Clara Aguilera: “The European Commission confirms aid for the Spanish olive”
A delegation of farmers and ranchers of UPA, headed by its secretary general, Lorenzo Ramos, today transferred to the Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, the need to take into account the rural world and food producers in the transition towards a circular economy, sustainable, low emissions and does not exclude any of its actors.
Mapama signs collaboration agreements with the Spanish Network for Rural Development and the State Network for Rural Development
The general director of Rural Development, Innovation and Forestry Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Isabel Bombal, has signed two collaboration agreements with the Spanish Network of Rural Development (ReDR) and with the State Network of Rural Development, to support the realization of integral and sustainable rural development activities.
The Ministry participates with the FIAB in the International Fair Specialty & Fine Food London 2018
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food participates, together with the FIAB (Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries), in the Speciality and Fine Food Fair that takes place in London (United Kingdom) from September 2 to 4, with a stand of 130 m2, where 27 companies of the sector are welcomed and the quality and variety of our food is announced.
Andalusia markets around 20,000 tonnes of fish and shellfish in the first six months of 2018
Basic foods go back to the Spanish shopping basket in SeptemberThe 25 Andalusian fish markets have sold 19,364.96 tonnes of fish and shellfish in the first half of 2018 for a value of 66.7 million euros. The average price per kilogram has been placed in the first six months of this year at 3.45 euros, above the 3.03 and 2.84 euros of the same period of the 2017 and 2016 courses, for, from the From the point of view of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, to compensate, "to a certain extent", the decline in production in a "difficult" context such as that experienced by the extractive sector as a result of the loss of considerable percentages of quotas of species such as hake and horse mackerel after the international negotiations led by the previous Government of Mariano Rajoy or the situation of the sardine fishery, without forgetting the "forced" closure of the fishing ground of the chirla.
Bioviti aims to use biodiversity as a competitive tool for wine growers
The operating group of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food #Bioviti, which aims to use biodiversity as a competitiveness tool for wine growers, has just taken its first steps with a meeting held in Valencia.
Food produced in Europe continues to be the safest
The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture - WINGS - celebrates the results of the 2016 EFSA Report on phytosanitary residues in food, which demonstrate once again the quality of the food we consume and the commitment of the agricultural sector to food security.
Millions of tourists enjoy this summer the versatility of olive oils at the airport of Palma de Mallorca
Throughout the month of August and until September 2, the millions of travelers passing through Palma de Mallorca Airport can enjoy the quality and versatility of olive oils in the Olive Oil Lounge, a multi-purpose space dedicated exclusively to this star product of the Mediterranean diet.
FEPEX transfers to the Minister a proposal to meet the challenges of the fruit and vegetable sector
FEPEX has transmitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, the main challenges of the fruit and vegetable sector, which includes the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU, third Spanish export market; the application of the CMO in Spain, and the insecurity over the supply of water resources in the main producing regions, proposing a set of measures with specific actions to modernize the farms, which will improve the competitiveness of the sector.
The Minister of Agriculture meets with Fruits to know the workforce of the association
The Minister of Agriculture of the Generalitat, Teresa Jordà, met with a representative of the Board of Afrucat to learn first hand the work of the association in terms of market monitoring, promotion and internationalization.
The EU will adjust the tariff quotas for beef and veal by the Brexit
The Commission has presented a proposal for a Council Regulation authorizing the opening of negotiations on the distribution of the European Union tariff quotas included in the calendar of the World Trade Organization (WTO).