ABOUT TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE KNOW FIRST HAND ABOUT TECHNICAL WORK, THE MODERNIZATION OF FACILITIES AND THE GENERATIONAL RELEASE.

Like an industrial city, the Silicon Valley of Agriculture, but export tomato. This is how we could succinctly describe the model developed by the COAGRISÁN Agricultural Cooperative..

 

Applying the latest technology, adapting and installing more efficient infrastructure, implementing research and development programs, allocating warehouse roofs to photovoltaic production, mechanizing crops, creating the first agricultural urbanization in the Canary Islands and investing profits in the diversification of services, COAGRISÁN has placed itself at the forefront of the sector.

The head of the technical team, Marcelo Rodriguez, He explained to the participants of the Conference how they carry out the activity from the moment the crop is planned until the end of the harvest.. The last decade was especially conflictive for technicians due to the proliferation of the spoon virus, roasted, thrips, white fly and tuta.

The accumulated experience has allowed us to achieve excellent sanitation, good pest control and with the indispensable work of farmers carrying out good practices, obtain outstanding results in quality and quantity, optimizing performance until increasing 10 kgs/Ha to almost 22 kgs/Ha on average.

The commitment to integrated control, The harvesting technique and the mechanization of crops have also meant a considerable change in the quality of life of farmers and in the reduction of inputs..

On the other hand, the general director of COAGRISÁN, Jacinto Godoy, referred to the incorporation of young farmers into the activity, thus guaranteeing generational change. To carry out this operation, An agricultural urbanization project was designed based on land acquired in the Las Tabladas area.

This urbanization was laid out on polygons that have paved accesses, basic services, greenhouses and irrigation rooms, warehouse and supplies. Today, The agricultural urbanization of Las Tabladas is a national benchmark, in which improvements are constantly made. The last, recirculation installation and change of mesh covers for plastic.

In his speech, Godoy also referred to the current situation of the Canary Islands tomato export sector and the vicissitudes that have raised the alarm about the eviction of the activity.. The lack of commitment to compliance with the Tomato Strategic Plan, as well as delays in the payment of aid or the reduction in transportation compensation that the 70% has passed to 26%, has placed the sector on the ropes.

Jacinto Godoy recalled that export crops, tomato is the one with the highest employability index, with a profile of a woman older than 40 years whose salary is the only income that the family unit receives. This sector maintains almost 20.000 jobs.

However, Godoy stated that the sector has a future and this depends on the administrations fulfilling their commitments.. “This is not the time to declare intentions, but declaration of actions”, said the CEO.

Jacinto Godoy pointed out the actions that are being carried out by the sector and detailed the demands aimed at obtaining what corresponds to the sector and carrying out a more equitable distribution, supportive and fair of POSEI funds.