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It stresses that organic farming sector will receive more than 53 million euros in aid to 2020
The president of the Community, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, said today at the opening in Los Alcázares of the biogas plant Kernel Export, which "by its capacity for innovation and generate employment, agricultural enterprises are examples of good practice and what is now the Region of Murcia, a place of entrepreneurs who do not resign themselves and know grow. "
"People who turn problems into opportunities which, in turn, translates into jobs," remarked Pedro Antonio Sánchez, who stressed that the region and its businesses "are a benchmark for innovation."
He excelled as a "spearhead" the horticultural Kernel Export company, which spends more than 400 hectares to organic farming.
In this regard, he announced that the sector will receive up to 2020 more than 53 million euros in aid to organic production.
He noted that the biogas plant, which will cover 40 percent of energy consumption of the company, "transforms problems into opportunities and solutions" because they can be reused horticultural waste into energy and compost.
In this regard, he said that it is a modern enterprise "that has grown in a traditional sector such as agriculture, and become an example of vanguard".
The chief executive said that "the road to the future is to enhance the production of clean energy that promote consumption, with the benefits that the market allows us".
He said "we bet on the 'energy districts' and be able to produce much of the energy we need and must be encouraged, as is already making the European Union, the Government of Spain and the region, investments that can promote somehow the consumption of clean and alternative energies. "
Kernel Export is a leading producer of fruit and vegetables fresh, processed and organic crops destined for markets across Europe company.
The region is a leader in the Spanish exports of fruit and vegetables, as 7 out of 10 fruits and vegetables that are produced here are exported.
The regional food industry "is associated with quality, job creation, exports and research capacity and innovation," said the president.
27 percent of the cultivated area in the region is environmentally friendly.
In 2016, the regional government will allocate 6 million euros to organic farming and by 2020 this aid will exceed 53 million euros and an estimated 4,500 families will benefit.
Social commitment and environmental
Kernel Export is a leading producer of lettuce, escarole, broccoli, celery, cabbage, spinach, cantaloupe, cabbage, cauliflower, among others.
It has an annual production of over 25,000 tons, has about 2,000 hectares of own production and more than 400 organic production.
It is anticipated that the biogas plant for the recovery of agricultural waste with subsequent composting process can treat 19,000 tonnes per year in the anaerobic digester and 5,400 tons of compost.
This process allows a form of renewable energy (biogas) and turning them into fertilizer value waste for agricultural use.
Basically, the treatment will occur on horticultural waste (pumpkins, melons, broccoli and lettuce mainly), the food industry sludges and manures, among others.
In addition to the commitment to the environment, Kernel Export participates in various social causes contributing 3 tons of products weekly to Jesus Forsaken, Caritas or the nuns of asylum Cartagena, Caravaca and Ciudad Real, that these entities distributed among the neediest families.
Source: CARM
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