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The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, accompanied by the heads of agricultural organizations, COAG and FECOAM, Peter Lenci and Santiago Martinez, respectively, and the Mayor of Cieza, Antonio Tamayo, visited this morning a number of farms whose crops hit hardest by the storm of hail that occurred yesterday in the area of Cieza.
Cerda said that "it is severely damaged 12,000 hectares with crops industry peach, plum, pear and table grapes, which are located in the municipalities of Cieza, Calasparra, Abarán White."
Of this, 2,000 hectares were particularly affected by the "epicenter of the storm" and were damaged by 100 percent.
The owner of Agriculture and Water said: "The most worrisome aspect of this catastrophe are not the crops because they are insured farmers, but the damage to timber trees, which may affect future harvest campaigns, that can not be sure. "
To mitigate the damage, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water from tomorrow distributed to farmers fungal treatment for cuts and wounds of trees, thus avoiding the development and spread among them fungal problems.
At the same time, Cerda said that from tomorrow morning will begin work on air in less affected areas.
Technicians from the Ministry currently working on the definition of the degree of damage in each of the zones.
In this regard, Cerda said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Water asked the central government's declaration of 'disaster area' for the affected 12,000 hectares of the Shire, at the request of the municipalities in the area.
Source: CARM
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