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Agriculture

 

Introduction and Objectives

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Introduction

The Service of Agrarian Extension was created in Spain in 1953 with the purpose of helping farmers to take advantage of their resources. In 1981 the competencies were transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Autonomous Communities, and finally, in 1990, they were transferred to the Insular Town councils, taking up as function and service characteristic of the Town councils the Insular Programs of Attendance, Technical Advice and the farmers' Qualification.

The Insular Program is developed fundamentally through the Offices of Agrarian Extension and Rural Development, applying a programming methodology for objectives, where every year an analysis of the situation of the agrarian situation is made and, based on this analysis and to the general objectives, an annual Plan of Work is settled down for all the Offices of Agrarian Extension.

Among the actions of this Annual Plan there are those of demonstrative and experimental character to make in the collaborating properties of this Corporation, as well as the formative agrarian activities on those aspects of bigger technological interest for the agrarian sector and the rural world in general.

Objectives

  • To support farmers, providing technical advice and support in the subsidy management and procedure.
  • To improve agrarian production techniques, with special emphasis on the training of the farmers and the experimentation and agrarian popularization.
  • To improve the vegetable protection, supported in the Insular Network Of Warning Stations, as well as in experimental parcels and systems of pursuit of diverse plagues and illnesses.
  • To improve the efficiency of watering, based on the data obtained in specific warning stations for banana and tomato.
  • To encourage agrarian practices which are respectful with the environment, especially as fas as agrarian residuals, agrochemical handling, use of the water are concerned.
  • To energize the socioeconomic network of Tenerife's districts supporting the generation and establishment of nets that consolidate the same one.
  • To contribute to the sustainable development of the rural areas of the Island.
  • To favor the installation of compatible activities with the mean.
  • To advise and to support the creation of innovative initiatives to generate employment, promoting the diversification of activities.