The National Citriculture Festival has concluded, and the Association of Citriculturists of Concordia, the organizing entity alongside the Municipality, has made a more than positive assessment of the event. On one hand, due to the great support from the people, and on the other, due to the generation of a commitment to ensure that the region's citrus activity returns to being the most important in the country and the consolidation of joint work with the administration led by mayor Enrique Cresto.
Juan Verliac, a member of the Association's technical team, stated that “the assessment is super positive because for us, citriculture is closer to society with the sector that produces and composes it,” and this was demonstrated during this weekend because “people went to the Citriculture Festival, to the festival of Concordia,” which means that “for us, expectations have been met.”
This result generates “the impulse to continue on this path because there is a strong commitment and social support, and thousands of things cross one's mind to start working so that this is strengthened,” highlighted Verliac, while adding that for this, it is important “that other complementary actors join in to be the Department that produces the most citrus so that the people of Concordia feel proud and identity is strengthened.”
Verliac did not hesitate to point out that he was “surprised and stunned” by the number of people who paraded throughout the festival, especially on Sunday, where it is estimated that more than 25,000 people were at the venue.
“We expected it, but seeing it comforts us because we see that society understood what they were being invited to, which was to participate in the identity of Concordia and not just the festival, and we saw that in the words of the Queen or mayor Cresto, who obtained a response from the public that felt identified. We are advancing in the concept that Concordia is citrus,” he affirmed.
Another positive aspect of what happened was the support from the private sector, “and after events like these, there are surely many more who will want to join, but this is part of a construction process that takes time” because the citrus sector “had been somewhat discouraged, but these types of things help a lot,” he said, hoping that all parties will join in this goal to be achieved so that the results are short-term, with benefits for everyone.