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The 2017 RENOVE Plan is worth more than € 4.5M in aid for the renovation of agricultural machinery
he Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment has made a balance of the RENOVE 2017 Plan for agricultural machinery, based on the compilation of data referring to the subsidies granted under the aforementioned Plan, worth 5 million euros. Data which shows the willingness of farmers to replace obsolete agricultural machinery with another one that incorporates the latest technologies, more respectful with the environment, more efficient and safer.
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The Galician agri-food sector, of the most represented in FIMA
The 40th International Fair of Agricultural Machinery (FIMA), which takes place in Zaragoza from 20th to 24th February, has recently been presented in Galicia. Precisely, this is a community of strategic importance for this event, since it is one of the regions with the highest representation, with a total of 20 companies participating in this edition.
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Sakata Seed introduces Gea, its new reference in broccoli
Sakata Seed Iberian has presented to the sector his last novelty in the catalog of cultivation of broccoli, Gea, in the course of a day of field celebrated the 17th of January in the Murcian town of Alhama.
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Semillas Fitó advocates a more professional corporate website, updating its image and content
Semillas Fitó has taken a step forward in its commitment to a corporate website clearly focused on the agricultural professional, with the renewal of its image and content. The new design that has just been launched from www.semillasfito.com updates both visual, functional and informative elements.
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Nurfam travels to Florida to learn about the impact of citrus greening on local plantations
Nufarm Spain, in collaboration with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (UF / IFAS) of the University of Florida, has made a technical trip to Florida with the purpose of knowing in first person the impact of the huanglongbing disease (HLB) or greening of citrus fruits in the local citriculture.
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Case IH assumes the challenge of leading the future technological development of digital agriculture
Within the framework of the seminar on digital agriculture organized by EURACTIV, the leading international independent media network specializing in European policies, Case IH is committed to leading the future technological development of digital agriculture. The brand was represented at this event by its vice president for the EMEA region, Thierry Panadero, who referred to digital agriculture as "the natural evolution of the era of precision agriculture".
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KUHN Ibérica reinforces its commercial strategy incorporating the departments of Communication and Precision Agriculture
KUHN Ibérica has incorporated the Communication and Precision Agriculture departments into its organizational structure to reinforce its commercial strategy in Spain. Thus, the journalist Sofía Lázaro joins the company's team as Communication Manager and the engineer Abel Pozo takes the leap from the Commercial Delegate from the central area of Spain to the Precision Agriculture Manager, to provide support in relation to the new technologies, both to distributors and to the final customer.
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Todolivo: a visit to the ‘zone 0’ of the Xylella fastidiosa
Part of the technical team of the company from Córdoba, Todolivo, made a trip, along with IFAPA researcher Lorenzo León and doctoral student Alicia Serrano, last September to the region of Bari, where is located 'zone 0' of the Xylella fastidiosa . The objective, to know first hand its effects and the latest advances that are made in the fight against this bacterium.
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Semillas Fitó innovates with an improved Dutch cucumber line, with higher quality fruits and more resistant plant
Semillas Fitó has developed SmartQ, an improved Dutch cucumber line that provides fruit quality in a more resistant plant. The firm has recently announced this advance in a presentation day held in Roquetas de Mar (Almería), which was attended by 250 technicians and producers of cucumber, both from the coast of Almeria and Granada.
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ASEDAS rewards as a best article of Distribution and Consumption a reflection on food waste
The Spanish Association of Distributors, and Supermarkets (ASEDAS) has advocated the expansion of corporate social responsibility policies towards society, with food surplus as an example. A message expressed on the occasion of the delivery of the III ASEDAS PRIZE to the best article of the magazine Distribution and Consumption, published by MERCASA, awarded to the professor of the University of Oviedo and founding member of the Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition, Antonio Blanco.