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Bolivia: Government boosts Genetic Research on Quinoa

29 de June de 2017

The Government of Bolivia, through the Ministry of Rural Development and Lands and the International Quinoa Center (CIQ), in coordination with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), organized the First International Forum on the cultivation of Quinoa, under the heading “Opportunities and Challenges to the discovery of the quinoa genome”. The objective of this initiative is to contribute to the strengthening of the country’s quinuero sector.

Do not miss the video of the I National Forum on Agroprofessional Women, of SIETE Agromarketing

20 de June de 2017

SIETE Agromarketing has just launched the video about the 1st National Business Forum Agro ‘Mujeres Agroprofesionales. For Equal Opportunities’, held on June 7th in Seville. An audiovisual summary that shows the most important moments of an event, which had an excellent reception of public and a great repercussion in RR.SS., becoming trending topic in the city of Seville and number 51 in the whole country.

Globalcaja strengthens its collaboration agreement with the La Mancha agri-food cooperatives

1 de June de 2017

In the framework of the General Assembly of Agro-food Cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha, held recently in Tomelloso, the agreement of collaboration that this Association had with the banking entity Globalcaja has been renewed, which contributes to reinforce in many ways the collaboration that have maintained for years both entities in the matter of training and promotion, among other areas.

MAPAMA attributes the growth of holdings shared ownership to the implementation of its Law

23 de May de 2017

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) has linked the growth of the number of farms shared ownership with the implementation of Law 35/2011, which regulates everything concerning this regime in the sector agrarian. This was evidenced during the meeting recently held by the general director of Rural Development and Forest Policy MAPAMA, Esperanza Orellana, with associations of rural women, agricultural professional organizations and Agro-food Cooperatives, to analyze the development of the Law of shared ownership and the actions related to the process of discharging the agricultural holdings in the mentioned regime.

Jerónima Bonafé: “Without women, the rural environment would not continue”

8 de March de 2017

Coinciding with the commemoration of Women’s Day, in ECA we want to claim the role and contribution of rural women professionals through this interview with Jerónima Bonafé, Secretary of the Governing Council of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, and President of Agro Cooperatives Of the Balearic Islands. With her, a clear example of a woman with a voice and a capacity for decision, in an environment where male leadership still prevails, we talk about issues such as the still low visibility of women in the governing bodies of cooperatives and organizations in the agricultural sector and, both, the need to continue working for a greater role of rural women.