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First organic seed centre in Andalusia
Spain
August 25, 2006

Source: Biofach Newsletter

Loja, a town half way between Granada and Málaga, Spain, will accommodate the first centre for the production and sale of vegetable and corn seed from and for organic cultivation.

The Andalusian Minister Isaías Pérez Saldaña and the mayor of Loja Miguel Castellano signed a contract to launch the project in July.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will provide 50 % of the cost of the 300,000 EUR project.

The main purpose of the project is to promote local plant varieties that are well suited to the climatic and soil conditions. The Andalusian minister took this opportunity to stress the importance of organic agriculture, which already covers a growing area of almost half a million hectares and is still expanding at "spectacular" rates.

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