
Makro promotes agriculture with heart
Fernando Alcázar is a producer of only endangered vegetables and fruits, now sighs relieved, because the wholesaler Makro has thrown a hand. You can continue growing thanks to AlmaMakro program, which buys its production to ensure its future.

Grimaldi shipping company as an ally of Spanish fruit and vegetable sector
The European leader in the "Motorways of the Sea" found in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia a key export of Spanish fruit and vegetables to Italy platforms. New connections between Italy, Spain and Morocco are also very interesting for the transport of perishable goods opportunity. Eugenio Grimaldi, owner and manager of Online Short Sea Lines Grimaldi Group has talked with e-Comercio Agrario Fruit Logistica.

Supplier and customer, growing together
The new program is designed to create and share with customers a highly qualified on the world of solutions of this company for the nutrition of crops and bioestimulantes knowledge. Valagro Academy launch coincided with the útlima edition of Fruit Logistica 2016. It could not be otherwise.

Silvia Cifre, new director of the Division of BASF Crop Protection in Spain
2016 begins with changes in the general direction of the Division of BASF Crop Protection Spain. After a long career with the company, Silvia Cifre is replacing Miguel Suarez.

A turning point in the protection of fruit trees
Pulverizadores Fede poses a new future for agriculture with the revolutionary H3O project, equipment for protection of fruit crops. Supported by the European Union, this program has earned the highest honor awarded by the international jury of FIMA Agricultural: Outstanding Technical Innovation.

World and European market of agricultural machinery. Riccardo Angelini
Roughly the global European market and have prospects, a global…

Alberto Lopez: “FIMA is the international center of reference and the door from Latin America to the European market”
Everything is ready inside FIMA 2016. The Acting Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, and the president of the Aragonese Government, Javier Lambán officially open the frenetic activity of the 39th edition of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery (FIMA), one of the three largest exhibition events in Europe. Le Sales Director and Marketing of Feria de Zaragoza anticipated content, fattened with positive expectations for the market of tractors, harvesters and tools for the sector in Spain. FIMA again act as a lever.

ChemChina near to buy Syngenta
The public company ChemChina proposed to buy the Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta by 43,000 million, the largest operation confirmed a Chinese firm abroad.

Silvia de Juanes: “Latin America is one of the geographical areas that is growing at Fruit Logistica”
The Director of Communications at Messe Berlin for Spain and Latin America says its close relationship with Germany, which "began during my doctoral phase" with enthusiasm. On his return he wanted to keep connected with this country and became an official representative of this trade fair institution. "We worked several sectors, such as tourism, transportation, ... and the food" as Fruit Logistica, held for three days in the German federal capital: from 3 to 5 February. There expect about 2,700 companies in the fruit and vegetables sector as well as nuts and dried fruits, and whole industry surrounding them technical cultivation, packaging, labeling, transportation, logistics systems, stock management and storage solutions computer and internet. The whole sector is present in a fair, characterized by internationality and quality of the visitors.

Matthijs van Bonzel: “Farmers have to keep competitiveness where is possible and cooperation where is necessary”
The Ambassador of the Netherlands in Spain, Johannes Hendrik Mattheus (Matthijs) von Bonzel, speaks mainly on the union of interests between Spain and his country, with regard to horticultural and logistics angels, in the following interview. Being the Government of Amsterdam which presides the first half the European Union (EU), it is advisable to know his lips the achievements of the successful Dutch organizational model in this sector, the large capacity of re-export, in particular, the nexus of trade union and distribution to Latin America.
eComercio Agrario: What are the keys to explain the success of the horticultural model of the Netherlands?