The MARM urges rational and reasonable use of fertilizer instead of lower consumption

In the opinion of Pérez Minguijón, Spain halved the consumption of fertilizers during the previous year, taking into account that in the 2008 1.6 million euros was allocated to these products. A fall that attributed to a decline in subscriptions and prices. For the current year, the spokesman of the MARM predicts a return to the situation earlier, typical of the period 2006-2007. In this regard, he stressed a balance in the consumer and a 'surge' of prices. Also, Pérez Minguijón argued that the autonomous communities have the quality of the fertilizer control services. For its part, the Minister of agriculture, livestock, fisheries and environment of the Government of the Canary Islands, Domingo Berriel, referred to the fact that the Guide has express references to the problem of Canarian products. Equally, Berriel also highlighted the importance of properly, use fertilizer on farms in the Islands, for so as to increase the productivity of agriculture and preserve the environment.

The publication of the MARM, which includes a chapter on the Subscriber of tropical and subtropical fruit trees in the archipelago, intended to contribute to the improvement of agricultural productivity on the basis of two purposes. On the one hand, return on the application of fertilizers and on the other, preserve the environment. The manual, result of a study carried out by the National Association of manufacturers of fertilizers (ANFFE) in collaboration with the Spanish commercial fertilizer Association (ACEFER), is structured in two parts and describes basic concepts on vegetable nutrition and specific aspects of the fertilization of crops, including a chapter on the most representative crops of the Canarian field, as well as comments on the legislation in force