Tradecorp has just launched two new products aimed at pip fruit crops that seek to provide protection against pathogens, protecting the tree and the environment. The new fungicide Spotter® WG is intended to prevent mottling in fruit trees of pip, apple tree and pear tree. In addition this product has a secondary action especially effective against Stemphylium and Oidium
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, announced today that in the next few days the first draft of the National Irrigation Strategy 2018 – 2025 will be discussed together with the representatives of the agrarian sector. of the Ministry to guide actions in the medium term, he added, that he conceives irrigation as a key element to promote sustainable rural development, to achieve a productive, efficient, resilient, competitive and profitable agriculture and to fight against depopulation.
Fernando Burgaz, General Director of the Food Industry in an interview for ecomercioagrario.com, published in the magazine ECA OLIVE, has answered several questions about the situation of the agri-food sector.
The Interprofessional of the Porcino of Capa Blanca (INTERPORC) has organized from May 14 to 18 the program ‘International Spanish Pork Week’ in Shanghai (China), which includes a wide program of activities with a triple objective: to promote the qualities of the products of the Spanish pig in the Asian giant, facilitate commercial exchanges between Spanish companies and Chinese importers and strengthen institutional relations between both countries.
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Phil Hogan, is clear about it “with the modernization of the agri-food sector we all win” but it is not only an economic issue, it is also an issue of great environmental importance. 94% of the ammonia emissions to the atmosphere depend directly on the agri-food sector, especially the livestock area that generates 80% of the emissions of this polluting substance through the excretions of the animals, the rest is generated through the use of fertilizers and insecticides.
The olive oil production campaign closes in Spain with 1,246,204 tons, a figure very similar to that of the previous year. In Jaen, the drop in oil produced was greater, by approximately 23%, with 386,434 tons compared to 505,000 tons last season. The outputs to the market last month are around 110,000 tons, while the monthly average marketing is 105,000 tons. The oil stocks are 912,000 tons, an amount with which, according to ASAJA-Jaén, there will be enough product to supply the market.
UPA has denounced the “scandalous” difference between the price they pay for blueberries and consumers and the price farmers pay for producing them. This new complaint comes precisely at a time when the sector is making great efforts to promote the consumption of this product. It is not the first time that the organization of producers publicly warns of this fact, but UPA regret that their complaints “have never been taken into account.”
The European Commission, the member states present in Bolivia – France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden and Germany – and Switzerland have agreed to “harmonize and coordinate” their interventions in the field of development cooperation in the Andean country through the adoption of of a joint strategy until 2020 for which they will allocate a total of 530 million euros.
DS Smith, European leader in the packaging sector, consolidates this position also in Spain just four years after its entry into the Iberian Peninsula. The group of London origin landed in Spain with the purchase of Andopack, in 2014 and the Lantero Group, in 2015 and acquired the Portuguese companies GoPaca and P & I Displays and Packaging in 2016. During this period, and with the constant objective of continuing to expand presence In the Iberian market, it has managed to employ more than 1,400 workers in the 19 plants it has today distributed throughout the peninsula.
The Salon de Gourmets has closed, once again, a “successful” edition of the “most important” quality food and beverage fair in Europe. With 1,603 exhibitors, more than 40,000 products, 1,300 novelties and more than 90,158 visitors, the Gourmets Group closes the second best edition of its history.
