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Andalusia harvests 12.3% more citrus, surpassing 2 million t.
Citrus production in Andalusia after the end of the 2016-2017 season has exceeded 2 million tonnes, according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (CAPDER). Specifically, this production amounted to 2,094,274 tonnes, 1.67% more than the estimate made in the first installment of this campaign and 12.3% higher than the harvest of the previous year.

UPA claims the role of agrarian activity as a brake on rural depopulation
The Union of Small Farmers (UPA) has presented its 2017 annual family agriculture report on July 12th, at a large event held in Madrid, which has become a plea for the essential role played by agriculture and livestock as rural promoters, and guarantors of the continued existence of peoples living and generating employment and wealth in their territory.

Andalusia asks the MAPAMA to allocate a budget item to expedite possible compensation for Xylella
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, has requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) to estimate a budget item, to guarantee those affected by the Xylella Fastidiosa the greater agility in the process of his indemnifications. Sánchez Haro also advocates establishing a "legal framework that gives security to farmers" and avoid possible inequalities between producers who may be affected by Xylella fastidiosa in different Autonomous Communities.

LA UNIÓ accuses the big distribution of sinking the price of watermelon
LA UNIÓ of Llauradors i Ramaders has denounced that the great distribution is dragging down in this campaign the prices of the watermelon, with offers reclamation of the product in its commercial centers. A situation, it warns, that will end up being extended to supermarkets, so as not to lose competitiveness.

APROSE advises certified seed as a guarantee of profitability and quality
Faced with the bad forecasts for the upcoming cereal season,…

EU: citizens believe that the CAP should prioritize support for farmers and protection of the environment
European citizens believe that agricultural policy must continue…

Peru: Pro Olivo takes its achievements in technological innovation to the II Regional Forum of Economic Development
The Pro Olivo Association has shared in the II Regional Forum of Economic Development for Latin America and the Caribbean its successful experience with the Tenological Innovation Agenda for the technical and commercial development of the olive tree in the Tacna Region in Peru. Represented by its president, Luciana Biondi, Pro Olivo was selected by the international consultancy GIZ Peru to represent Peru in this representative forum, held at the end of June, in the Bolivian city of Tiquipaya.

The EU achieves a principle of agreement that will open Japan to its main agricultural exports
On 6th July, the EU and Japan reached an agreement in principle on the fundamental elements of a future Economic Partnership Treaty, which will be the most important bilateral trade agreement ever concluded by the European Union. Among other issues, this agreement will open the Japanese market to key agricultural exports of the Union, increasing opportunities in various sectors.

ALAS transfers to Arias Cañete the environmental implications of non-renewal of glyphosate
Representatives of ALAS (Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture) have transferred the possible environmental implications of non-renewal of glyphosate to Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action. Thus, from ALAS has insisted on the need to renew for 15 years this herbicide substance, used for more than 40 years.

I International Olivo Symposium in hedge, a direct look at the reality of this crop
The I International Symposium of the olive grove in hedge, Olint, recently celebrated by the University of Córdoba (UCO), Agromillora and Olint, technical magazine of Agromillora Iberia, represented a golden opportunity to obtain a more direct and close knowledge of the reality of this crop Super-intensive. An event that attracted more than 600 professionals from the sector, who gathered in the Aula Magna of the Campus Rabanales of the UCO.