After a little more than a year after the announcement of the Brexit, Andalusian agro-alimentary exports to the United Kingdom continue their upward trend. Thus, since July 2016, the month following the referendum in which it was decided to leave the European Union, until May this year (the last month for which data are available), […]
The 40th Prognosfruit Congress, to be held in the city of Lleida from 9th to 11th August, will be sponsored by TECNIDEX, a company with a high degree of specialization in the protection of fruits and vegetables in the post-harvest period. More specifically, this company has been developing a wide catalog of products and technologies for the protection of pome fruit in this phase, among them Scholar®, Tecto® 500SC, Textar® 60T and its new range PURE AIR®. TECNIDEX thus gives its support to this Congress organized by the Fruit Business Association of Catalonia (Afrucat), in conjunction with Word Apple and Pear Association (WAPA).
The Gastronomic Congress Andalucía Sabor, which is held in the framework of the Andalucía Sabor Fair, incorporates as a novelty in 2017 an exhibition area dedicated to the auxiliary industry in the field of gastronomy. In addition, this event, which will take place at the Palacio de Congresos de Sevilla (Fibes) from 25th to 27th September, will also feature for the first time a new space called ‘Encounters with the chef’, which will give participants the opportunity to have a direct contact with the speakers that make up the program of this sixth edition.
The Government of Mexico has intensified contacts with authorities and marketing firms in Japan to increase exports of pork and berries to the Japanese country. These efforts are part of the work being carried out by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) to diversify markets in countries of the Asia-Pacific Region.
Bank Caja Rural del Sur supports the agricultural sector with a financing plan for the acquisition of new agricultural machinery, which complements the Plan Renove of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA), which coincides in time the launch of this financial line.
From today, August 2nd, and until next September 15th, farmers interested in modernizing their tractors and automotive machines will be able to apply for the aid of the Plan Renove de Maquinaria Agrícola 2017, whose announcement was published in the BOE, yesterday, 1st of August, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA). This Plan of Renovation of the national park of agricultural machinery will count on a budget of 5 million euros.
The Ministry of agriculture and fisheries, food and environment (MAPAMA) will increase to 200 million euros credit funded owners of farms affected by the drought, as set out in the Ministerial order issued on August 1st in the official State Bulletin (BOE). Such aid, which will help alleviate the difficulties in the access to credit of these farms, will be managed through guarantees of the State Corporation Caución Agraria (SAECA).
The national and French markets account for more than 80% of total consumption.
The Managing Director of the Business Fruit Association of Catalonia (Afrucat), Manel Simon, met on 31st July with his Italian, French and Greek counterparts to coordinate the request for an urgent meeting with the Commission’s DG Agri European Union and demand an increase in the quota of withdrawal of the regulation of extraordinary measures in “that amount that is sufficient and reduce the high pressure that the prices of the fruit of bone of this summer are suffering”.
Agro-food cooperatives in Castilla-La Mancha estimate that production in their autonomous community for the next wine year 2017-18 will reach 21.5 million hectoliters, as this organization has announced during its recent Assembly of Wines, held In Tomelloso, and in which the legislative, productive and commercial keys of that campaign were approached.
