XIV General Assembly of COAG
The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) will hold its XIV General Assembly at the Marriot Hotel Auditorium Madrid on 20 and 21 May. Two days to take advantage of the more than 200 delegates from the different regional unions integrated into COAG to discuss the present and the future of agriculture, and elect the Secretary General and members of the State Executive Committee that during the next four years, they represent the interests of social and professional model of agriculture that defends this organization.
Jalisco no te rajes¡
In the last ten years, the State of Jalisco -recognized worldwide for being the land of mariachi and tequila has become one of the major players in the agricultural sector in Mexico. Its share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the national agricultural sector, already reaches 12% and occupies the first places in the production of corn, milk, egg, pork and of course tequilana blue agave, with which it is made the famous tequila, one of the main agricultural exports of this country that has more than 42 existing trade agreements.
Spain: Significant reductions in personal income tax modules
This standard contains the proposals of the Ministry of Agriculture in view of the exceptional circumstances affecting the profitability of many farms in 2015. In this context, farmers will find themselves with new products that pose an attenuation of the tax burden. Thus, reductions at national level for milk cattle, rabbits, ranching, olive products, tomato and citrus are contemplated.
Immersing in anchovy research
The official Spanish oceanographic vessel "Emma Bardan" started in the port of Pasajes (Euskadi), the research campaign Bioman 2016, held in conjunction with the oceanographic ship Ramon Margalef Institute of Oceanography Spanish and ending the day May 27 at the port of departure. The results of the campaign will allow the status of the stock and its forecasts.
Europe Day
Each May 9 Europe Day is celebrated, a day to remember that on that same day in 1950 Robert Schuman, the then French Foreign Minister, laid the foundations of the European Union under two basic principles: peace and solidarity. Throughout all this week and having as peak on Saturday, May 9, many activities are held throughout Spain.
New president for Fedefruta
The agricultural entrepreneur and business leader, Ramon Achurra Larrain, is the new president of the National Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile, Fedefruta, then the election process guild that chose its policy for the next two years, after finishing the period 2014 -2016 Carolus Brown headed by Juan Bauza.
Spain: AICA, a stronghold of the food chain
Information Agency and Food Control (AICA) works to serve the whole sector to ensure compliance with the law of the food chain, a pioneer in the European Union standard and an example to follow by other Member States. Spain is a leader in Europe in regulation and monitoring of the food chain.
Leaked TTIP negotiations
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Spain: Cooperatives calls for improvements in the management tools of EU crisis
The European Commission took the first step for the adoption of a regulation to regulate the exceptional measures for fruit and vegetables from June 30 and for one year. These measures, which will give continuity to those in force today, respond to repeated requests from, oblivious to geopolitical tensions between the EU and Russia, but main victim, and the administrations of the major producing countries European fruit and vegetable sector.
Brave policies for sustaining fisheries in the Mediterranean sea
Spain has invited the countries bordering the Mare Nostrum and the European Government to take "bold steps" to promote sustainable fisheries management in those waters, which impact the benefit of fishing communities. His thesis argues for tighter regulation of the effort exerted by recreational fishing, the establishment of new protected areas and the increase in the reduction effort aimed at the most sensitive fleets.