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    • Andalusia harvests 12.3% more citrus, surpassing 2 million t.

    Citrus production in Andalusia after the end of the 2016-2017 season has exceeded 2 million tonnes, according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (CAPDER). Specifically, this production amounted to 2,094,274 tonnes, 1.67% more than the estimate made in the first installment of this campaign and 12.3% higher than the harvest of the previous year.

    The strawberry sector invoiced in this campaing a 15% more, surpassing the 454M€

    The strawberry sector in Huelva has closed the economic period of the 2016-2017 campaign with a total of 454,665,000 euros, a turnover that represents an increase close to 15% compared to the previous season, as reported by the Association of Producers and Exporters of the Fresa de Huelva, Freshuelva. Strawberry production has also grown, albeit slightly (2% more), although planted hectares have fallen by 7%, reaching a total of 302,500 tonnes.

    Unique Group promotes the consumption of vegetables through the project ‘Healthy Hotel’

    On Thursday, July 6th, Unica Group and Avenida Hotel, Almería, presented their project to create a model of Hotel Saludable. An initiative through which guests can enjoy healthy snacks (initially minipepinos and minitomates) to snack between hours in their rooms, as well as healthy menus. In a press conference, the president of the cooperative, José Martínez Portero, highlighted a project that was born with the objective of "somehow linking agriculture with tourism, betting on healthy eating.

    LA UNIÓ accuses the big distribution of sinking the price of watermelon

    LA UNIÓ of Llauradors i Ramaders has denounced that the great distribution is dragging down in this campaign the prices of the watermelon, with offers reclamation of the product in its commercial centers. A situation, it warns, that will end up being extended to supermarkets, so as not to lose competitiveness.

    The sinking of the quotations compromises the future of Valencian watermelon

    The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) denounces the collapse of the watermelon in its quotations, as a result of the bearish pressure that in recent years has been exercising the great distribution. Low prices that, according to this organization, seriously compromise the future of this crop in the autonomous community of Valencia, as evidenced by the fact that in a period of seven years their area of cultivation has been reduced by almost 30% .

    The volume of fruit consumed in Spain grows by 2.8% in the last 12 months

    The volume of fruit consumed in our country has grown by 2.8% in the last 12 months, as it was announced during the 19th Congress of Fruits and Vegetables celebrated by the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors (AECOC). Another interesting piece of information on the occasion of this important meeting of the horticultural sector, which has gathered more than 500 managers, refers to the growth forecast, around 5%, which more than 55% of professionals in the sector augur to its companies in 2017.

    Afrucat and DARP collaborate with Edeka in promoting flat peach in Germany

    Supermarkets Edeka, the main German distribution chain, has included in its promotional campaign for the month of July the flat peach. In this initiative, which is expected to double sales of this product, the Business Fruit Association of Catalonia (Afrucat) and the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (DARP) of the Catalan Autonomous Government collaborate.

    The EC extends with € 70M the aid scheme for the Russian veto

    From tomorrow, from 1st July to the end of June 2018, the extension of exceptional measures already in place to support producers of perishable fruit affected by the import ban decreed by the Russian authorities enters into force.

    Board warns the Government that if it closes the transfer of the Negratín will harm the agriculture of the Bajo Almanzora

    The Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Minister, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, has called on the central government to offer guarantees that it will not close the Negratín-Almanzora transfer as of August, as farmers in the Bajo Almanzora region fear. This cut in supply would be an "enormous loss" for the more than 24,000 hectares of crops and 10,000 irrigators (citrus, horticultural and some greenhouses) in this area of ​​the province of Almeria, which depend on a 70 % of the waters of this transfer.
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    Farmers of Huelva defend against those who link their activity with the fire of Doñana

    Farmers and herdsmen in Huelva have flatly rejected the accusations of some groups for whom the origin of the Doñana fire would be in uncontrolled farming practices and have expressed their utter indignation and anger. From the Union of Small Farmers (UPA) Huelva has defended the important implication that the agricultural sector has with the conservation of its environment and has denied these accusations: "in Huelva there is no uncontrolled agriculture" they affirm, "and, of course, we are most interested in protecting our environment. Our lives are in it".