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Spain: The meat industry continues to party
The Spanish meat industry continues to grow abroad. In 2015, it exported 1.95 million tons worth 4,844 million euros worldwide. The sector accounts for 13% of industrial GDP of the country and more than 21% of the turnover and employment in the food industry. At the event, I have given the ANICE Awards in five categories: "Business Trajectory", "Friends of the Flesh," "Jose Flores Innovation", "Food and Health" and "Sustainability and Environment".
How to turn an idea into a differential innovation and finance?
Technology Centre, with the collaboration of the CDTI, has organized the III Practical Workshop funding of R & D + i. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the options of national and international funding for R + D + i financed by the CDTI. The third workshop, held on April 6, strengthens its practical nature and has four major developments.
Cajamar, in the creation of the first European network for innovation in horticulture
The EUVRIN initiative is backed by 50 research centers in 16 countries, among which are the experimental stations Cajamar Caja Rural, specializing in intensive agriculture Mediterranean. Brussels hosted last ebruary 1 the act of constitution of the European Network of Centres of Horticultural Research, EUVRIN for its acronym in English (European Vegetable Research Institutes Network), with the participation of 80 representatives from fifty technological institutes 16 countries.
Spain: 2016 Agroexpo increases the participation of companies
The trade fair institution of Extremadura (FEVAL) will host from 27 to 30 January AGROEXPO the XXVIII edition of International Fair, whose inauguration will be attended by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina. A total of 222 companies from Spain and Portugal, representing well over 500 brands from Italy, France, Germany and Israel will attend this year, representing an increase of 8% over last year, according to official data.
Deere & Company leads the global market for agricultural machinery
The US company ended 2015 as the world leader in providing advanced products and services for customers whose work is linked to the land. Deere & Company garnered significant recognition in 2015 that demonstrate its commitment to both the farmer and his workers. It also makes a strong commitment to the commitment and innovation in 2016.
Chile: FIA prioritizes to innovation in sustainable agriculture
A total of 30 national initiatives call for "Research and Innovation Projects in sustainable agriculture" have been approved by the Council of FIA. The contest was aimed at the management of natural, productive and technological resources in a sustainable manner, enabling them to face the changes in the behavior of the climatic variables that affect structurally to farming, agrifood and forestry sector.
Michelin brings together a number of innovation awards in 2015
The numeral is 2.54 billion tonnes, world cereal production in 2014. A record crop. Nine is, in billions, the number of people who have the planet in 2050, according to the UN. One challenge for world agriculture: sustainable way to feed the nine billion people. Feeding the planet better is the commitment that acquires Michelin to develop tires that use advanced technologies such as MICHELIN UltraFlex, limiting soil compaction and maximize crop yields.
SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive: “Best of Specialized 2016”
This prize, awarded each year by a panel of 23 journalists from Europe's most important agricultural machinery publications, acknowledged the SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive as the best tractor in the specialised category. For SAME, this prestigious accolade is further confirmation of its leadership in the vineyard and fruit orchard tractor segment.
Let´s falling on consumer habits to increase the value of lamb meat
The Spanish Agrifood Interprofessional Organization sheep and goats (INTEROVIC), through its coordinator, Thomas Rodriguez, highlighted in Brussels (Belgium) the importance to the sheep sector innovation and, in this sense, moved during intervention the importance of acting in consumer habits to achieve increased sales and value of lamb meat. His intervention has been framed in a forum with the most representative associations of the sheep sector in the European Union to discuss the future of the sector.
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Spain: 2016 Agroexpo increases the participation of companies
The trade fair institution of Extremadura (FEVAL) will host from 27 to 30 January AGROEXPO the XXVIII edition of International Fair, whose inauguration will be attended by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina. A total of 222 companies from Spain and Portugal, representing well over 500 brands from Italy, France, Germany and Israel will attend this year, representing an increase of 8% over last year, according to official data.