The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, escorted by the councilman of Agriculture and Water, John Pagan, and the presidents of the Association of Defense health of sheep and goats "Santa Eulalia", Pedro Canovas, and the Health Protection Association Pig of the Paretón and Totana, Pedro Bermejo, have signed cooperation agreements amounting to 6,000 euros, respectively, for the administration and management costs to defend the interests of the organization.
These agreements put an end to the round of signing of agreements made by the Mayor of Totana all agricultural and livestock organizations in the town for a total of 24,000 euros.
In this regard, Pagan Sanchez has shown the interest of the City Council in the development of these sectors and the implementation of measures to enable the development of the same and that in turn serve as activators of the local economy .
Pedro Cánovas said both organizations are striving to be a reference to regional level in the fight for the protection of the health of sheep, goats and pigs.
For their part, both representatives of the livestock of the town, welcomed the financial contribution provided by the Consistory, which contribute to the development and promotion of their activities.
Similarly, Martínez Andreo said one of the biggest bets of the City address this crisis is to support agriculture and livestock, "as it is an important economic sector in our city, dedicated to the production of products with wide acceptance in domestic and international markets showing a growing momentum. "
He also announced the creation of a logo and corporate image of farmers and ranchers to raise awareness of local products at fairs and other kinds of activities, which will be addressed shortly in the Agricultural Advisory Council.
City Councilman said a series of actions that the municipality has started to address the crisis, such as product promotion totanero, with a corporate image externally promote farming and agriculture, and subsidies recalled IBI existing pay rustic.
Finally, he announced that the 2009 budget envisages an increase of the budget of the Department of Agriculture, because it is the intention of the government team in these sectors continue to invest and open new credit lines in addition to maintaining existing ones.
