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The Governing Board is committed to involving all sectors of the agri-food system in structuring a sustainable agroecological chain between La Huerta and the surrounding urban centers. Among the objectives that are pursued include the creation of a network of Green Restaurants and the generation of new production, marketing and consumption channels

The Department of Urban Planning, Environment and Garden has obtained the approval of the Governing Board for the adhesion to the project 'Weaving Networks', promoted by the "Weaving Network Association".

The initiative is integrated into the strategies foreseen in the Plan of Action of the Huerta de Murcia for the revitalization and promotion of agricultural activity, as well as the environment, the landscape, the irrigation network, the cultural heritage and the environment in general .

As explained by councilor Antonio Navarro, "within the planned actions is the promotion of studies, projects and work aimed at promoting peri-urban agriculture in the territory of the Huerta de Murcia with initiatives to encourage and make viable economically the organic production sector as one of the real possibilities of conservation and recovery of the Huerta, creating the guidelines to structure a sustainable agroecological agrifood chain between the Huerta de Murcia and the adjacent urban centers ".

It should be noted that, in addition to this, the City of Murcia has adhered to various initiatives in this direction, such as the State Pact for Food Sovereignty, Environmental Education and the Sustainability of the Territory or adherence to the Network of Cities for the Agroecology

In this sense, the creation of new processes of association and exchange from production, handling and marketing, establishing mechanisms that enable and cover the entire process to the final consumer, will have an obvious impact on improving profitability and contribute to the global goal of recovery of the Huerta de Murcia that has become one of the priority objectives of the City of Murcia.

Its objectives include an efficient use of water and a criterion for reducing the water footprint, which is also pursued by the City of Murcia, involving all sectors of the agri-food system to form a sustainable agroecological agri-food chain between la Huerta and the adjacent urban areas. .

Intercultural, sustainable and competitive territory

Antonio Navarro stressed that "the project" Tejiendo Redes "is an opportunity for integral development in which all the agents involved are committed to making La Huerta an intercultural, sustainable and competitive territory".

With its adhesion, the City Council is committed to take on the challenges and concerns of this group, to support and spread their values ​​among their customers and suppliers and to participate actively in the development and implementation of the project.

All this, having as objectives:

- Promote the sustainable use of water and energy and protect the environment.

- Promote governance and citizen participation to carry out a process of transition and agro-ecological restoration of La Huerta.

- Improve the viability of farms and the competitiveness of agriculture in the orchard and promote innovative agricultural technologies applicable to this environment.

- Innovate through the generation of new channels of production, commercialization and consumption.

- Weave agrifood networks for the socioeconomic development of La Huerta.

- Weave a network of Green Restaurants.

- Weaving a network of Agroecological Dynamization.

- Innovation, through the generation of jobs and, especially, of people at risk of exclusion, favoring economic development and the reduction of poverty in La Huerta.

- Identify degraded and abandoned spaces suitable for urban and peri-urban agriculture and give guidelines to restore them and put them in agricultural and environmental value.

- Promote the circular economy (low carbon, efficient use of water and resistant to climate change) in the agri-food chain.

- Implement measures of technological innovation and productive, social and economic processes in the agricultural, agricultural and agri-food sectors of La Huerta de Murcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia