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The regional government president, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, said today that "agriculture is the cushion against the crisis and a productive sector that creates jobs in the Region of Murcia."

Valcarcel, who was speaking at the closing of the General Assembly Proexport, held today in Murcia, indicating that despite the current economic climate, "agriculture in Murcia and care has maintained its production to continue exporting the best fruits and vegetables worldwide, which has been a major source of wealth and job creation. "

For this reason, the head of the Murcia encouraged exporters and producers to "keep this activity and the pace of work to get done every day challenges of difficult, risky and innovative in this sector so important to our growth and development economically. "

The president said that "we are making a great effort on the part of the agricultural sector, to keep labor and adding new employees, as are the large power plant of the European Union."

"We have supported, defended and valued agriculture as a strategic pillar of our economic system, seeking to respond to the needs expressed and reflect as far as possible, to requests from farmers," said Valcarcel, who also stressed that "agriculture in Murcia is the most modernized and high-quality and most competitive of all Spanish regions."

The Government of the Region of Murcia, the president said, "is obliged, therefore," to preserve agriculture as the most important productive sector, for which became one of the main demands made today by the sector, to maintain and consolidate the Tajo-Segura.

In this sense, Valcárcel assured the exporters of fruits and vegetables to the Tajo-Segura "is and will remain a profitable activity for Murcia and Spain," so "is untouchable because it depends on something as vital as the work and the development of thousands of Murcia. "

Moreover, the chief executive of Murcia, had words of praise, gratitude and praise for Jose Hernandez, president of Paloma Horticultural Group, and Miguel Durán, president of Proexport, who announced in this general assembly that will not repeat in office.

At both the regional president thanked his work and dedication to Proexport and the Region, as he said, "The growth experienced by the Community of Murcia in recent years would have been possible without the efforts of this partnership."

Source: CARM