Agustin Herrero, new CEO of Agri-food Cooperatives of Spain
The rector of Agri-food Cooperatives Council of Spain appointed new CEO of Spanish Agri-food Cooperatives: Agustín Herrero. He is replacing Eduardo Baamonde, who has joined Cajamar.
Spain: The fisheries inspection is reinforced from the air
The Ministries of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Interior will collaborate on fisheries inspection activities. The Civil Guard operates two helicopters of the General Secretariat of Fisheries, designed specifically for the control, surveillance and fisheries inspection.
Sustainable fisheries roots in the Mediterranean
Ecosafimed project between Tunisia, Italy and Spain achieved between promoting responsible and sustainable fishing sector for the conservation of marine ecosystems practices. After two years of scientific studies in close collaboration with fishermen, the main result of this program is the development of guidelines for the artisanal fleet in order to improve conservation of benthic communities in the Mediterranean.
Spain refines the implementation of the CAP
Spain has amended three royal decrees on the application, from 2015, of direct payments to agriculture and livestock, and other support schemes, as well as the management and control of direct payments and rural development payments the allocation of rights basic payment scheme of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the geographic information system for agricultural parcels. The aim of the changes is to enable better implementation and achieve greater efficiency in the management of aid.
Netherlands and Spain: each year should be “the year of the soil”
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Spain celebrates the Technical Seminar on the administration and management of agricultural soils on January 21, 2016, in Zaragoza (Spain), in the Pignatelli Building, from 10 am. Collaborating Center for Research and Food Technology of Aragón (CITA) and the Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS).
The Ministry of Agriculture and the city of Alicante cooperate in controlling Marine Reserve of Tabarca
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, through the Secretariat General of Fisheries, and the city of Alicante, have signed a second extension of the cooperation agreement signed by both institutions to cooperate in controlling activities of the Marine Reserve Tabarca Island.
Tejerina says trading in the EU has brought “share more and more benefits for Spanish fishermen”
The Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed today in Brussels that Spain has achieved its objectives in the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the European Union, thanks to a rigorous and prior work done in collaboration with our scientific management. This has allowed, added García Tejerina, achieve a significant improvement in all stocks traded in the Council of Fisheries Ministers, which ended today in the EU capital.
Spain: General elections 20D. Agri-food policies
The agri-food sector and rural areas is also starring in the proposals of the Spanish political parties attending the meeting of December 20, after which the formula that will govern the country for the next four years. Attached below offers affecting the development of the primary sector, by the, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Ciudadanos and Podemos.
Spain: the agricultural insurance system with higher risk coverage
The Government has approved the 37th Agricultural Insurance Plan, whose subscription period begins throughout 2016. The new program has a budget of over 211 million euros, representing an increase of 6.1% from the previous Plan. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment increases the percentage of support to the hiring of agricultural insurance in all lines.
Spain signed the declaration in Paris “Because the Ocean” to enhance the resilience of marine ecosystems to climate change
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has signed today, under the Oceans Day celebrated in the Climate Summit (COP 21) in Paris, the statement "Because the Ocean" to enhance the resilience of ecosystems marine facing the impacts of climate change.