Agroaldea
Will pilot blueberry plantations, gooseberries, raspberries and blackberries to study viability.
The Cabildo has proposed to implement the cultivation of the highly valued red fruits in Gran Canaria, for what it will plant 600 blueberry plants, gooseberries, raspberries and blackberries that allow you to determine their viability on the island, reported today the Minister of Food Sovereignty, Miguel Hidalgo.
The objective of studying its adaptation to the climate of Gran Canaria to introduce red fruits in the local fruit and vegetable market and gain more levels of food autonomy, added.
It is a program framed in the R + D + i projects devised for this year that will be carried out at the Osorio de Teror farm and on a plot located in Las Lagunetas de San Mateo, which will allow to analyze the behavior of these four fruits in the climatological characteristics of both zones.
The Cabildo Farm will begin to cultivate this month the 600 plants also known as fruits of the forest, whose benefits for the cardiovascular system with cholesterol reduction and anti-aging through its antioxidant properties make them an attractive product for the consumer.
The experimentation will focus on water, to find the exact amount you need this type of crops and avoid wasting, and in the compost, Well, you have to find the one that causes the best behavior and thus get the most out of these fast-cycle plants that produce all year round and need cold..
The work will be carried out until 2018, Although next year the first results will be obtained on the viability of these crops of great commercial projection and the opportunity to diversify the offer in Gran Canaria.
Gran Canaria lacks growers dedicated to this type of fruit, although there are a small number of farmers who have tried to plant them, therefore, the Cabildo's experimentation work will contribute to improving the practice, Hidalgo explained, who expressed the commitment of the insular Institution for this type of tests to implant new crops on the Island.