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    • Mexico started exporting livestock products and poultry products to Cuba

    As a result of the recent official visit to Cuba -from head of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), José Calzada Rovirosa-, where he met with the ministers of Agriculture Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero- of Food industry -Maria del Carmen Concepcion Gonzalez and Rodrigo Malmierca Foreign Trade Diaz- Mexican producers may export beef and veal, pigs, sheep and goats and dairy, egg and poultry products.

    Fashion watermelon premieres ‘look’

    Agatha Ruiz de la Prada has starred start of the first label of Fashion Watermelon, a product that opens new labeling emerged from the creativity of the famous designer and baptized with the leitmotif Heart of summer. The AGF Group has chosen the opening of the conference by Innovation Mercamadrid to present the new image of their Watermelon Fashion, part of the promotional campaign for this product: The sweetest. Watermelons brand, characterized by its color, its sweetness and texture Seedless, is now easily recognizable thanks to this new labeling by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.

    Jaen irrigators successfully tested the first assisted pump with water

    The Community of Irrigators Pantano de Rumblar, in the municipality of Villanueva de la Sierra Jaen, is proving successful first hydro-propelled pump for irrigation, designed by the Dutch startup aQysta. After installation and commissioning of 35 of these pumps in several countries, on Tuesday 21st June will be presented at the farmhouse of San Rafael this innovative initiative whose main motivation is economic and environmental sustainability, requiring neither oil nor electricity to operate, because it uses the kinetic energy of water.
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    Healthy Binomio: Fruits and Vegetables and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

    Finca la Torre, greengrocers Gold Gourmet and 5 a day Association have developed a pioneering initiative to encourage the consumption of two staples of the Mediterranean diet, the Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) and Fruit and Vegetables. Thus, by the 'Water them with Health' campaign it aims to raise consumer awareness of the importance of introducing in daily meals combined intake of both foods, to multiply its healthy properties.
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    Saving water in the Huelva strawberry crop, The Guardian award for sustainability

    Last year, the cultivation of strawberries in Huelva managed to reduce its water consumption by 40%, resulting in considerable water savings, namely 1.7 billion liters of water. A great achievement, made possible thanks to a project funded by the company Innocent Drinks, a subsidiary of Coca Cola, and developed by the team AGR research 227 Hydraulic and Irrigation of the University of Cordoba, which has won the Guardian Sustainable Business Award, in its category dedicated to water.

    Spain: leadership in the fight against illegal fishing, accredited by ISO 9001/2015 certification

    The secretary general of the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA), Javier Garat, stressed that Spain has become one of the leading countries in the fight against illegal fishing, both in our own waters and outside EU waters, as it has been certified by the ISO 9001/2015. Garat made these remarks during his speech at the meeting of the Marine Programme Unit International Sustainability (ISU) of HRH the Prince of Wales, held in London on June 16th and in which he exposed the progress of the Spanish fishing sector in this subject.

    Open the quota to transform bone fruit withdrawn from the market into juice

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has announced the opening of withdrawal of a quota of 20,000 tons of peaches, nectarines and Paraguayans to deliver the juice industry during the period between June 20 and September 30. An amount that does not distort the juice market, according to the information provided by the industry itself, and which is intended to regulate the market for these products, to avoid falling prices, while contributing to charity, since the juice obtained will be donated to charities.

    Yara launches a contest in support of the national football team in the European Championship

    Plant nutrition firm Yara will launch next week "Yara with the Red" competition, to show its support football and the national football team in the European Championship that is taking place in France.

    BASF will train technicians of DCoop in olive growing and olive grove solutions

    BASF Spain and DCoop cooperative group have signed a collaboration agreement by which BASF is committed over the next three years to provide training to technicians DCoop in key aspects of olive growing and olive grove solutions. The agreement, signed on May 11th by the Director of the Division of Crop Protection BASF Spain, Silvia Cifre, and deputy General Manager of DCoop, Rafael Sanchez de Puerta Diaz, includes updating the technical staff of the cooperative in such matters as new ways of controlling olive fly, integrated control tools repilo or physiology of olives and oil quality.

    Drones to monitor efficient irrigation

    The general director of Rural Development and Forestry Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Begoña Nieto, stressed the importance of innovation, knowledge and training to further advance the development and modernization of irrigation. Nieto, who has made these statements at the presentation of the conference "Application of drones in the management of irrigation and fire", has recognized the need to incorporate, as soon as possible, the results of the R + D + i they have developed management of irrigated areas.