Ana María Romero, about the Montoro Fair: “This year there will be more international participation thanks to the support of Extenda”
The President of the Consortium of the Olive Fair, Mayor of Montoro and President of AEMO (Spanish Association of Municipalities of Olivo), Ana María Romero Obrero, in an interview for ecomercioagrario.com has answered several questions about the Olive Fair, which will be held between May 16 and 19 in the town of Cordoba, the fair of "the most emblematic product, the backbone of the Andalusian and Cordoban agri-food sector".
Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España considers the EU budget proposal negative and not very ambitious
Agri-food Cooperatives of Spain considers the EU budget proposal for the period 2021-2027 presented on May 2 by the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, and the Budget Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, as disappointing and disappointing.
The olive oil market reaches 1.229.200 tons of production
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment has published the olive oil market bulletin for April with data available at March 31, in which, with 1,229,200 tons, production is slightly above initial estimates.
The EU bans three neonicotinoids considered dangerous for bees
The United States, including Spain, has decided by majority vote the definitive restriction of three neonicotinoid insecticides that were in suspension since 2013. These are clotiadinide, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. The decision is based on the negative report issued by the EFSA (European Food Safety Agency) which concludes that these products pose a risk to bees and other pollinators. However, it does not have accounts in the section of ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environment and Health and Safety at Work) and JRC (Joint Research Center) on the availability and feasibility of alternatives that protect crops.
The filtration of a tree of the new PAC generates great doubts among farmers and ranchers
The Union of Small Farmers and Cattle Ranchers has shown its uncertainty about the important reforms that the European Commission is proposing in its draft new Common Agricultural Policy. Although they recognize that the debate on the future CAP "has only just begun", it does seem that Brussels intends to design a more decentralized CAP, more audited and revised and greener. "Of course it does not seem that they intend to make life easier for the recipients, but complicate things even more," they say.
The Minister defines the Mediterranean Culture as “an example of the commitment of the Government”
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, today attended the launching of the "Mediterranean Culture 2018" campaign, which, for the minister, "is an example of the Government's commitment to promote a style of healthy living and sustainable development, which helps create wealth and employment "
The Ministry signs four collaboration agreements to modernize 9,000 hectares of irrigated land in Alto Aragón and Málaga
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, attended the signing ceremony of the regulatory agreement for the financing, construction and operation of the modernization works of the irrigations of three Irrigation Communities of the Ministry at the headquarters of the Ministry. Alto Aragón (Orellana, Cartuja de San Juan and Molinar del Flumen) and the Central Users Board of the South of Guaro (Málaga).
Chile opens a lemon market in the United States under a systems approach
The Ministry of Agriculture of Chile announced after 4 years of negotiations the approval by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA) the certification of Chilean lemons under Systems Approach. Thus, an alternative is offered that will allow our country to export lemons in higher quality conditions, since it avoids fumigation with methyl bromide, substantially improving the post-harvest conditions of this fruit to a market in which Chile is the main provider.
The Government increases the budgets allocated to Agriculture
The Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Carlos Cabanas, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the Congress of Deputies, that the budget of the General Secretariat marks a continuity of the objectives of the agri-food and rural development policies agreed for this legislation , looking for maximum effectiveness in the application of funds.
MAPAMA presents the new UNE standards for the organic market
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment together with the Ecovalía Association have organized a National Day for the presentation of the new AENOR standards of inputs for use in organic farming, which has been held in Almeria, with the participation of the Deputy Director General of Differentiated Quality and Organic Agriculture, Javier Maté and the President of Ecovalía, Álvaro Barreda.