Globalization in the field of R & D & I in cereals
By Ignacio Solís Martel, technical director of Agrovegetal S.A.
Cereals…
Neo-bilateralism and the effect on global perishable supply chains
Opinion article, written for ECA, on how the political shift experienced by Britain, after the yes to Brexit, and in the US, after Trump's victory, could affect international food trade. It is signed by Alex von Stemple, CEO of Freshwater Logistics Ltd, and collaborator of Messe Berlin, organizer of Fruit Logistics.
Unpredictable future for plant health in Europe
Carlos Palomar, CEO of AEPLA reflects on this article, written for ECA, on the challenges posed by phytosanitary registration in the EU.
Jeffrey Shaw: “Spain has to develop its image as a source of quality olive oil”
The United States is one of the extra-community markets that offers greater opportunities to Spanish agri-food exports. Issues such as the impetus in recent years to import Spanish agri-food products in this country, or the importance of developing a brand image and adding value (among the many challenges that our companies face to compete in this demanding market), are addressed in this interview that ECA performs Jeffrey Shaw, Head of the Food Department of the Economic and Commercial Office, attached to the Spanish Embassy in New York.
Joan Mir: “innovation is the differentiating element that makes companies excellent”
The cooperative group Anecoop has been commemorating, throughout 2016, 40 years of growth, evolution and commercial expansion, thanks to its constant commitment to innovation and the adaptation to the needs of the consumer, making quality and food safety, the respect for the environment, social economy and the promotion of healthy eating, its main distinguishing features. From this and many other issues, we spoke at ECA with its director general, Joan Mir.
Does the wine have to pay the adjustment of the 5,000 million euros that Europe requires to Spain?
Opinion article from the sectoral spokesman for the wine of Castilla-La Mancha's Agro-food Cooperatives, Juan Fuente, on the impact that the new fiscal pressure would have on the wine sector.
Trends and consumption of the international market of olive oil
ECA interview with Abdellatif Ghedira, Executive Director of the International Olive Oil Council (IOC) on the evolution and trends of the olive oil market.
Chen Yuming: “Without a Free Trade Agreement, Spanish products are at a disadvantage”
Chen Yuming is the Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of the R.P. China in Spain. We talked to him about trade policies between China and Spain, business opportunities, and the positioning of agri-food products in the Chinese market. A market that demands foreign products of quality, but in which they take the lead those that are endorsed by Free Trade Agreements.
Globalization of the world cereal market
By José Manuel Álvarez, General Secretary of the Association…
Ramón Sentmartí “Asian and Latin American markets have great potential for the Catalan fruit and vegetable sector”
A few days before I Tertulia Agro Business DO WE SPEAK ?: Marketing of safe fruit in China, which will take place in Lleida and whose organization participates e-Commerce Agricultural (ECA), interviewed one of its participants, Ramón Sentmartí, new director manager of Promotion of Agrifood Exports from Catalonia(PRODECA). With him we talked about the challenge of internationalization and opportunities posed by the food industry of his autonomous region.