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    • ‘QuinuArroz’ new strategy to encourage the consumption of quinoa in Ecuador

    As part of the recent meeting in Quito by the new Andean Network of Quinoa Producers, Ecuador filed on July 13th strategies developed by its public company National Storage Unit to promote the consumption of quinoa in the country. These include the supply of 'QuinuArroz', a mix of cereals with nutritional properties, effectively contributing to nutrition and diet caloric.

    EC allocates 500 million euros to support measures for the dairy sector

    The European Commission has adopted a third package of measures to support the dairy sector, worth 500 million euros, in the Council of Agriculture Ministers held on July 18th, which, as stressed the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, collects all the requests that Spain has been raised to Brussels in recent months, to alleviate the critical situation being experienced by farmers in dairy cattle.

    Mexico: loads of fresh fruits and vegetables at the Port of Philadelphia increased by 19%

    The port terminal of Philadelphia aims to become a key to the distribution of fruit and vegetables from the Gulf of Mexico and other regions of Central and South America point.

    American corn resurfaces with the potential of wild varieties

    Although Mexico is the center of origin, there are more than 400 breeds of corn scattered in the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

    People and bees. Mayan bees in the Madrid Codex

    Every morning, when you have a cup of coffee, orange juice or sparkling bread with honey, without even account, enjoyed an ecosystem called pollination which depend three out of four edible plants. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the economic contribution of pollination is estimated to be up to 170.00 million annually, equivalent to 10% of the total food value.

    IICA and SAGARPA work in reviving the coffee sector of Mexico

    The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is collaborating with the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) of Mexico, in developing an initiative for reviving the coffee sector in this country. The main objective of this proposal is to improve productivity and, by extension, the living conditions of small producers of grain.
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    Mexico opens its borders to the Spanish pork

    The Spanish meat industry has valued the opening of the Mexican market to its production of pigmeat, as manifested from the Office of Export Meat Spain (OEEC). Spain thus becomes the first country in the European Union authorized to export pig meat to Mexico.

    AVA-ASAJA warns of serious damage to the rice crop if the EU bans tricyclazole

    The Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) has urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) to firmly defend the maintenance of Tricyclazole, the most effective way to combat the fungus Pyricularia wreaking havoc in the paddies product and whose future will debate the EU shortly. The Valencian Association warns of serious harm if eventually it is decided to prohibit their use.

    Tejerina says the TTIP will benefit economically to Spain and will create jobs

    Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has expressed his conviction that the Transatlantic Trade Agreement and Investment (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States will bring benefits for the Spanish economy and will be a source of job creation.

    Sheep production starring a discussion forum in Uruguay

    The Uruguayan Wool Secretariat (SUL) will organize the next 1st and 2nd August, at the Radisson Montevideo, the International Seminar on Sheep Production. A discussion forum in which to reflect and exchange information related to sheep production sector in this South American country, addressing its origins, present and future challenges it faces as a representative to keep farming.