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    The Spanish MEPs denounce the defamatory campaign of French winegrowers against Spain

    Spanish socialists in the European Parliament have urged urgent measures to be taken to defend Spanish wine in order to counteract the effects of an advertising campaign launched by French farmers with a clearly defamatory aim and which, in its view, "represents a infringement of the single market and of the EU's competition rules".

    Colombia: Mango exports grew significantly in 2016

    Colombian mango exports have experienced a significant increase in 2016 compared to 2015, from 283 tons of that year to a total of 403t, according to the deputy minister of Agriculture and Livestock Affairs, Juan Pablo Pineda. In their opinion, these data show the great commercial and productive potential of this sub-sector whose main markets are Canada and the European Union (mainly countries like Spain, France and Portugal).

    ALAS calls on the Socialist Group in Congress to take the scientific approach to its decisions on glyphosate

    Representatives of ALAS (Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture) met on April 6th with Felipe Sicilia, spokesman for Agriculture of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies, to request the agreement of their Group with the importance of giving precedence to scientific criteria when deciding about the extension of the authorization of the use of glyphosate, showing, thus, its commitment to the Spanish field and with the scientific criteria that have always guided its decisions regarding the tools for the sustainability of the European agricultural model.

    EU: Spain will defend approval of the protocol proposed by the Canary Islands to eliminate Guatemalan moth

    The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has assured that the Spanish Government is working so that the protocol proposed by the Canary Government for the elimination of the Guatemalan Moth is approved in the European Union, so that the Canary Islands potato can be exported back to EU territory. Protocol which, in its day, was sent to the European Commission and whose approval is currently being negotiated.

    The EU’s Banana Prices Observatory analyzes the impact of imports

    On 29th March, the first working meeting of the Community Banana and Banana Price Observatory, held in the framework of the 4th Forum of the Outermost Regions (RUP), was held in Brussels. The objective of this meeting was to measure the specific impact of banana imports from third countries on the markets of European producer countries and, if necessary, to take measures aimed at ensuring the survival of the Community crop

    PAC Conference: strong funding is a priority to achieve the objectives set

    One of the main conclusions of the Conference "Building the post 2020 CAP", held on 27th and 28th March by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA), is the need for the Common Agricultural Policy has a strong financial framework that allows meeting the demands of society and market challenges. A message in which the minister, Isabel García Tejerina, fully agrees, for whom, "otherwise it would be very difficult to achieve the objectives that are intended to be achieved".
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    Canarian banana producers target Moroccan market

    Representatives of ASPROCAN Banana Growers Organizations have visited Casablanca these days to learn firsthand about the opportunities available for banana exports from the Canary Islands to Morocco. In this trip, organized in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX), the Canarian delegation has held meetings with the main horticultural companies of distribution and maturation of Moroccan bananas and with interest in the introduction of the Canarian Plantain in the market of that country.

    EU resumes imports of green products from Norway and Iceland

    Green products from Norway and Iceland, including Norwegian organic salmon, are again eligible for import into the European Union and marketed properly in line with their organic product standards following the incorporation of the relevant rules of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

    ALAS welcomes the scientific opinion of ECHA which rules out the health risks of glyphosate

    Member organizations of ALAS, Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (ASAJA and UPA, Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Living Plants (FEPEX) and the Spanish Association of Conservation / Soils (AEAC / SV)) have celebrated the scientific opinion of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) according to which "the scientific evidence available does not permit the classification of glyphosate as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction".

    Chile: First exports of nectarines reach the Chinese market

    On February 4th, the authorities of the People's Republic of China confirmed that the country has access to nectarines from Chile, a long awaited news from this South American country, whose materialization has been possible thanks to the joint work of the sector Public and private.