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    • Imagen que ilustra la convocatoria del encuentro de Fademur en Mérida con ocasión del día internaciona de la mujer rural. Imagen: Fademur.

    600 rural women will gather in Merida to highlight its role as a pillar of the development of peoples

    Coinciding with the International Day of Rural Women, organized Fademur this day that will also have numerous side events, such as rural crafts fair open to the public.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    The Awards of Excellence for Innovation for Rural Women 2015 award diversification and entrepreneurship in the territory

    The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, will present the awards on Thursday 15 October, coinciding with the occasion of the celebration of International Day of Rural Women
    Carmen Quintanilla, presidenta de AFAMMER, en rueda de prensa el 13 de octubre de 2015. Imagen: AFAMMER

    Afammer introduced draft women and new technologies in the revitalization of rural areas

    The creation of self-employment and social economy enterprises help their homes in rural areas has been the objective. To put in place have been carried out 249 surveys, 114 rural women and 180 elderly and dependents.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Spain: Social factor grows in purchasing decisions

    Four in ten consumers would pay more for products from socially committed companies, according to a report by consultancy Nielsen. More than one in three have in mind when making the purchase social values ​​associated to a brand. The decisive environmental factor for more than 30%.

    Peru and Andalusia, together by research in the world of olives

    The UNIA and Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University of Peru made an international course of Technologies applied to the processing of table olives and olive oil production. Both universities have signed an agreement to collaborate in the organization of academic activities.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Peru recognizes the Juan José Pascual´s labor for rabbit breeding in Latin America

    Professor and researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Juan José Pascual, has been named Doctor Honoris Causa by the National University of San Antonio del Cusco (Peru). The professor Pascual has been awarded in recognition of their educational, scientific and editorial contributions aimed at promoting the development of rabbit breeding in Latin America as a tool for rural development and poverty reduction.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Trelleborg Road Show, a true hit in Spain

    Trelleborg has a Successful Spanish Stop on its 2015 European Road Show for Agricultural Tires, during an exclusive event in Tauste (Zaragoza) on September 25. The one-day event, attended by more than 200 farming professionals, involved a series of field demonstrations during which two tractors raced over 300 meters.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Spain: Rice harvest in urban gardens in Sociópolis for children

    Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) and Agriculture and Environment Foundation of Valencia (FUVAMA), in collaboration with the Consell Agrari Municipal Valencia, organized on 15 October, the rice harvest ceremony in the park Urban Tower, known as Sociópolis.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Sommet de l’Elevage offered resistance to Bluetongue

    When "the most important in Europe for livestock professionals encounter" closed, organizers smiled again thanks to a not so catastrophic that the announced result. In this year of 2015, welcomed 72,000 visitors came reflecting "only" a 17% attendance compared to the previous edition. "The worst happened," said Fabrice Berthon, General Commissioner of the Sommet de l'Elevage. "Livestock is the essence of the show and the total absence due to Bluetongue (for the first time in 24 editions) is a real loss for our event. This situation should never happen again, "he said Berthon.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Conxemar celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries FAO

    The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed that "the exercise of responsible fishing has been a priority for this government."