
New EU farm to fork strategy to make our food healthier
MEPs present plans revamping the EU’s food systems, to produce healthier food, ensure food security, a fair income for farmers and reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint.

MEPs present plans revamping the EU’s food systems, to produce healthier food, ensure food security, a fair income for farmers and reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint.

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.

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 JoaquÃn Huertas MartÃnez, of the Hortamira cooperative.

TRIANUM®, the new and powerful double-acting biofungicide, will be the undisputed protagonist among the many innovations that Koppert Biological Systems will offer at its stand during the ninth edition of Fruit Attraction, an international fair in the fruit and vegetable sector, which will take place from 18th to 20th October, at the Fairgrounds in Madrid (IFEMA). This Koppert star product guarantees maximum protection against soil pathogens without leaving residues, without generating resistance problems and with authorization for use in organic farming.

According to the first data of the organic production in our country, facilitated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAPAMA), Spain is confirmed the first EU country by surface, surpassing two million hectares. It is also among the top five producers in the world.

AgrotecnologÃa Group participates from 10 to 12 March at the Extraordinary Congress of Stone Fruit of the Region of Murcia, a meeting that aims to bring together representatives of all the links of the stone fruit sector and that the company will use to display multiple of their solutions, without waste and ecological for this sector: Actium, Politec and Lecitec. It will be a presentation on March 10 from 10:15 am in Room Company.

Castilla-La Mancha for the highest priority is the food industry, since it is the largest exporter of the Spanish region with a large expanse of vineyards. We interview Francisco MartÃnez Arroyo, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha