• Enomaq 2024 2025
    BASF Enervin

    • Posts

    Rosario Martín opens as the first president of La Unión, coinciding with World Women’s Day

    The Union appoints president and CEO to Rosario Martín Maldonado, the first in the history of this Alhóndiga, coinciding with the celebration of International Women's Day. Martín, who will occupy this post for the next five years, succeeds Gabriel Barranco, who has served as president of this company for 20 years and becomes its honorary president. Both belong to the founding group of the company, created in 1993. The relay, approved today, March 8th, by the Board of Directors, places for the first time a woman at the highest level of responsibility in the Almeria agrarian sector.

    Koppert, nominated for the Innovation Award in Fruit Logistica, for its envelope format ULTI-MITE SWIRSKI

    ULTI-MITE SWIRSKI, the revolutionary envelope format, created by Koppert Biological Systems, designed for the progressive release of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii, has been one of the nominees to obtain the Innovation Award in the next edition of Fruit Logistica, the world's most important fruit and vegetable fair held in Berlin from 7th to 9th February.

    Murcia agricultural cooperatives reaffirm their commitment to a more sustainable and healthy agriculture

    The Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Region of Murcia (Fecoam) has reaffirmed its commitment to organic farming as a more sustainable and healthy farming method, during the meeting of its sector of organic farming, held on January 15th. In that meeting he was re-elected as the representative of José Joaquín Huertas Martínez, of the Hortamira cooperative.

    Rodrigo Sánchez Haro: “we must make the agreement between the EU and Mercosur an opportunity for our productions”

    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of Andalusia, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, addresses in this interview given to ECA the main lines of action of his Department, together with the main challenges, strengths and opportunities of the Andalusian agri-food sector. Free trade agreements, such as that of the EU and Mercosur, and the Brexit challenge have been other issues analyzed.

    Semillas Fitó innovates with an improved Dutch cucumber line, with higher quality fruits and more resistant plant

    Semillas Fitó has developed SmartQ, an improved Dutch cucumber line that provides fruit quality in a more resistant plant. The firm has recently announced this advance in a presentation day held in Roquetas de Mar (Almería), which was attended by 250 technicians and producers of cucumber, both from the coast of Almeria and Granada.

    The Government of Ecuador is interested in the model of Almeria agriculture to move it to their country

    A delegation from the Government of Ecuador has moved to Almeria to learn first hand the Almerian agriculture model in order to implement a fruit and vegetable development project in their country. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, has received the Ecuadorian representatives of the initiative Agrovivienda Ecuador 2014-2020, which covers agricultural production with the provision of basic services, to encourage the creation of self-sufficient communities and the sustainable development of rural areas.

    New Technologies in greenhouse horticultural crops

    Opinion article signed for ECA by researchers from the IFAPA Center La Mojonera (Almería), in which initiatives related to the application of new technologies in greenhouse horticultural crops are addressed.

    Antonio Infante joins Planasa as Technical and Quality Director

    The company Planasa, a leading company in the fruit and vegetable sector and with presence in the five continents, now reinforces its management team with the incorporation of Antonio Infante as the new Technical and Quality Director at a global level.

    Innovation in seeds drives the competitiveness of intensive horticulture

    Researchers at the IFAPA Center "La Mojonera", Pedro Gómez and Carmen García, sign this opinion piece for ECA on the importance of continuing to innovate in seeds to boost competitiveness in the horticultural sector.

    Pro Event Calendar

    InfoAgro Exhibition

    The intensive horticulture fair held at the Aguadulce Congress…