The XXIX Week of Agriculture Southeast highlights the importance of cooperation.

ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURATION ACT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS FIXED IN THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE SECTOR.

The Sardina del Sur Agricultural Week reviews the difficult situation of the sector and the effect of the distribution of pending agricultural aid, in addition to addressing other topics of interest to professionals, workers, businessmen and consumers.

The XXIX Agricultural Week began on Wednesday with a conference on the application of microrich fungi in traditional tomato varieties under different cultivation systems, and will continue with a presentation on new projects linked to associations, by the manager of the Cosecha Directa cooperative, Antonio Suárez, and the talk 'Short cycle onion variety testing', of the deputy director of the Cabildo Experimental Agricultural Farm, Sebastian Suarez.

This new edition ends on Friday with a round table for technicians and conferences on suntan virus and spoon virus, and the effect of the distribution of agricultural aid.

The Councilor for Agriculture and Livestock of the Santa Lucía City Council, Ofelia Alvarado, has thanked “to all the men and women who continue to overcome obstacles every day to be able to continue working in our field”, and especially to those people who, “even though it's falling”, have continued to maintain this meeting space, information and training..

On the other hand, The organizers point out that at this time when the primary sector of the islands has been reduced to minimum levels never before reached, it takes all the people who represent the field, and they add that “we need collective participation so that, once and for all, It is understood that there are many families that continue to depend on this sector, and to be able to transmit with our presence that we are and want to continue being in the fight for the agriculture and livestock of our land.”.

The mayor of Saint Lucia, Dunia González, accompanied by the president of Fedex, Jose Juan Bonny, and the director of Livestock of the Government of the Canary Islands, Juan Pedro Dávila, will be in charge of closing the program of the XXIX Agricultural Week, organized by the Agrarian Transformation Societies (SAT), agricultural cooperatives and the Santa Lucía City Council. After the official ceremony, the prizes for the Insular Cheese Tasting Contest will be presented., recently held in Sardina.

Alvarado stated that “during 29 years in the Sardine Agricultural Week we have seen the primary sector overcome difficulties and it has shown us the courage, the perseverance and dignity that characterizes him”.