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The Platform in Defense of Irrigation of the County has shown the concern of the sector of the red fruits by the lack of water, reason why it continues working intensely to make possible his arrival. Thus, he has indicated that he hopes that the water of the 318 hectares and other underground concessions will be a reality to face the new agricultural campaign.
The professionalization of the agricultural sector will be the axis of the FIMA 2018 Technical Conference. Within the framework of these, one of the most important events of the program of this edition will be held, the IV National Forum of Rural Development, which will be held on the days 20th and 21st February. With these Technical Seminars, FIMA maintains its ongoing commitment to improving agricultural activity, working to improve knowledge and provide added value to the sector.
The next edition of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery of Zaragoza (FIMA), which will be held on 19th, 20th and 21th February, will host the IV National Forum of Rural Development, organized by the Official College of Agricultural Engineers of Aragon, Navarra and the Basque Country and the National Rural Network, and co-financed through the EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development). The professionalization of the agrifood sector will be the main event in an event whose content is structured in three strategic areas: irrigation, precision agriculture and fertilization and plant protection.
Article written for ECA on the study carried out by researchers from the IFAPA centers of La Mojonera (AlmerÃa) and Alameda del Obispo (Córdoba), regarding the effects of drip irrigation on a sloping plot on the yield and quality of the lettuce crop iceberg.
The drought has focused a coordination meeting between the different Hydrographic Confederations, chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel GarcÃa Tejerina and held at MAPAMA headquarters. The meeting has served to take stock of all the measures adopted since 2015, when the drought situation in the Júcar and Segura basins was decreed; to assess the application of the drought plans in all the basins; and analyze the answers to the possible scenarios, which allow serving the population in all of them.
Molecor, a leading Spanish company in the water industry, participates in these days in the Technical Workshop of the Plastic Industry, which takes place from October 2th to 6th in Lima, Peru. It is an event organized by the Spanish Association of Plastics Industries (ANAIP), with the support of ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones, within the framework of the Sectorial Plan 2017, with the aim of promoting the Spain brand.
Interview for ECA AGRI to Jaime Hernani, general director of the Spanish Association of Manufacturers-Exporters of Agricultural Machinery and Components, Greenhouses, Crop Protection, Irrigation Systems, Livestock Equipment, Animal Health and Nutrition, Forestry, Biomass and Forest Machinery Post-harvest (Agragex), who analyzes for us the sales of agricultural machinery abroad.
Molecor, a leading company in the development and commercialization of TOM® PVC Oriented Pipes (PVC-O), will participate in the XXXV edition of the National Irrigation Congress to be held in Tarragona from 6th to 8th June. This event is organized by the Spanish Association of Irrigation and Drainage (AERyD), together with the General Community of Irrigators of the Ebro Right Channel, and the support of other state and regional bodies and entities.
The National Federation of Irrigation Communities (FENACORE) has participated in a European project whose objective is to promote on a large scale an intelligent irrigation system capable of saving up to 30% energy and up to 30% water, without affecting the quality standards that foreign markets demand for crops.
The Community of Irrigators Pantano de Rumblar, in the municipality of Villanueva de la Sierra Jaen, is proving successful first hydro-propelled pump for irrigation, designed by the Dutch startup aQysta. After installation and commissioning of 35 of these pumps in several countries, on Tuesday 21st June will be presented at the farmhouse of San Rafael this innovative initiative whose main motivation is economic and environmental sustainability, requiring neither oil nor electricity to operate, because it uses the kinetic energy of water.
Spain is international leader in saving water as a result of having got the transformation of traditional irrigation systems in surface drip systems in more than 49% of the irrigated zones, such as has reported the National Federation of Communities Irrigators (FENACORE) on the occasion of the celebration of World Environment Day on June 5. This process of modernization of irrigation has been being driven by irrigators in collaboration with public administrations, and currently results in a reduction of almost 14% in average annual savings of irrigation water, turning a total consumption nearly 17,000 cubic hectometres into about 14,500 cubic hectometres presently, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) data, collected by the Federation.
This standard contains the proposals of the Ministry of Agriculture in view of the exceptional circumstances affecting the profitability of many farms in 2015. In this context, farmers will find themselves with new products that pose an attenuation of the tax burden. Thus, reductions at national level for milk cattle, rabbits, ranching, olive products, tomato and citrus are contemplated.
At the gates of the XVIII Montoro Olive Fair, held from 11 to 14 May, there is no better example how culture gets behind the economic growth of an area, such as Córdoba (Spain). But the olive grove has ceased to be an emblem of the Mediterranean to spread widely around the world: 11 million hectares. Cropping systems located under irrigation hedgerow profitability extract fruit which then will be the most acclaimed by consumers oil.
On World Water Day, the Technology Platform for Sustainable Agriculture (SEF) adds value irrigated Spanish model as a way to ensure food supplies. Given the growing world population, irrigation has proven to be essential to ensure supplies of staples tool. In Spain, irrigation accounts for about 15% of the total area cultivated and almost 60% of national agricultural final production.
Since the special rates deletion in 2008, the term of power has increased by more than 1,000%, causing the average increase of the invoice is
The Spanish association of manufacturers and exporters of agricultural equipment focuses its promotional activities this year to diversify its exports through the provision of a total of 40 appearances at fairs, national and international missions, compared to 2015 when it participated in 34 events.
