Freshuelva promotes the consumption of strawberries at Fruit Logistica
Producers and marketers of strawberries in the province of Huelva have participated in a meeting with the renowned German chef Léa Linster, prescriptive in Germany of the "Strawberries in Europe: Vive la Roja" which Interfresa place in Spain, France and Germany to boost consumption of this fruit.
Vegacañada & Agroponiente are working hard at Fruit Logistica
Agroponiente Group (Agroponiente and Vegacañada) has closed its first day of Fruit Logistica with intense activity on your stand from the commercial point of view and also in institutional relations. At the booth, we have received visits from four different continents, but especially from some of the major European operators in a day more than one hundred business appointments by about twenty traders displaced by the company to Berlin show.
HORTYFRUTA in pure state in Fruit Logistica
The Interprofessional Fruit and Vegetables of Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA displays at the fair in Berlin the round of contacts with companies, agents and inter-European distribution. HORTYFRUTA representatives will inform the European sector, the new draft Spanish Interprofessional Organisation of Fruits and Vegetables, HORTIESPAÑA.
Chilean shelled walnuts may export to the Chinese market
Chinese consumers will already know the benefits of walnuts in shell Chilean. This follows the signing of formalizing access product shape in Beijing, the Agriculture Minister Carlos Furche, and the head of the General Administration of Quality Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC (AQSIQ) , Zhi Shuping, attended by President Chilenut, Juan Luis Vial, and the chairman of Chilean Walnut Comission, Andrés Rodríguez.
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?
European Strawberry is promoted in Germany
The European campaign to promote the consumption of this fruit among consumers, "Mills Europe: Vive la Roja", which has the support of the EU, the Ministry of Agriculture and Interfresa, has been officially launched in Germany during the celebration the Green Week. The promotion program has the support of familiar faces who act as prescribers in each of the countries where the campaign unfolds: Spain, France and Germany.
Spain: 2016 Agroexpo increases the participation of companies
The trade fair institution of Extremadura (FEVAL) will host from 27 to 30 January AGROEXPO the XXVIII edition of International Fair, whose inauguration will be attended by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina. A total of 222 companies from Spain and Portugal, representing well over 500 brands from Italy, France, Germany and Israel will attend this year, representing an increase of 8% over last year, according to official data.
Pomegranate crop, Agroexpo “star”
The XXVII edition of Agroexpo International Fair hosts a full program of technical seminars from January 27 that aims to answer many of the questions posed by the agricultural sector in the region and meet the information demands of professionals in the field.
Spain: FEPEX works in production, quality, promotion, markets and trade policy in 2016
FEPEX will act in several areas involving their producers and exporters of fruits and vegetables. In production, will work to improve the availability of plant protection products. In quality, we will work to minimize the negative consequences of the proliferation of private production protocols. In trade policy, FEPEX maintain an offensive posture in the case of trade negotiations with non-EU countries with high purchasing power. The fair Fruit Attraction will be the main measure of promotion. Fruits and vegetables already account for 66% of Spanish agricultural output and exports grew by 10%.