Peru: Deutz-Fahr and Orber Agrícola join forces to provide farmer with cutting edge technology
Peru: Deutz-Fahr and Orber Agrícola join forces to provide farmer with cutting edge agricultural technology
The value of horticultural exports in 2016 exceeds for the first time 12,000M€
The value of Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables in 2016 increased 5% compared to 2015, surpassing for the first time 12,000 million euros, according to data published this week by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and processed by FEPEX, for which this figure "shows the positive evolution of the sector". In contrast, the volume of exports of Spanish fresh fruit and vegetables fell by 2%, with a total of 12.5 million tonnes.
Peru: The fruit and vegetable sector generates in Fruit Logística 200 million dollars in business
The Peruvian companies participating in the last edition of Fruit Logística have settled their participation in this important international fair of the sector hortofrutícola, closing businesses for a global value of 200 million dollars. For the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Eduardo Ferreyros, this is a "record figure", having exceeded by 32% the initial expectations.
UPA warns that CETA will hurt the interests of the European agri-food sector
The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) has warned that the free trade agreement with Canada, recently approved by the European Parliament, will harm the interests of many people and sectors, benefiting only the large multinationals. For this organization, CETA is postulated as a new "unfair agreement" in which European society -and especially the primary sector - "will not make anything clear and will appear new competitors that will hinder their survival".
The salons of wine, oil and fruit and vegetables of Feria de Zaragoza close with almost 27,000 visitors
The agri-food salons ENOMAQ, TECNOVID, OLEOMAQ, OLEOTEC and FRUYVER closed their last edition, last February 17th, with an important influx of professionals, more than 26,800, a fact that consolidates Feria de Zaragoza, organizer of these events, as a reference of the wine, oil and fruits and vegetables sectors.
Tejerina is committed to making Murcia the region with the greatest investment in water infrastructure
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has promised that Murcia will be the region where most will be invested in infrastructure to solve water problems, during a meeting held with the Governing Council Of Agri-Food Cooperatives of Spain, where the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Region of Murcia (Fecoam), is represented by its president, Santiago Martínez.
Fenacore supports a project that will save on irrigation 30% of energy and water
The National Federation of Irrigation Communities (FENACORE) has participated in a European project whose objective is to promote on a large scale an intelligent irrigation system capable of saving up to 30% energy and up to 30% water, without affecting the quality standards that foreign markets demand for crops.
MAPAMA promotes the commercial contacts of Spanish companies in BIOFACH 2017
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment promoted these days, from 15th to 18th February, the Spanish organic products in the Fair BIOFACH 2017, through an institutional stand in which, apart from showing the richness and diversity of the sector, under the motto "Ecological products: good for nature, good for you", Spanish companies will be able to work their business contacts and expand their portfolio of international clients, in the two areas of professional meetings enabled for this purpose.
The salons of wine, oil and fruits and vegetables start with good forecasts
The exhibiting firms present at the international wine, oil and fruit and vegetable lounges (ENOMAQ, TECNOVID, OLEOMAQ, OLEOTEC and FRUYVER), which are held at the Zaragoza fairgrounds, concur that the sector shows signs of recovery. Visitors from all over the world have found, at Feria de Zaragoza, the biggest technological offer in the wine, olive and horticultural industry, consolidating itself as the most innovative edition of these events.
AGRARIA 2017 says goodbye with a total influx of more than 30,000 visitors
The fifth edition of AGRARIA, the agricultural machinery biennial organized by the Feria de Valladolid, closes its doors after four days of intense activity in which more than 30,000 visitors have registered with a professional trajectory linked to the primary sector