Mogan
08-10-2024
News
The Department of Agriculture of the Mogán City Council offers courses on mango pruning and grafting, avocado fertilization and citrus management. They are free and require prior registration.
This offer responds to one of the objectives of the council led by Neftalí Sabina, consisting of training the farmers of the municipality to adapt to new technologies and techniques, so that they can develop their activity as best as possible and the crops continue. providing excellent quality products.
The courses are financed entirely by the City Council, which also has an agronomist on staff on a continuous basis to teach this type of actions as well as to offer advice.
The first course will be mango pruning and grafting on October 18. It will focus on the physiology of growth, types of pruning, pruning of different cultivars, pruning times, grafts, types and grafting times.
The avocado fertilization course will follow on November 7. In this, the participants will learn the nutritional needs of growing this fruit and how to develop an adequate fertilization plan.
Finally, on December 11, the citrus management course will take place, which will cover everything related to the production of these fruits, including the type of pruning, irrigation, fertilization and phytosanitary control.
The three courses will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the first being held on a farm in Barranco de Arguineguín and the next two in the Plenary Hall of the Mogán City Council (next to Plaza Sarmiento and Coto in the historic center).
Interested persons can request more information and register at the Agriculture Office located at 14 San Antonio de Padua Street, in the town of Mogán, or by calling 928 15 88 00, extension 1126. Opening hours are from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
