The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Adela Martinez-Cache, visited yesterday Jumilla, to know, with the mayor of Jumilla, Enrique Jimenez, and the Director General of Food Industry and Agricultural Training, Angel Garcia Lidon, areas affected by the storm hail fall on Monday, ending with part of the crop farmers of the highest areas of the municipality.
For now, one of the first measures taken has been the distribution of products such as healing "Captan" and the like, which affected farmers may withdraw in municipal garages in Calle Ingeniero de la Cierva).
To access the products must apply for aid in the District Agricultural Office (OCA), giving the DNI / CIF and reference sigpac affected and the target crop.
According highlighted the mayor, Enrique Jimenez, "are watching and assessing the damage done by the storm. That in a few minutes, see it as the work of a year is going at a time and with it, the aspirations and projects of farmers is bleak but we will be there to help as much as possible, because agriculture is the economic point of Jumilla ".
As well as mime stressed "the damage being assessed, the term affected is vast and not only in Jumilla, and once we have the full assessment, we study the necessary support measures."
Meanwhile the minister, Adela Martinez-Cache, "the first thing is to be here with people who are struggling. The technical counseling are assessing the damage to different crops, and the first will be in these 48 hours, applying treatments, especially the crops of wood, to heal wounds, and that helps alleviate this damage. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla