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The olive exporters, in a complicated situation, due to the high prices at origin
Opinion article in which Rafael Pico, director of the Spanish Association of the Industry and Exports of Olive Oil (Asoliva) assesses the situation of Spanish exports of olive oil for e-Comercio Agrario (ECA).
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Pedro Marin: “There are not enough berries in the market to supply all customers”
Spain is the main Community producer of strawberry and berries. The province of Huelva concentrates the bulk of this production, from where it supplies a good part of the community markets. Pedro Marín Andrés is the Manager of the Andalusian Strawberry Interprofessional Association (Interfresa), which, in addition to overseeing the interests of the sector, is carrying out the Strawberry of Europe promotion campaign. 'Live the Red'. On the evolution of the sector and the results of this, he has spoken with e-Comercio Agrario.
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José E. Sanz: “our main threat is the arrival on the European market of citrus from other countries”
José Enrique Sanz is the Manager of the Regulatory Council of the Protected Geographical Indication (IGP) "Valencian Citrus". A sector that, for years, is not going through its best moment. Unpredictable climatology must be added to the entry of third country productions into the markets of the European Union. Productions that have the community support, which is not only a commercial threat for the Spanish sector, but also health, since the demands on plant health are not the same. On this, and on the projection of the Valencian citrus we have talked with him.
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Ángel Vera: “Expoliva 2017 will gather for the first time the 57 olive oil producing countries of the world”
The next edition of Expoliva, the most important fair in the…
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The first Spanish debate on the CAP 2020
Elisa Plumed's opinion piece on food reform, reflecting on future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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Jerónima Bonafé: “Without women, the rural environment would not continue”
Coinciding with the commemoration of Women's Day, in ECA we want to claim the role and contribution of rural women professionals through this interview with Jerónima Bonafé, Secretary of the Governing Council of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, and President of Agro Cooperatives Of the Balearic Islands. With her, a clear example of a woman with a voice and a capacity for decision, in an environment where male leadership still prevails, we talk about issues such as the still low visibility of women in the governing bodies of cooperatives and organizations in the agricultural sector and, both, the need to continue working for a greater role of rural women.
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Xylella fastidiosa and its current situation in the EU
Article on Xylella Fastidiosa and its current situation in the EU, developed for ECA by a research team of the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, attached to the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC).
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Need, instruments and incentives of cooperative integration
Opinion article signed by the director of Agro-food Cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha, José Luis Rojas, on the need for agricultural cooperative enterprises in the region to gain in size.
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The Huelva berries, diversification of production and markets
Alberto Garrocho, president of the Onubense Association of Producers and Exporters of Strawberry (FRESHUELVA), reflects on this opinion article, written for ECA, on the exporting vocation of the red fruit sector and its commitment to new markets and the diversification of Its production, providing forecasts of the current campaign.
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Martine Degremont: “The current edition of SIMA has been conceived under the premise of utility”
Martine Degremont: "The current edition of SIMA has been conceived under the premise of utility"