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The Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment, Adela Martinez-Cacho, announced today that his department is planning, with Murcian companies producing artichoke, develop a research program for the varietal improvement of this product so that suits While the health of the soil of the region and its climate.
Martinez-Cacho, who opened the I Sectorial Conference on Production and Consumption Artichoke held in Torre Pacheco said that "it is essential innovation to further promoting this product as to the lines of improving crop yields in varietal improvement and also transformed the industry. "
Murcia is the main producer of artichoke across the country and one of the most important in the world in acreage.
In 2015, it was the community with the highest production, with 47 percent of the 234,000 tons produced nationwide.
The area devoted to this crop is 6,893 hectares, ranking it third in importance among horticultural crops, lettuce and broccoli after.
Murciana artichoke production is mainly for domestic market (95 percent).
The value of exports artichoke Region in 2015 represented about 45 percent of the total of Spain, according to the latest official data from ICEX.
Source: CARM
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