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AVA-ASAJA estimates a million euros of losses for hailstones in 700ha of vine, olive and almond trees
The intense storm of hail that discharged in the afternoon of Wednesday, September 6th, in the region of Utiel-Requena has caused damages worth one million euros in an area of 700 hectares of cultivation of vineyard, olive and almond tree, according to the estimates of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA). The municipal terms that have been more punished have been Jaraguas, Venta del Moro, Villargordo del Cabriel and Casas del Rey.
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AVA-ASAJA: “the ruinous watermelon campaign shows the failure of the CAP to stabilize markets”
The ruinous watermelon campaign in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, with destroyed or abandoned product, shows that the measures of the CAP aimed at stabilizing the markets and guaranteeing a decent income are a terrible failure, as reported by AVA-ASAJA. To say of the agrarian organization, all this finishes "the worse hortofrutícola campaign Valenciana recent".
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Melon and watermelon: heat changes the trend in the sector and prices rise
After a difficult start of the campaign for melon and watermelon due to the absence of high temperatures, the heat during June and July, both in Spain and in the export markets, allowed the rebound of the quotations.
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The sinking of the quotations compromises the future of Valencian watermelon
The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) denounces the collapse of the watermelon in its quotations, as a result of the bearish pressure that in recent years has been exercising the great distribution. Low prices that, according to this organization, seriously compromise the future of this crop in the autonomous community of Valencia, as evidenced by the fact that in a period of seven years their area of cultivation has been reduced by almost 30% .
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Idai Nature, new member of the Advisory Board of the School of Agricultural Engineering of Valencia
The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has chosen Idai Nature as a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Agricultural Engineering, an organ composed of the most relevant representatives of the agronomic sector of the Region of Valencia.
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AVA-ASAJA calls for a European law on the food chain to alleviate the collapse of the market of the stone fruit
The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has called for a European law on the food chain to alleviate the current collapse of the market for bone fruit, as a result of the confluence of a whole series of adverse circumstances. A situation of over-supply that seriously threatens the profitability of the season, and that was born when the sudden and unusual rise in temperatures in late April and early May forced many producers of plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots or Paraguayans to advance the harvest to preserve the condition of the fruit by storing it in cold storage rooms.
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Valencian agriculture suffers losses of 26M € due to the uncontrolled growth of the wild fauna
The agricultural sector of the Valencian Community has suffered direct losses of about 26 million euros, caused by the exponential increase that in recent years have been experiencing wildlife populations. According to calculations made during a meeting held by officials of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA), LA UNIÓ of Llauradors i Ramaders, the Federation of Agro-food Cooperatives of the Region of Valencia and the Hunting Federation of the Region of Valencia, the predatory action of wild species on crops and agricultural infrastructure has experienced an increase of at least 30% over the past year.
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The Spanish citrus sector would lose €1,500 million if 75 active ingredients are eliminated
The National Symposium on Plant Health, held last week in Seville, was the framework chosen by the Business Association for the Protection of Plants (AEPLA) for the presentation of the results of the Low Yield Report, carried out by the consulting firm Steward Redqueen At the request of European Crop Protection (ECPA).
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The last storm causes losses of more than 170M € in the Valencian agrarian sector
The last torrential rains that have struck the Valencian Community have caused very serious damages to the agricultural sector, as they have denounced the agrarian organizations AVA-ASAJA and LA UNIÓ DE LLAURADORS I RAMADERS, that quantify the damages caused in agricultural infrastructures and crops (mainly of persimmon, citrus, table grapes and olive groves), in costs above 100 million euros.
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About 20,000 immigrants will benefit from the employment agreement between AVA-ASAJA and the Embassy of Ecuador
Ecuadorian ambassador Miguel Calahorrano and the president of the agrarian organization AVA-ASAJA, Cristóbal Aguado, have signed a collaboration agreement to facilitate training in agrarian matters and employment in this sector of the Ecuadorian population residing in the Valencian Community. This agreement is estimated to benefit some 20,000 immigrants of the 41,000 from that country currently living in Valencia.