jose Lopez has expressed its support for the sector, ensuring that will add to the request for an urgent transfer of relief for this new water year that begins next Oct. 1.

Source: MC