Government and City Council workers presented Rural Health Program.

41 AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ARE PART OF THE HUMAN TEAM.

The Departments of Employment and Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands and the City Council of La Aldea have started, officially, the Rural Hygiene program for the control of whitefly in the municipality, through the presentation of the newly hired.

During the presentation, a part of the tasks that this team of workers will undertake to prevent the procreation of the whitefly was outlined., in abandoned spaces that may be the ideal reservoir for their proliferation.

Thirty-five individuals have registered with the City Council to benefit from the cleaning and waste removal tasks, that will be enhanced on private farms where it is no longer cultivated.

Policy makers acknowledged the delay that has occurred, about a year, to implement this agreement, novel and unique in the Canary Islands so far. For this reason, Between other reasons, Both the development and the results will be carefully monitored in order to assess the possibility of carrying it out. other parts of the Archipelago.

also signed up, in the presentation, on the possibility of creating a company of a social and/or commercial nature by this group of workers, at the end of the Program. All of them will also receive training during the six months, with the aim of promoting , even more, that integration.

Regarding the Municipal Ordinance that regulates both waste and the state of agricultural farms, will be available within a month and a half, according to the City Council. This is intended to prevent unfortunate images from being produced and the work being in vain..

Regarding the pest situation, the whitefly has controlled foci, but the rise in temperature next to the planting of crops, can bring some regrowth, according to field technicians.