The intensive horticulture fair held at the Aguadulce Congress Center, Roquetas de Mar (Almeria), every two years, has already set the date for the celebration of its third edition: it will be held from May 22 to 24. 2019. A date in addition, is accompanied by numerous novelties.
COMPO EXPERT will be present again at the International Congress of Red Fruits, which will be held in Huelva (Palacio de Congresos de Casa Colón) on June 20 and 21. Organized by the Association of Producers and Exporters of Strawberries of the province of Huelva, Freshuelva, this event reaches its fourth edition, having become the most important European level meeting of the berries sector.
The network of Massey Ferguson Spain dealers moves to Seville, for the celebration of the IV National Concessionaires Convention.
SOLUNION, the expert company in credit and precaution insurance, accompanies the companies of the olive sector in the I Meeting of Directors of the Olive Sector, “Foreign Trade of Olive Oil”, which will take place on May 24 in Baeza.
AEFA welcomes Isagro Spain, new associate member and with him there are a total of 52 companies.
Afrucat a little important in the harvest of fruit due to the weather and the low fruit set The director general of Afrucat, Manel Simón, and the general director of Food, Quality and Agrifood Industries of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (DARP) , Carmel Mòdol, together with the director of the Territorial Services of the DARP to Lleida, Ferran de Noguera, have presented the forecasts of harvest of peach and nectarine for Catalonia that indicate an overall decrease of 17% standing at 471,430 tons.
The export of black table olives from Spain to the US decreased in the first quarter of the year by 42.4% compared to the same period of the previous year, from 6.9 million kilos to 4.0, according to the Department’s information. of US Customs.
Smurfit Kappa reconfirms its commitment to water sustainability, summarizing the “Mandatory Water Initiative” of the United Nations Global Compact, addressing the growing crisis of access to drinking water and sewerage in many corners of the planet, through the application of a series of strategies and concrete policies. The company, one of the leading suppliers of paper solutions in the world, collaboration with global brands, stories such as ABInBev, Danone, Heineken and Unilever, to identify, analyze and solve the challenges that the planet faces in terms of water.
In a context of climate change, where the availability of water is becoming less, the more than one million farmers who have an appointment at the XIV edition of the National Congress of Irrigating Communities concluded that this resource is a matter of State and therefore , to demand an integrating and long-term political action, which has as objective a new National Hydrological Plan able to guarantee the demand of the users.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has opened the call to apply for aid to improve the production and marketing of bee products for this year. The initial budget for this campaign amounts to 2.37 million euros, pending the final allocation that will be approved by Sectorial Conference.
