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    Afrucat asks to expand from 30 to 40Mkg the withdrawal quota to recover prices in stone fruit

    Afrucat a little important in the harvest of fruit due to the weather and the low fruit set The director general of Afrucat, Manel Simón, and the general director of Food, Quality and Agrifood Industries of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (DARP) , Carmel Mòdol, together with the director of the Territorial Services of the DARP to Lleida, Ferran de Noguera, have presented the forecasts of harvest of peach and nectarine for Catalonia that indicate an overall decrease of 17% standing at 471,430 tons.

    Irrigators reclamate a new National Hydrological Plan

    In a context of climate change, where the availability of water is becoming less, the more than one million farmers who have an appointment at the XIV edition of the National Congress of Irrigating Communities concluded that this resource is a matter of State and therefore , to demand an integrating and long-term political action, which has as objective a new National Hydrological Plan able to guarantee the demand of the users.

    The Ministry calls for aid aimed at improving the production and marketing of apicultural products

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has opened the call to apply for aid to improve the production and marketing of bee products for this year. The initial budget for this campaign amounts to 2.37 million euros, pending the final allocation that will be approved by Sectorial Conference.
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    Fruit Attraction foresees a 16% growth in its 10th anniversary, surpassing the 1,600 companies

    The International Fair of the Fruit and Vegetable Sector, Fruit Attraction, organized by IFEMA and FEPEX, will be held in its 10th edition for the first time from Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 October 2018 at the Feria de Madrid. According to the estimates made after the first meeting of election of spaces by the Organizing and Advisory Committee, the surface has grown 10% in relation to the same period of the last call, exceeding 45,000 square meters, and with a forecast of total increase of the 16%

    The Ministry of Agriculture registers more than 238,000 applications for aid from the CAP for the 2018 campaign

    e Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has registered 238,301 applications for aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2018 campaign, as reported by the Minister Rodrigo Sánchez Haro at a press conference in Seville, which, in addition, has presented the mobile application of the InfoPAC Board "so that the beneficiaries can be better informed about the processing of the aid".
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    Agro-Alimentary Cooperatives of Spain foresees for 2018 a decline in the harvest of stone fruit in Spain

    Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España has prepared the forecast for the harvest of stone fruit in Spain in 2018 and aims that production will reach 1,800,000 tons, that is, 9% less than last year and an increase of 9%. % compared to the average of the last five campaigns.

    The Minister inaugurates the National Congress of Irrigators with the presentation of the National Irrigation Strategy 2018 – 2025

    The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, announced today that in the next few days the first draft of the National Irrigation Strategy 2018 - 2025 will be discussed together with the representatives of the agrarian sector. of the Ministry to guide actions in the medium term, he added, that he conceives irrigation as a key element to promote sustainable rural development, to achieve a productive, efficient, resilient, competitive and profitable agriculture and to fight against depopulation.

    The Startup Europe Smart Agrifood Summit, the latest initiative of the EU to promote the modernization of the agri-food sector

    The EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Phil Hogan, is clear about it "with the modernization of the agri-food sector we all win" but it is not only an economic issue, it is also an issue of great environmental importance. 94% of the ammonia emissions to the atmosphere depend directly on the agri-food sector, especially the livestock area that generates 80% of the emissions of this polluting substance through the excretions of the animals, the rest is generated through the use of fertilizers and insecticides.

    The Minister of Agriculture will inaugurate the XIV National Congress of Irrigators in Alicante

    The Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, will be in charge of inaugurating the XIV edition of the National Congress of Irrigators' Communities, whose objective is to analyze the current situation of irrigated agriculture within a context marked by negotiations to reach the National Agreement of the water.
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    EU budgets for the CAP generate great controversy in the sector

    The European Commission presented on Wednesday its proposal for the next budget of the European Union (EU), which covers from 2021 to 2027 and which proposes cuts in agricultural and cohesion funds - 5% and 7%. A proposal that has not sat well in the sector and has led to multiple groups such as Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias de España, UPA, ASAJA or COAG have expressed their rejection of these cuts.