• ECA Fruits Ed.24

    • Spain, fourth largest food exporting country in the EU

    Spanish agri-food exports in 2018 maintained their upward trend reaching 50,349 million euros, representing an increase of 0.6% compared to 2017.

    Increase fruit consumption, but not enough

    73% of Spaniards eat fruit one or more times a day, up to 1.7 times a day per person, compared to 47% who eat vegetables daily, according to the report 'Indicators of purchase and consumption in fruits and vegetables' of Aecoc.
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    FA19, it will be the best edition of its history

    The 2019 edition of the Fruit Attraction fair aims to become the largest event of all those held to date.
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    Spain asks to evaluate the impact of Mercosur

    The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, explained that he will ask the European Commission to "evaluate the impacts on the sectors as a whole".

    The first Belgian blueberries reach an almost empty market

    The Belgian family company Kwekerij Mulders combines the cultivation of tomatoes and cranberries. A strange combination? Gert Mulders, sales manager, does not see it that way. "My parents started growing tomatoes 30 years ago. We started with three hectares of tomatoes, but we could not expand our greenhouse crop because of the location. That's why we started looking for another crop and we bet on blueberries. "

    Organic avocado all year, with only two origins

    This company located in the Veléz - Málaga (Málaga), supplies the market with ecological tropical products, mainly mango and avocado.
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    Cheaper food and more production in 10 years, according to the OECD and FAO

    Most staple foods will be cheaper in the next ten years, while agricultural production will increase by 15%, according to a report by the OECD and FAO.

    The Mango of Mexico sets its sights on the Japanese market

    According to the President of EMEX (Association of Mango Exporters of Mexico), Francisco Villegas, "the Japanese market is very interesting commercially speaking for our mangoes, and although we currently only export 5 percent of our exports, but we believe that we can grow very much and increase our presence in the mentioned market ".

    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.