San Miguel de Abona uses its Potato Study Center and Museum. It will be located in the Casa de Don Gregorio, located on El Tapado street, in the town of El Roque, a historic building with traditional architecture in which the works to condition and equip it are finished. The place already exhibits tools related to cultivation and has educational resources for interaction with the visitor. Through this resource, knowledge related to the properties of this food is transmitted and the roots that the crop has in the mediocrity are valued.
The municipal government defends that the San Miguel de Abona Potato Museum and Study Center not only generated employment during the completion of the work for the conditioning of the agricultural space and the equipping of the different rooms, but also “its start-up It is conducive to creating jobs with the creation of new companies linked to routes and guided tours, as well as in local businesses with the revitalization that the site will bring to economic activity in the area.
The municipal areas of Local Development and Agriculture, led by Lot García, endorse their commitment “to the primary sector and rural development.” The councilor announces that the new resource is included in this framework, which will contribute to “promoting a product that is part of our history and our way of life and that generates great economic activity in our municipality,” he added.
The Potato Study Center and Museum is in a position to host the celebration of any event related to the primary sector, such as fairs, conferences, talks, seminars on innovation and entrepreneurship, new technologies, rural sustainability and circular economy. in the agricultural subsector. This activity is possible by having, among its endowment, exhibition modules and computer and audiovisual equipment.
It should be noted that the House of Don Gregorio was the subject of a process of adaptation and improvement through the works that allowed the completion of the enclosure of the plot, as well as the construction of a pergola with a roof to a water for the protection of the activities carried out carried out abroad, in addition to the construction of corrals and orchards as well as the installation of photovoltaic panels for energy self-sufficiency in this municipal area.
These works were part of the project for the conditioning and equipping of this space, an action that had a cost of 100,000 euros, of which 80,000 euros were subsidized by the Rural Action Group (GAR) within the framework of aid from the European Leader program, of the Rural Development Program (PDR). The Sanmiguelero City Council completed the financing with 20,000 euros.
Lot García that the forecast is to increase the endowment of the Potato Study Center and Museum with computer equipment such as laptops, screens, projectors and sound equipment, as well as other equipment whose management is still in the administrative phase. Another idea is to sign an agreement with Asaga and the Cooperativa de San Miguel “” that allows us to carry out a farm-school “to link students during the summer to the development of traditional agricultural activity.
