The Valencian ecological sector grows more in the first half of 2019 than in 2018
If 2018 closed with 114.509 certified hectares, 18.6% more than in 2017, in the first semester of 2019, the area has already exceeded everything that was certified last year and the three provinces have 143.404 hectares certified, 28.895 hectares more than last year, or what is the same, 25.2% more, according to yesterday the Committee of Organic Agriculture of the Valencian Community (CAECV).
The distribution sector asks the government for more fiscal “containment”
ASEDAS has presented the book "El Supermercado. A model of balanced, accessible and circular proximity ". The work describes the fundamentals of the management of food-based distribution.
The hail damages 100,000 hectares while the water reserve falls
Unas 100.000 hectáreas de cultivos han sido dañadas por el pedrisco en sólo dos días, viéndose muy afectada entre otros, la cereza del Jerte. El episodio de tormentas remite y la reserva de agua embalsada sigue bajando.
Organic farming demands a transversal vision of its activity
Mª Teresa Cháfer Nácher, General Director of Rural Development and PAC of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat Valenciana has inaugurated the Tertulia #BusinessAGRO Marketing and Profitability of Ecological Agriculture.
The food consumption of Spain increases in 2018
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Act, Luis Planas, presented this Monday, at the headquarters of the Ministry, the data of the Report on Food Consumption in Spain 2018, which gives us an overview of the eating behavior of people residents in our country, both inside and outside the home.
Food waste in Spanish households increased in 2018
Según los datos recogidos en el Panel de cuantificación del desperdicio alimentario en los hogares, del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, los hogares españoles desperdiciaron entre enero y diciembre de 2018 un total de 1.339 millones de kg/l. de alimentos y bebidas, lo que supone un incremento del 8,9% con respecto al año anterior, es decir, 109 millones de kg/l más.
Agri-food exports slow down its growth (+ 0.4%) in 2018
The agrifood sector continues pulling Spanish exports, but the latest data show a significant slowdown, growing a limited 0.4% to 47,405 million euros in 2018
The united oil sector to achieve self-regulatio
About 200 people attended a new sector meeting with the participation of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias of Spain and other regional federations, stating unity of action in Jaén to achieve measures of self-regulation of the sector.
New aid lines for the Andalusian agro-industry of € 80 million
The Ministry of Agriculture will provide 80 million new lines of aid aimed at agro-food industries, introducing new criteria in the Order to assess the commitment to quality, innovation and the incorporation of young people and women, among others.
Bombal highlights Spain’s efforts to include the gender perspective in the CAP
It shows the will of the Government to promote transversal and sectoral policies that combat inequalities, gender and territory.