• Provacuno 2024
    BAYER CEREAL OCT2024

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    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.

    UPA warns that CETA will hurt the interests of the European agri-food sector

    The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) has warned that the free trade agreement with Canada, recently approved by the European Parliament, will harm the interests of many people and sectors, benefiting only the large multinationals. For this organization, CETA is postulated as a new "unfair agreement" in which European society -and especially the primary sector - "will not make anything clear and will appear new competitors that will hinder their survival".

    COAG augurs very negative effects on its new studies impacts of TTIP

    The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) has presented its study on the impact that could have the TTIP in the Spanish agricultural sector. This has been prepared at the request of Friends of the Earth and presented in an organized event with VSF Global Food Justice, Platform not TTIP, Rural Platform and Engineering Without Borders Galicia.

    Dialogue of Commissioner Hogan and the Minister of Agriculture in European key with citizens

    The Congress Palace Toledo will host on Friday, October 14th, a meeting between citizens and the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment functions, Isabel García Tejerina, and the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development, Francisco Martínez Arroyo. An activity that will serve to initiate a dialogue face to face with representatives of institutions and citizens on issues of the European Union that really matter to them and that are relevant to their present and future.

    The Government asks serenity and tranquility over the Brexit

    The Acting Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, in an appearance in La Moncloa, expressed "the sorrow of the Spanish Government" about the outcome of the referendum in the UK, which has won the option defending the exit of Britain from the EU. In addition to sending a message of "peace and serenity", Rajoy has announced that it will meet with leaders of the main Spanish political forces before attending the European Council meeting to be held next week.

    Spain: A dismal year without milk quotas

    On the first anniversary of the removal of milk quotas balance is disastrous, according to COAG: prices ruin the farmer, mass closure of farms, industries that "negotiate" based on blackmail and those who are seated in the large centers of production collection routes abandoned while leading imports. In addition, the agricultural organization qualifies political leaders unable to resolve the situation.

    EU exports grow in value with China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States

    Agri-food exports from the European Union (EU) increased by 6% in value in 2015 to 129,000 million euros compared to the previous year, which marked a new record, according to data released by the European Commission (EC). Europe wins 39% more thanks to China, up 34% from Saudi Arabia, 20% more to Turkey and 18% from the United States. The value of imports remained stable.

    Agricultural Insurance: A tool for agricultural policy to be proud. José María García de Francisco. ENESA

    It´s now 30 years since Spain joined the European Union (then…

    A turning point in the protection of fruit trees

    Pulverizadores Fede poses a new future for agriculture with the revolutionary H3O project, equipment for protection of fruit crops. Supported by the European Union, this program has earned the highest honor awarded by the international jury of FIMA Agricultural: Outstanding Technical Innovation.

    EU: the EESC wants to reduce the administrative burden on farmers

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the fact that the European Commission has made it a priority to simplify common agricultural policy (CAP) implementation. Increased transparency and legal certainty must go hand in hand with the reduction of red tape for farmers, other beneficiaries, producer organisations and national administrations.