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The mayor of San Javier, Juan Martinez today stressed the "fundamental" role that women have played in the evolution of agriculture in both a general level and at the local level, at the opening of the Fourth Day of the Rural Woman held today in the auditorium of the City of San Javier with the assistance of more than one hundred women.
Juan Martinez was accompanied by the CEO of Agro-based Industry and Agricultural Training, Ángel García Lidón, the Director General of Research and Innovation, Celia Martinez, and Council of Agriculture, Antonio Luengo, and Equality, Estíbaliz Masegosa, along with the president of COA-Go Ceres in Murcia, Dolores Diaz, organizers of the conference that aims to enhance the visibility of rural women.
The Mayor stressed the weight of agriculture in the economy of the municipality and the importance of participation of women is having on the competitiveness and modernization that characterize our agricultural sector.
Martinez encouraged young women to follow the example of those who have already opened way to become more involved in an activity for the future.
This return to rural areas should be from training, either higher or professional, said the Director General of Research and Innovation, Celia Martinez, who highlighted the research work linked to the agricultural sector as a way to involve women in the middle.
She herself was responsible for introducing the first speaker of the conference, Professor Research Council for Scientific Research, Francisca Sevilla, who equated the struggle of women to gain a foothold in research and agriculture.
Ángel García Lidón revealed that the reality in our rural areas on the visibility of women does not correspond with the official data that speak of between 15% and 18% owned by women in agriculture against the European average stands at 46%, and up to 70% in livestock enterprises.
The Director General of Industry and Innovation, García Lidón highlighted positive data pointing to a turnaround as the vocational training courses related to agriculture have 60 percent of women among their students, and the growing presence of Women in Rural Development Plans.
"The woman has to have a say because if we produce, we also decided" said Maria Dolores Diaz, farmer owner Mula, and president of the Coag-Go Ceres in Murcia, which encouraged women to participate in decision-making bodies and discussion .
Dolores was the first woman to join the regional executive Coag, which later joined two others, in a body of 20 members.
"All men and women are part of the rural environment, and we are all equal and necessary," he said.
The Conference was held in the auditorium of the City of San Javier with the participation of experts to develop the four presentations of the program on women and research, visibility dela women in rural areas, the influence of climate change on the PAC, healthy eating and priority actions and Area Coag woman on participation and equality of women in rural farms.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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