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    • Orellana values ​​the importance of Big Data in the rationalization and sustainability of agricultural activity

    The Director General of Rural Development and Forest Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Esperanza Orellana has valued the importance of new information and communication technologies (Big Data) to contribute, through a more sustainable use of resources, to the rationalization of agricultural activity. Orellana, who made the remarks during the inaugural session of the conference held on March 29th by the Ministry to analyze current trends in the world of Big Data, said that policies to promote information and communication are crucial for agriculture.

    Syngenta implements pollination practices to preserve biodiversity in Abadía Retuerta vineyards

    The Abadía Retuerta farm, located in the Valladolid municipality of Sardón del Duero, practices environmentally friendly agriculture and recovers biodiversity in the margins of its vineyards, through Operation Pollinator, an international program implemented by Syngenta with the collaboration of different scientific organizations in Spain, whose objective is the establishment of specific habitats for pollinating insects in the margins of the crops, which allow the creation of natural refuges for pollinators and encourage the presence of other arthropods useful as predators and parasitoids.

    Syngenta innovates in Baby Leaf for IV Range

    Throughout the days of Field that Syngenta has been celebrating during February and March, producers, technicians of cooperatives and heads of purchase of the great national and European distribution have had the opportunity to know the wide offer of this company in the segment of leafy vegetables (lettuce, endive, spinach and brassicas), highlighting its innovations in Baby Leaf for VI Range, in both red and green.

    María Jiménez:”in Spain is not subsidize the use of technology for efficient irrigation”

    The commemoration of the World Water Day brings us to this interview with María Dolores Jiménez Ruz, technical and commercial director of HIDROSOPH España, a company specialized in the sustainable management of irrigation ... With she we have addressed issues as important to agriculture as the optimization of the use of water in irrigation systems and, in short, the need to continue to advance, with a more effective commitment by the different administrations, in the development of R & D & I projects that entail greater savings and profitability for the farmer.

    IICA and Finland promote the use of renewable energy among farmers in the Andean region

    More than 12,000 rural men and women in the Andean region (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) have replaced traditional energy use with renewable energy, thanks to the Energy and Environment Partnership with the Andean Region (AEA), developed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (MAEF).

    Unica Group, through its AN Group, participates in a food innovation project, with 1,600M€

    The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has chosen the winning European consortium in the Food4Future call to lead EIT Food. This consortium will develop pioneering initiatives of innovation and education to promote the construction of sustainable chains of food supply in which the consumer will have a leading role.

    Next inauguration of the new field of test of the Straits (Murcia) of Tozer Seeds

    The international seed house Tozer Seeds celebrates its first Open Day in Spain next Wednesday, March 22nd. Through its Spanish subsidiary, the British company, whose main business is moved especially for the occasion, has convened a hundred national and international professionals dedicated to the field of leafy vegetables to inaugurate its new test field, located in the Hamlet of El Estrecho (Murcia).

    Decco revolutionizes the freshness management of fruit with TruPick

    In its philosophy of continuous growth and innovation, Decco has taken a step forward as a benchmark in the sector and has increased its product portfolio with the launch of TruPick, the latest generation 1-MCP technology to manage the freshness of fruit in the Post-harvest period.

    Carbotecnia renews its collaboration with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in the program Sustertech4CH

    Carbotecnia S.L. has renewed the collaboration it has been developing for more than 10 years with the University of Castilla-La Mancha, initiating a new biannual project of the state program of research, development and innovation oriented to the challenges of the Society, Sustertech4CH, under the title "Remediation Electrochemistry of soils and water polluted by organochlorines generated in industrial activities".

    Internet, the perfect tool to strengthen exports in the agri-food sector

    Knowing how to use a tool as powerful as the Internet to start a strategy of internationalization in cooperatives or agri-food industries has been the main starting point of the conference on "Digital Exports" held on 23th February in Tomelloso by Agro-food cooperatives Castilla- La Mancha, with the collaboration of Banco Santander.