SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, June 25. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Dozens of women have gathered this week to claim their leading role in the socioeconomic development of rural areas in a meeting organized by the Cabildo de Tenerife, within the framework of the Agrofem project, at the Casa de los Zamorano de Tegueste, where they stood highlighted the experiences of seven women entrepreneurs.
The island councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Javier Parrilla, valued the trajectory of the seven speakers and highlighted the quality of their work and their productions. In Parrilla’s opinion, “entrepreneurship is feminine and from the Cabildo de Tenerife we want to continue supporting and promoting this type of meeting, which invites reflection and allows the exchange of initiatives, experiences and knowledge”.
Parrilla stressed the importance of dismantling gender stereotypes related to the primary sector, of continuing to promote female leadership in rural areas and of promoting the more active participation of women to give visibility to their work.
For her part, the CEO of Equality and Prevention of Gender Violence, Priscila de León, assured that in each meeting she sees that the number of women is multiplying, and believes that it is because “when women sit down and share experiences and concerns we realize not only what we are capable of doing, but also the possibilities that open up if we share and do it in synergy”, he said.
SPEAKERS OF THE MEETING
Throughout the entrepreneurship panel, the following intervened: Mapi Afonso, creator and manager of the brand of homemade jams La Natural. Her difficult incorporation into the labor market after maternity and the 2008 crisis gave her the necessary impetus to make this business a reality in 2012.
Déborah Díaz Barroso, administrator of El Rebusco, a traditional winery located in the municipality of Candelaria. Déborah’s great-grandparents have always dedicated themselves to agriculture, a task that her grandparents and later her parents continued. In 2010 the El Rebusco brand was born, in 2012 it was introduced in the Valle de Güímar Denomination of Origin and in 2019 Déborah took over in the winery.
Estefanía Jaimez, from Malpaís Hot Sauce, a brand that makes hot sauces, seasonings and homemade jams. The company has 8 types of sauces, from the least spicy and sweet, made with mangoes grown on its own or tropical pineapple from El Hierro, to the most extreme, made with the chili peppers that hold the Guinness World Record for the hottest chili peppers in the world. .
Tanaira Rodríguez and Alba González, specialists in elaiotecnia (olive oil). Both are agricultural technical engineers and oil mill teachers. Individually, Rodríguez is a specialist technician in extra virgin olive oil throughout the Canary Islands, while Alba González is a technician at Bodega Cumbres de Abona in Arico.
Sara Amelia Rodríguez Dorta, promoter of the Finca Las Pérez agroecological project together with Jonay, her partner. In addition to producing organic eggs, artichokes or lemons on her farm, the beekeeper is committed to learning and raising agro-environmental awareness, and develops, through her project La colmena ambulante and el escuelita rural El abejón beekeeping and wool workshops .
Fátima Sosa García, responsible for the La Florida cheese factory. She highlights her constant concern for quality, innovation and care for animals. The cheese factory is under the umbrella of the Tenerife Rural guarantee brand and has a wide variety of elaborations (soft, smoked, semi-cured or cured, as well as yogurt and cottage cheese).
Once the panel of experiences concluded, a workshop was held, in which some of the keys to improving the customer experience in a company were addressed; and a tasting of local products was held. The act was also attended by the insular director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cayetano Silva; and Councilor for Agriculture and Rural Development of Tegueste, Julián Rodríguez Pérez.
