The new Recinto Ferial Agroganadero of Huéscar will boost the lamb chops, equipped with protected geographical indication
February 22, 2011
The last day of February 20, the Minister of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucía, Clara Aguilera, opened a fairground, in the municipality of Huéscar (Granada) which aims, on the one hand, to promote livestock production in the area, and on the otherpromoting organic farming as well as the agricultural sector in general. The installation formally two of the most important events related to the region, such as the national auction agroganadera production of sheep segureña race and the Agroganadera fair. To get an idea, a total of 400 Grenadines families are engaged in farming and production of 130,000 heads of lamb chops, whose exemplary standard is the Lamb, and that moves a total 12 million euros. Despite the importance of the lamb chops, the protected geographical indication (PGI) has, since a few days ago, with the support of the MARM to its registration in the Community register, the counselor has urged producers to get more value added in their productions, with the sale of another type of almentos, such as ready-made products or IV range or pre-cooked V range. In addition, Aguilera has tempered that operations like this make it possible that products of importance to the area, such as lamb or olive oil, sold at a fair price, to ensure an optimal level of income for the producer.
The new fair exhibition centre, which has counted with the aid of more than 1.8 million euros, financed 50/50 between the Ministry of environment and Rural and Marine Affairs and the autonomous community of Andalusia, stands on land purchased from the cooperative mill Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. The construction of this equipment has benefited 800 growers of the municipality, you have been reinvertidos these revenues in last generation facilities. The new fair exhibition centre occupies an area of over of 5,000 square metres, of which more than 3,300 will be used for exhibition area (1,414 square meters for exhibitions in the open air) and 919 square meters, which will accommodate to 40 venues for the exhibition of livestock, and 900 square meters with capacity for 50 booths and offices, etc.
The comarca of Huéscar produces 28,74% sheep Census and 19% of holdings with respect to the total of the province. For its part, the race segureña, with a State of 1.5 million census, is represented by the sheep breed with a greater presence in Andalusia, where 2.7 million head of sheep are bred (11% of the State cabin)what her positioned as fifth region of the country in number of heads.
