APAE inaugurates the second edition of its agri-food communication expert course
On May 5, the students of the second edition of the University Expert Course in Food Communication began their face-to-face session in Lérida with a visit to an apple farm in Bellpuig. There, the Yara Iberian agronomic director, Luis Ángel López, explained the importance of nutrients being effective for the development of plants, as well as their positive role in relation to climate change. The students could also learn about the cultivation of the platerina, a fruit similar to the Paraguayan fruit, which is highly prized in the market, in which the exact application of the nutrients reduces the natural cracking produced in the fruit.
Grupo Siro Foundation and LAFER Foundation promote excellence training in the agri-food sector
Fundación Grupo Siro and Fundación LAFER have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of promoting the insertion of talent in the agrifood company, favoring the employability and professional careers of the students of the Master in Management of Agrifood Companies (MGEA) that the LAFER Foundation promotes from 2010.
Fecoam obtains the Responsible Communication Seal from the Official Association of Journalists
The Federation of Agrarian Cooperatives of Murcia (Fecoam), which groups 79 agrarian entities marketing the Autonomous Community, has committed to carry out a quality institutional communication and based on the ethical standards of journalism, as well as that said communication is managed by a qualified and collegiate professional. For all these reasons, the Official Association of Journalists of the Region of Murcia today granted Fecoam the Responsible Communication Seal.
Expobiomasa will have 500 exhibiting companies in its next edition
The Spanish Association of Biomass Energy Valorization -AVEBIOM- officially launches the Expobiomasa call (24-26 September 2019) with the opening of the contracting period. After eleven successive editions of success, AVEBIOM announces the 12th edition of the Biomass Technology Specialized Fair in Valladolid, with the hope of continuing to promote the largest professional meeting specialized in the energy use of reference biomass for Spain and Portugal, and commercial bridge between Europe and Latin America. Expobiomasa, which continues on a biennial basis, thus reinforces its outstanding position in the ranking as one of the five best fairs in the sector worldwide and will alternate in the calendar of international events with the celebration of important fairs, such as Progetto Fuoco in Verona.
The Minister of Justice supports the proposal for the unification of the cartographic properties of ANIADE
The Minister of Justice, Rafael Catalá, stated during the inauguration of the technical conference Cartography of properties: a single reality, a single representation to be favorable to the initiative of the proposal of unification of cartographic properties presented by the Association of State Agronomists ( ANIADE). Specifically, Catalá has commented "to be in favor of the initiative that implies an administrative simplification, rationalization of resources, greater efficiency and legal security and interoperability of data between the Registry and the Cadastre". And he added that in "initiatives like this one, it is fundamental to work together, to advance towards success that will be beneficial for the whole of society".
Bayer and the UPV present the Master Bayer Impulsa (MBI)
Bayer and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have presented the 1st Master of Business Management and Technologies for Integrated Crop Management, Bayer Impulsa Master, at the UPV School of Agricultural Engineering and the Environment. The event was attended by the international lecturer and writer Álex Rovira.
The XI Chair Fertiberia of Agro-environmental Studies for major changes in the fertilizer sector
Once again, and for the eleventh consecutive year, the Fertiberia Chair of Agro-environmental Studies celebrated its Seminar on Fertilization for sustainable agriculture, this year on "SECTOR OF FERTILIZERS, TRENDS OF THE FUTURE". More than two hundred participants, among whom were representatives of MAPAMA, the Autonomous Communities, agricultural associations, farmers, researchers, students, university professors, etc., attended the meeting, which took place last Wednesday, April 18, in the Higher Technical School of Agronomic, Food and Biosystems Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Galpagro leads the European Life Resilience project
The European Union, through its Life program, has given the green light to the project led by Galpagro "Life Resilience: Prevention of X. fastidiosa in intensive plantations of olive trees and almonds applying ecological farming practices", a project that aims to achieve sustainable practices and productive for the prevention of Xylella Fastidiosa in the olive and almond plantations in intensive and high density.
Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias will hold a national convention in Murcia
Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España is going to carry out a national convention of cooperatives next 26th and 27th of April in the auditorium Víctor Villegas of Murcia, which is expected to attend more than 400 representatives of cooperatives, from all sectors and of the entire geography of the country, together with leading experts of national and international scope.
Essenza di Vega, the most innovative product of the IX Prizes Ecotrophelia Spain 2018
The ESSENZA DI VEGA team of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche has achieved the first place in the national competition Ecotrophelia Spain 2018, organized by the Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries (FIAB) to search for the most innovative product of the year.