The economy in the EU will grow by 4.2% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2022
13 de May de 2021
The Spring 2021 Economic Forecast projects that the EU economy will expand by 4.2% in 2021 and by 4.4% in 2022. The euro area economy
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Trade agreements makes positive impact on agri-food sectors
27 de January de 2021
According to a new study published, the EU trade agenda is set to have an overall positive impact on the EU economy and the agri-food
UPA presents to the Ministry its project to adapt the agricultural sector to climate change
31 de May de 2018
Climate change is the main challenge facing the agricultural sector today. In the agrarian organization UPA are aware of this and that is why they are focusing all their efforts on helping farmers and ranchers to adapt their farms to this new situation and thus reduce their impact on the sector. These efforts are being channeled into a macroproject called InfoAdaptaAgri that will be presented to the Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, on June 6th. The act will be open to all interested persons, it is simply necessary to send an inscription in advance.
UPA takes stock of 2017 as a dramatic agrarian year, refuting government figures
27 de December de 2017
The Union of Small Farmers (UPA) has described 2017 as a “dramatic year for the field,” due to the drought and inaction that blames the Government, whose macro figures on the sector, highlighting the rise in farm income by 5% for this exercise, they contrast with the negative balance of this agrarian year that the Organization has made.
HORTISPAÑA urges normality in Catalonia to avoid further damage to the Spanish horticultural sector in the markets
6 de October de 2017
The Member Associations of the Spanish Interprofessional Organization of Fruits and Vegetables, HORTIESPAÑA, consider it essential that normality be restored as soon as possible in Catalonia so that the sector under Spanish greenhouse does not continue to be affected by the independence movement, which has already caused delays in shipments, breaches with customers and an important ‘damage’ to the image of Spain as the origin of horticultural products under greenhouse coverage of this Organization.
A cereal campaign marked by climatology
2 de October de 2017
Opinion article written for ECA in which the general secretary of the Association of Grain and Oilseeds in Spain (ACCOE), José Manuel Álvarez, makes an assessment of the current cereal campaign.
UPA values this harvest negatively, both in production and prices
18 de September de 2017
The agricultural organization UPA has made a negative balance, both in production and in prices, of the current harvest, once this has become widespread throughout the national territory. Thus, and according to their calculations, the production of grapes has decreased by 20% as a result of bad climatology, a decline that in some territories has reached 60%. Although this bad situation is also suffered by other European competitors, in Spain winegrowers also have to deal with low prices. For this reason, the UPA has asked the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA) to intensify controls of compliance with the Law of the food chain.
Fresón de Palos makes a positive balance of its participation in Asia Fruit Logística
13 de September de 2017
Fresón de Palos concluded its presence in Asia Fruit Logistics with a positive evaluation of its passage through this event, held in Hong Kong, brought together thousands of professionals and buyers from the sector from all over the world.
Mexico directs its efforts to increase its sales of pork and berries to Japan
3 de August de 2017
The Government of Mexico has intensified contacts with authorities and marketing firms in Japan to increase exports of pork and berries to the Japanese country. These efforts are part of the work being carried out by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) to diversify markets in countries of the Asia-Pacific Region.
Socialists ask the EC actions against the US anti-dumping attack on Spanish olive
21 de July de 2017
Socialist Europarlamentarians have called on the European Commission (EC) to counteract the “anti-dumping” complaint against Spanish exports of table olives in the United States.
Argentina to increase its food exports to China through online sales
20 de July de 2017
Alibaba Group has launched a new program that will allow Chinese consumers to buy Argentinean food in their online platform Tmall Fresh. An initiative that will increase the presence of Argentine fresh produce in the People’s Republic of China and which has been the result of joint efforts by the Argentine Agency of Investment and International Trade and the Ministry of Agroindustry of the Nation.
UPA claims the role of agrarian activity as a brake on rural depopulation
13 de July de 2017
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.
LA UNIÓ accuses the big distribution of sinking the price of watermelon
10 de July de 2017
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
10 de July de 2017
Faced with the bad forecasts for the upcoming cereal season, where the drought is expected to reduce our country’s production by 40%, the Professional Association
The wine sector, satisfied by the EU-Japan agreement that will boost sales to this country
10 de July de 2017
The wine sector has celebrated the principle of a trade agreement recently reached between the European Union and Japan, which will give a strong boost to wine exports to the Japanese market. Thus, the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan, which could enter into force in 2019, eliminates import tariffs and includes protection for geographical indications.
Peru: Pro Olivo takes its achievements in technological innovation to the II Regional Forum of Economic Development
7 de July de 2017
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.