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    • Carlos Cabanas highlights the strong growth of Spanish food exports to China

    The trend has increased over 2015, growing more than 30% of sales in the first half of the year and making China the second client of our exports outside the EU, after the US.
    El subsecretario de Pesca de Chile, Raúl Sunico, en una imagen de archivo. Imagen: Subsecretaría de Pesca de Chile.

    Chile and Ecuador sign cooperation agreement in the areas of fisheries and aquaculture

    Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture Chile, Raul Súnico, and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries of Ecuador, Pilar Proaño, signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the areas of fisheries and aquaculture and aims to achieve a management and sustainable use of marine resources in both countries.
    Un muelle de pesca en construcción en las islas Seychelles cofinanciado por la UE. Imagen: UE.

    The EU is investing 230 million euros in projects of cooperation in the field of fisheries

    Brussels has funded over 50 projects between 2007 and 2014. The EU recalls the figure in the 2015 European Year of Development.

    “Born in Spain, admired around the world”

    Spanish food product has long since banished complex. The sector runs parallel roads to the explosion of the sport in this country. The top sports competitions in many disciplines ceased to be a barrier to hit ball, basket, motor or paddle. Football, basketball, Formula 1, motorcycling and tennis have their names: Iniesta, Gasol, Alonso Márquez or Nadal. In the mouth, other "names" are distinguished in the table and break the frontiers of international markets: olive oil, wine, ham and meat products, preserves or fruits and vegetables. Anuga 160,000 visitors have witnessed.
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    The European Commission signed a tuna agreement that guarantees the permanence of the Spanish purse seine fleet in the eastern Pacific

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has attended the meetings held in Brussels by the European Commission with the Cook Islands to assist in negotiations conducted from 19 to 21 October.
    Crustáceos. Imagen: FreeImages

    Crustaceans to create a more environmentally friendly fertilizer

    Researchers at the Center for Biotechnology and Plant Genomics (UPM-INIA) develop a method to obtain a clean bio-fertilizer that also is able to regenerate the soil degraded by overharvesting.
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    Chile: Subpesca maintains the ban on sardine and anchovy from Valparaiso to Bío

    The representative of the Subpesca in the Bio Bio Region, Lilian Troncoso said that "the figures do not allow to reopen the season and we will be very responsible adjust as recommended by the Scientific Committee on that line. We call the artisanal sector and industry to continue to respect the ban and thus ensure good reproductive process".

    Spain: Social factor grows in purchasing decisions

    Four in ten consumers would pay more for products from socially committed companies, according to a report by consultancy Nielsen. More than one in three have in mind when making the purchase social values ​​associated to a brand. The decisive environmental factor for more than 30%.
    Isabel García Tejerina, ministra de Agricultura de España, durante la feria Conxemar de 2015, en Vigo. Foto: Ministerio de Agricultura de España.

    Conxemar celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries FAO

    The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed that "the exercise of responsible fishing has been a priority for this government."

    Mexico and Spain, a tandem at the right time

    The Aztec country is going through a very sweet moment. Government reforms of Enrique Peña Nieto, during the three years of his term, are guaranteeing that is most attractive to invest. And it reaches 82,700 million dollars of foreign direct investment. Spain is the second largest investor nation in Mexico. Ambassador in the Iberian country welcomes involving "one of the largest economies with the greatest potential for the future".