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Date Published: 12/08/2020
ARCHIVED - Experimental farm in Mula reduces the use of fertilizers in agriculture through micro-organisms
Projects such as this are important in the campaign to encourage ecological agriculture and reduce nitrate use in the Campo de Cartagena and around the Mar Menor
An experimental farm located in the municipality of Mula, in the district of Yéchar, is hosting a research project examining the use of microorganisms in different production crops, making it possible to reduce the application of fertilizers for agriculture.
The project, developed by Ideagro, is obtaining important results in melon, tomato, broccoli, apricot and citrus crops, which are already being applied in agricultural productions in the Cartagena countryside and the Lorca countryside.
The Minister of Agriculture, Antonio Luengo, together with the mayor of Mula, Juan Jesús Moreno, and the director of IMIDA, Víctor Serrano visited the farm this week to learn about the results obtained so far.
Pedro Palazón, from Ideagro, explained that this project is reducing the contributions of environmental nitrogen by 30 percent through the incorporation of microorganisms with very interesting results leading to a more sustainable and healthy agriculture.
Regional Minister Antonio Luengo said: “it is very important to come and see projects like this to reduce the application of fertilizers in agriculture. It is very positive and will allow, with all the guarantees and without affecting the final product as is being demonstrated, the reduction of nitrates and phosphates both in the land and in the aquifers, another valuable tool with which to improve agricultural practices.”
The Minister is particularly interested in supporting sustainable agriculture to limit the damage to the Cartagena aquifer which lies beneath the Campo de Cartagena and has been badly polluted by agricultural nitrates during the last 20 years of intensive farming.
The new plan for the protection of the Mar Menor aims to limit the use of nitrates and encourage the use of ecological farming techniques in the Campo de Cartagena.
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