The Extra Virgin Olive Oil Fair of Mora, this year will be a reference for environmental recovery
The locality of Mora (Toledo) will celebrate during the days 27, 28, 29 and 30 of April the Fair of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2018, organized by the consistory moracho on the occasion of the celebration of the Fiesta del Olivo, a traditional and well-known This year's celebration celebrates its 62nd edition on 28, 29 and 30 April, which has also been declared of National Tourist Interest for 51 years.
Domingo Martín Ortega, re-elected president of ASPROCAN
Domingo Martín Ortega, has been re-elected as president of the Association of Organizations of Producers of Bananas of the Canary Islands (ASPROCAN), according to the agreement adopted by the Ordinary General Assembly of the entity, held this morning in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Bimi, the essence of the broccoli Alimentaria conquest
Bimi has conquered the palate of thousands of visitors of the 'Food Fair', held from 14 to 19 April in Barcelona, under the following testimony: "Raw, grilled, steamed: Dare to try it."
The Torres brothers highlight the value of the Canarian banana for the kitchen
The cooks Sergio and Javier Torres visited last Tuesday a banana plantation in the north of Tenerife, with the aim of knowing the first hand of the plantain crop and the reasons that make the Canarian banana, a unique product in its category. Thus, they have expanded the level of detail on the properties and characteristics of the product with the aim of sizing the possibilities offered for the professional and home kitchen.
Agriculture transferred to the Bureau of Plant Health “all the information” of the Xylella case in Almería
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has transferred to the Bureau of Plant Health "all available information" of the isolated case of Xylella fastidiosa detected in ornamental plant of the species Polygala myrtifolia in a nursery of El Ejido (Almería).
The Ministry signs four collaboration agreements to modernize 9,000 hectares of irrigated land in Alto Aragón and Málaga
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, attended the signing ceremony of the regulatory agreement for the financing, construction and operation of the modernization works of the irrigations of three Irrigation Communities of the Ministry at the headquarters of the Ministry. Alto Aragón (Orellana, Cartuja de San Juan and Molinar del Flumen) and the Central Users Board of the South of Guaro (Málaga).
Smurfit Kappa will display in Hispack examples of innovation in corrugated cardboard packaging and Bag-in-Box
Smurfit Kappa Spain | Portugal | Morocco will participate in Hispack, International Packaging and Packaging Exhibition, which opens its doors at the Gran Vía venue of the Fira de Barcelona from 8 to 11 May. The company returns to this 17th edition of the Fair to display, in a modern stand of 117 m2 (located in Hall 2, E Street, number 573), its most modern offer of corrugated cardboard and Bag-In-Box solutions, sustainable and special adjusted to the industrial and consumer sectors, great references of this meeting that takes place every three years in Barcelona and that this year expects more than 38,000 visitors.
Extremadura hosts the 1st International Garlic Fair
From the 20th to the 22nd of April the 1st International Garlic Fair is held in Aceuchal, the Extremaduran town with the longest tradition of this product. Directed to professionals associated with the sector, the event will also have room for parallel activities designed for all audiences. This fair, which has half a hundred exhibitors from Extremadura, Andalusia and Portugal, is organized in order to promote the entire value chain of garlic as a strategic crop in the region, as well as to know and disseminate the technical and commercial innovations associated with East.
The XI Chair Fertiberia of Agro-environmental Studies for major changes in the fertilizer sector
Once again, and for the eleventh consecutive year, the Fertiberia Chair of Agro-environmental Studies celebrated its Seminar on Fertilization for sustainable agriculture, this year on "SECTOR OF FERTILIZERS, TRENDS OF THE FUTURE". More than two hundred participants, among whom were representatives of MAPAMA, the Autonomous Communities, agricultural associations, farmers, researchers, students, university professors, etc., attended the meeting, which took place last Wednesday, April 18, in the Higher Technical School of Agronomic, Food and Biosystems Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Chile opens a lemon market in the United States under a systems approach
The Ministry of Agriculture of Chile announced after 4 years of negotiations the approval by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA) the certification of Chilean lemons under Systems Approach. Thus, an alternative is offered that will allow our country to export lemons in higher quality conditions, since it avoids fumigation with methyl bromide, substantially improving the post-harvest conditions of this fruit to a market in which Chile is the main provider.