April breaks with the tonic of strong growth and sales of olive oil, which fell by 30%
April has meant an important gap in the trend of strong growth that in the previous six months have been experiencing the market outflow of olive oil. Thus olive oil sales in this month have fallen by 30%, as confirmed by the packers and exporters of olive oil from Spain, (ANIERAC and ASOLIVA), with data made public by the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA).
FENAVIN says farewell with record numbers in commercial contacts and public influx
FENAVIN, the reference fair in the Spanish wine sector, closed its edition this year with record figures, both in business contacts, a total of 411,000, and visitors, surpassing 108,000 people, half of them direct professionals in the world of the wine. This was assured by the president of this event and president of the Diputación de Ciudad Real, José Manuel Caballero, during the closing ceremony of this fair.
Expoliva receives the campaign of the Interprofessional to promote in Hospitality the use of oil properly packed
The Interprofessional "Aceites de Oliva de España" has taken advantage of the celebration of Expoliva 2017 to get the message of its advertising campaign "Peeerdona ?:" In bars and restaurants, only the olive oils correctly packaged and labeled guarantee your quality, authenticity and all the properties intact to give you the best". The objective of this information action is to raise awareness about the importance of requiring the establishment of olive oil to be served properly packaged and labelled.
Tejerina inaugurates Expoliva urging the Spanish olive sector to continue leading in production and quality
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed that Spain must continue to be a world leader in the production and quality of olive oil, for which the joint work of the Ministry, the Board Of Andalusia and the sector is required. For this reason, García Tejerina has encouraged all sectors involved to prepare for the future is even better.
FENAVIN 2017 opens its doors emphasizing the commitment to internationalization
The ninth edition of the most important wine fair in Spain, FENAVIN, began its journey after an opening ceremony in which it was emphasized the importance of betting on the internationalization of the national wine production, which was attended by Emiliano García Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha, the Minister of Agriculture of this autonomous community, Francisco Martínez Arroyo, the president of the Diputación and FENAVIN, José Manuel Caballero, the mayor of Ciudad Real, Pilar Zamora, and the general secretary of Agriculture and Food of MAPAMA, Carlos Cabanas Godino.
The Andalusian Women Network goes to Expoliva to boost the visibility of its collective in the primary sector
Women's associations and Rural Development Groups in Jaén, Málaga and Córdoba seek to give greater visibility to the role of women in the agro-food and fisheries sector through their participation in the XVIII International Fair of Olive Oil and Related Industries, Expoliva . This is the first time that this type of initiative is launched in a sector as masculinizado as it is still the agrarian.
The Canarian government shows the best of its wine production in FENAVIN 2017
Canarias exhibits the excellence of its wines in FENAVIN 2017, one of the most important meeting points of the wine sector, which stands out for its ability to generate business contacts and whose last edition brings together some 17,000 buyers. The presence of the Canary Islands in this fair, which takes place in Ciudad Real from 9th to 11th May, will be strongly represented by the wines from 19 wineries and seven Regulatory Councils of the Denominations of Origin of the Archipelago, as well as the Cabildo de Tenerife, through The Vinos de Tenerife brand, which will participate in this fair under the umbrella of the Canarian Government's stand.
Fertiberia Advance, novelty of Fercampo and Fertiberia in Expoliva 2017
Fercampo and Fertiberia present their first novelty Fertiberia Advance in Expoliva 2017, XVIII International Fair of Olive Oil and Related Industries, held in the Provincial Fair and Congress Venue of Jaén from 10th to 13th May. It is a new range of fertilizers, manufactured from the most innovative techniques and where both companies have turned all their knowledge and experience in the field of fertilization.
Córdoba will host the 1st International Oliviculture in hedge Symposium OLINT
The Campus of Rabanales of Córdoba will be held on 29th June the 1st International Symposium on Olive Growing in hedge OLINT, to be organized by the company AGROMILLORA and its medium of expression, OLINT magazine, in collaboration with the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of the University of Cordoba (UCO). With applications for registration that already exceed 550 places of its capacity, this event will be attended by the main olive companies in the sector.
An innovative solution against the verticilium defoliante was presented in the framework of Expoliva
On April 27th, a day was held in the Palacio de Congresos de Jaén as an event prior to Expoliva, which under the title "The Olive Vertigo, an innovative solution against the defoliant verticillium", welcomed the presentation of this significant milestone, as a result of the great perseverance with which Continental Plants and various scientists and scholars of the University of Cordoba have been investigating for years to deal with the pernicious effects on the verticillium olivar, which limits its operation, reduces its population and sometimes makes it impossible to exploit of said crop in certain areas.