• Main challenges of the berries of Mexico

    The V International Congress of Red Fruits recently held in Huelva, served as a scenario for the Engineer Juan José Flores, General Director of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Berries of Mexico (ANEBERRIES), has analyzed the reality and the challenges of the berries Mexican companies, both at the production level and in the field of marketing.

    98% of applicants already benefit from the CAP 2018

    Direct payments from the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) will benefit more than 726,000 farmers and ranchers who have submitted their application for aid in the 2018 campaign and whose payments began on October 16.

    The food consumption of Spain increases in 2018

    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Act, Luis Planas, presented this Monday, at the headquarters of the Ministry, the data of the Report on Food Consumption in Spain 2018, which gives us an overview of the eating behavior of people residents in our country, both inside and outside the home.

    Food waste in Spanish households increased in 2018

    Según los datos recogidos en el Panel de cuantificación del desperdicio alimentario en los hogares, del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, los hogares españoles desperdiciaron entre enero y diciembre de 2018 un total de 1.339 millones de kg/l. de alimentos y bebidas, lo que supone un incremento del 8,9% con respecto al año anterior, es decir, 109 millones de kg/l más.

    Comercial Química Massó sponsors the BusinessAGRO Tertulia on Ecological Agriculture

    The Comercial Química Massó company joins as sponsor this #BusinessAGRO Tertulia about Marketing and Profitability in Organic Agriculture, which will take place next July 3 in Carlet (Valencia).

    The EU will not apply measures to banana imports from Nicaragua

    The European Commission has agreed this week not to suspend the preferential customs tariff on imports of bananas from Nicaragua, although they have already exceeded the limit of imports foreseen in their agreement with the European Union for the whole year from the same month of March.

    Innovation and sustainability, key words in the future agrifood

    Innovation as a factor of competitiveness and sustainability have been two of the topics that have centered one of the months of debates held within the framework of the Startup Europe Smart Agrifood Summit, which is being held these days in Malaga.
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    Agri-food exports slow down its growth (+ 0.4%) in 2018

    The agrifood sector continues pulling Spanish exports, but the latest data show a significant slowdown, growing a limited 0.4% to 47,405 million euros in 2018

    Planasa opens a new strawberry and raspberry plant nursery in Mexico

    Planasa has recently inaugurated the farm ‘El Esfuerzo’ in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, a new strawberry and raspberry plant nursery that will create 800 direct jobs in this area.
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    Peruvian export of blueberries will grow a 60.2% during 2019

    A study by the consulting firm Maximixe revealed that during this year the export of blueberries would grow by 60.2%, reaching US $ 885 million. This will be due to higher shipments to the markets of the United States, the Netherlands and China.