Of the 11 to the 13 may, The XXXI edition of the Sardine Agricultural Week will address the difficulties and opportunities of the primary sector, among other presentations.
The Santa Lucía Cheese Tasting held this Monday at the Sardina House of Culture and in which they participated 21 would you like to 10 municipalities of Gran Canaria, has served as a prelude to the XXXI Sardine Agricultural Week, that develops from 11 to the 13 May at the El Cine Cultural Center and addresses topics of interest to professionals, workers, businessmen and consumers.
Wednesday day 11 may, The XXXI Sardine Agricultural Week takes center stage, which will address the 'Management of nematodes in agrosystems' on its first day., by agronomist Pedro Guillermo Tenoury. Then, Antonio Suárez, president of the Cosecha Directa cooperative and the Union of Small Farmers (UPA), will speak on 'The difficulties and opportunities of the agricultural sector'.
Thursday day 12 may, the director of Acanto Agroambiental will talk about 'Sub-products for animal feed in the Canary Islands', and on Friday day 12 may, The program closes with the presentations 'Relevant viruses in horticultural crops', from the professor and head of the Virology Group of the Mediterranean Agroforestry Institute of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and 'Control measures for sweet cucumber mosaic virus in tomatoes', by Antonio José Céspedes, from the Cajamar Las Palmerillas Experimental Station.
The closing ceremony on Friday, day 13, will be attended by the mayor of Santa Lucía Dunia González, the president of the Cabildo Antonio Morales, the Minister of agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero and the president of FEDEX José Juan Bonny.
