Agriculture will track the Equal Opportunities Plan to monitor its effectiveness
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Andalusian Government, Carmen Ortiz, has announced that her department will follow up on the first 'Equality Plan for Women and Men in Andalusia Horizon 2020', to know the impact of the measures contemplated in this document, conceived as "a living instrument with an open format of continuous revision". Ortiz explained that soon a commission will be set up to carry out this work and that in 2018 an interim report will be carried out in order to "test the results and effectiveness of the actions" implemented so far by the CAPDER.
PROVACUNO faces a new stage, emphasizing internationalization and national consumption
The Interprofessional Beef Organization (PROVACUNO) faces a new stage in which it will prioritize as objectives internationalization and internal consumption, as it informed during its act of longing, celebrated last May 29th in Madrid. Thus, this Interprofessional Organization has launched an ambitious Internationalization Plan, which will be developed during the period 2017-2021, to promote Spanish beef in foreign markets. Likewise, work is being done to ensure that Spanish consumers adequately value domestic beef, according to the director of PROVACUNO, Javier López.
Molecor participates in the XXXV National Congress of Irrigation AERyD
Molecor, a leading company in the development and commercialization of TOM® PVC Oriented Pipes (PVC-O), will participate in the XXXV edition of the National Irrigation Congress to be held in Tarragona from 6th to 8th June. This event is organized by the Spanish Association of Irrigation and Drainage (AERyD), together with the General Community of Irrigators of the Ebro Right Channel, and the support of other state and regional bodies and entities.
BARGOSA and ALBIACH FRUITS open new facilities in Mercavasa
BARGOSA and ALBIACH FRUITS have recently opened their new facilities in the renowned market of Mercovasa (El Puig, Valencia), which have represented an investment above one million euros. After two months of work, one of its main objectives was fulfilled, after the association of both firms in October 2016: the reform, expansion and modernization of the space that Frutas Albiach had in Mercovasa, in order to prepare the way for, in the future, to consolidate a business structure designed to lead the wholesale sector throughout Levante.
Chile: India opens doors to its exports of fresh avocados and blueberries
From next season, Chile will be able to export avocados and fresh blueberries to India, after recently closing an agreement with the authorities of this country, in very advantageous conditions. An achievement achieved in the context of a public-private visit to India, headed by Undersecretary of Agriculture, Claudio Ternicier.
Fertiberia Andalucía brings to FECSUR its new range of fertilizers
Fertiberia Andalucia has presented its new range of fertilizers, Fertiberia Advance, at the fair of Samples of the Southern Countryside of Extremadura (FECSUR), which has held its XXXVI edition from 25th to 28th May, in the town of Azuaga (Badajoz). Formulated from the most innovative techniques, among the products Advance stands out the formula NPK (S) Olivo Plus 17-18-10 with boron, iron and zinc, which offers a perfect balance of nutrients suitable for the needs of the olive grove and that improves the quality and production of the oil.
The harvest of fruit bone in Castilla-La Mancha will grow by 6.5%, according to agricultural cooperatives
Agro-alimentary cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha foresee an estimated harvest of fruit bone in its autonomous community around the 55,171 tons, in a total of 3,714 hectares of cultivation. This figure represents a 6.51% increase in production compared to the previous season, when 51,799 tonnes were obtained. The apricot is the only fruit that will suffer a significant reduction in production compared to last year, due to spring frosts and rains during the flowering season.
AVA-ASAJA calls for a European law on the food chain to alleviate the collapse of the market of the stone fruit
The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has called for a European law on the food chain to alleviate the current collapse of the market for bone fruit, as a result of the confluence of a whole series of adverse circumstances. A situation of over-supply that seriously threatens the profitability of the season, and that was born when the sudden and unusual rise in temperatures in late April and early May forced many producers of plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots or Paraguayans to advance the harvest to preserve the condition of the fruit by storing it in cold storage rooms.
The Government clarifies the use of inorganic waste in the current regulation on fertilizers
The Spanish government has updated and clarified the regulation on fertilizers, following the recent approval by the Council of Ministers of a modification of the Royal Decree on this class of products. A standard that establishes the requirements for its elaboration and placing in the national market, regulating, among other aspects, the use of the raw materials that can be used in its manufacture.
You can already consult ECA OLIVE, the first yearbook of SIETE Agromarketing on the olive sector
Do not miss the first edition of the yearbook edited by SIETE Agromarketing and e-Comercio Agrario, ECA OLIVE, through which you will be informed of the most relevant related to the sector of olive and olive oil: the balance of the last campaign and the forecasts of the future, the presence of Spanish olive oil in the world, the best AOVE of the market, not to mention the most important fairs and events in the sector. It also includes a complete report on the main diseases that lurk in the olive tree, as well as a special dossier on financing in the agricultural sector. All this, and many more, at ECA OLIVE.