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Domingo Martín Ortega, re-elected president of ASPROCAN
Domingo Martín Ortega, has been re-elected as president of the Association of Organizations of Producers of Bananas of the Canary Islands (ASPROCAN), according to the agreement adopted by the Ordinary General Assembly of the entity, held this morning in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Bimi, the essence of the broccoli Alimentaria conquest
Bimi has conquered the palate of thousands of visitors of the 'Food Fair', held from 14 to 19 April in Barcelona, under the following testimony: "Raw, grilled, steamed: Dare to try it."
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The Torres brothers highlight the value of the Canarian banana for the kitchen
The cooks Sergio and Javier Torres visited last Tuesday a banana plantation in the north of Tenerife, with the aim of knowing the first hand of the plantain crop and the reasons that make the Canarian banana, a unique product in its category. Thus, they have expanded the level of detail on the properties and characteristics of the product with the aim of sizing the possibilities offered for the professional and home kitchen.
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Agriculture transferred to the Bureau of Plant Health “all the information” of the Xylella case in Almería
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has transferred to the Bureau of Plant Health "all available information" of the isolated case of Xylella fastidiosa detected in ornamental plant of the species Polygala myrtifolia in a nursery of El Ejido (Almería).
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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).
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Extremadura hosts the 1st International Garlic Fair
From the 20th to the 22nd of April the 1st International Garlic Fair is held in Aceuchal, the Extremaduran town with the longest tradition of this product. Directed to professionals associated with the sector, the event will also have room for parallel activities designed for all audiences. This fair, which has half a hundred exhibitors from Extremadura, Andalusia and Portugal, is organized in order to promote the entire value chain of garlic as a strategic crop in the region, as well as to know and disseminate the technical and commercial innovations associated with East.
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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.
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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.
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Agrifood Cooperatives of Spain claim aid for the surface of nuts
The representatives of the main regions producing nuts Catalonia, Castilla La Mancha, Valencia, Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Murcia and Aragon, have analyzed the current situation of the sector and the consequences of the decision of the Ministry on the elimination of national aid to the surface of nuts.
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ExpoLevante 2018 will feature more than twenty debates, presentations and presentations
Everything is ready for this Wednesday to start the fourteenth edition of Expolevante, an event that will run until Friday at the Exhibition and Congress Center of Campohermoso, in Níjar, and which is an unbeatable opportunity for dissemination and promotion of advances in the agricultural auxiliary industry and biotechnology. With almost double the area that last year, Expolevante will bring, in this edition, more than twenty presentations, presentations and debates that will address issues such as water, organic production, marketing and the future dry port de Níjar and that will enrich a very varied program.