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    • Parte de los participantes de la mesa redonda de alto nivel organizada por el IICA y el CIFOR, donde se dialogó sobre los desafíos que tienen los países de adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático. Imagen: IICA

    IICA promote high-level dialogue between agriculture and the environment

    Identify synergies and build concrete actions between agriculture and the environment to meet the challenges of adaptation and mitigation of climate change, was what allowed high-level dialogue organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) together with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
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    Tejerina says trading in the EU has brought “share more and more benefits for Spanish fishermen”

    The Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed today in Brussels that Spain has achieved its objectives in the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the European Union, thanks to a rigorous and prior work done in collaboration with our scientific management. This has allowed, added García Tejerina, achieve a significant improvement in all stocks traded in the Council of Fisheries Ministers, which ended today in the EU capital.

    EU: agricultural income falls more than 4%

    The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) has released the first estimates of real agricultural income per AWU in constant terms in the European Union (EU) in 2015. As for all its 28 member states has fallen an average of 4.3 %, particularly for Germany, Poland and the UK, although with greater largest increases in Croatia, Latvia and Greece, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture indicated that it has rise for farmers by 3.8%.

    Colombia: ICA more trained on phytosanitary certification for agricultural products

    The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has increased its ability to control entry and exit of agricultural products in airports, ports and passages national border, by processes for training inspectors and exchange of knowledge and experiences with Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia in International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM).

    Spain: General elections 20D. Agri-food policies

    The agri-food sector and rural areas is also starring in the proposals of the Spanish political parties attending the meeting of December 20, after which the formula that will govern the country for the next four years. Attached below offers affecting the development of the primary sector, by the, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Ciudadanos and Podemos.
    Imagen de la sentencia del Tribunal de la UE que anula el acuerdo agrícola con Marruecos.

    The EU Court annuls the agricultural agreement with Morocco to include illegally Western Sahara

    The judgment of the General Court of the European Union made public yesterday, December 10, annuls the agreement between the EU and Morocco, which includes measures of liberalization of agricultural trade. In this area the global nature of the concessions made in the sector of fruit and vegetables is included, which can have a strong impact on EU imports from Morocco, according to FEPEX.

    Spain: the agricultural insurance system with higher risk coverage

    The Government has approved the 37th Agricultural Insurance Plan, whose subscription period begins throughout 2016. The new program has a budget of over 211 million euros, representing an increase of 6.1% from the previous Plan. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment increases the percentage of support to the hiring of agricultural insurance in all lines.

    Macri is now president of Argentina

    In his first address to the Legislature, Mauricio Macri called on Argentines to "build the country of the century" with a strong call for "union", the "teamwork" and its commitment to zero poverty, fight drug trafficking, and "dialogue with the world while preserving the sovereign claims."

    MERCOSUR: The transfer of innovation in favor of family farming

    About 250 technicians from the agricultural sector in the countries of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) family farmers, authorities and shared in Asuncion (Paraguay), their experiences in productive, organizational and commercial innovation. Leaders of family farming and specialists see dialogue as a key mechanism to disseminate new knowledge. They are participating leaders of family farming in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela and Paraguay.

    Bolivia, last place of the most important conference on water in Latin America

    The XVI Conference of Iberoamerican Water Directors (CODIA), the main forum on the subject of Latin America, which was held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), has adopted a series of agreements to strengthen the strategic role of CODIA as a platform for training and improving the management of water resources in the region. The next conference will be held in Campeche (Mexico), in the second half of 2016.