Past and Present

2.- A brief history of intensive agriculture in Almeria

1941: Building of the first wells 1955: The earth banks appear 1963: First greenhouse 70's: The greenhouse area grows 1980: Hybrid seeds are introduced 1981: Localised drip irrigation 1988-90: Soil-less crops and hydroponics 1991: Irrigation computerised control and nutrition with fertirrigation machines 1991-92: Natural pollination of the tomato with bumble bees 1995: Integrated control of plagues 1997: Advances in the greenhouse structures: Improved latticing and Multi-tunnel 2000: Climate control of the greenhouse using computers 2001: Certified Production 2002: Integrated management of all the agricultural waste: plastics, substrates, crops remains and plants