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Spanish food and seafood exports are record: 43,700 million euros
The monthly report of foreign trade registered a 7.3% increase in sales to the agricultural, fishing, food and forestry abroad during the period December 2014 to November 2015. The value of imports was 33,793,000, representing an 8% annual growth. The balance stood at 9.965 million euros, an improvement of 5.2% over the previous period.
Francesc Llauradó, new president of AEPLA
The Business Manager of Nufarm Southern Europe, has been named president of the Business Association for the Protection of Plants, replacing Miguel Suarez Cervieri hitherto Country Manager for Crop Protection division of BASF Spanish, which happens to occupy functions within the same company in Europe.
Andalucía suffers the pulling out of more than one million olive trees for table olives in five years
Faced with continuing losses arising from the high costs of cultivation, olive-green onions have uprooted over one million olive trees in the last five years. To curb this situation, the president of ASAJA-Andalucía, Richard Serra, has urged the Minister of Agriculture of Andalusia to request the inclusion of table olives among the sectors that receive coupled payments (CAP) after 2017.
Silvia de Juanes: “Latin America is one of the geographical areas that is growing at Fruit Logistica”
The Director of Communications at Messe Berlin for Spain and Latin America says its close relationship with Germany, which "began during my doctoral phase" with enthusiasm. On his return he wanted to keep connected with this country and became an official representative of this trade fair institution. "We worked several sectors, such as tourism, transportation, ... and the food" as Fruit Logistica, held for three days in the German federal capital: from 3 to 5 February. There expect about 2,700 companies in the fruit and vegetables sector as well as nuts and dried fruits, and whole industry surrounding them technical cultivation, packaging, labeling, transportation, logistics systems, stock management and storage solutions computer and internet. The whole sector is present in a fair, characterized by internationality and quality of the visitors.
Matthijs van Bonzel: “Farmers have to keep competitiveness where is possible and cooperation where is necessary”
The Ambassador of the Netherlands in Spain, Johannes Hendrik Mattheus (Matthijs) von Bonzel, speaks mainly on the union of interests between Spain and his country, with regard to horticultural and logistics angels, in the following interview. Being the Government of Amsterdam which presides the first half the European Union (EU), it is advisable to know his lips the achievements of the successful Dutch organizational model in this sector, the large capacity of re-export, in particular, the nexus of trade union and distribution to Latin America.
eComercio Agrario: What are the keys to explain the success of the horticultural model of the Netherlands?
Spain: new technologies for modernizing crop irrigation
The future of new irrigation and modernization of agriculture go through the introduction of new technologies, which are "key" to the development of rural areas, as they have all agreed participants in the conference "Modernization and new irrigation" in Agroexpo fair (Don Benito, Spain
Agroexpo: Bayer could not fail to Extremadura farmer
Bayer is present again in the meeting with farmers in Extremadura Agroexpo, the event held in Don Benito-Badajoz from 27 to 30 January and has become one of the most representative of the agricultural sector in Spain. The company will present on this occasion its latest innovations in technology and plant to serve producers in the region solutions.
Madrid Fusion: the Norwegian Skrei seduces the highest cuisine
Madrid Fusion will host the show that two leading figures in the Spanish kitchen will take to raise to the altars of good taste to Skrei Norway. The stage will be chosen to Carmel Bosque and Iago Castrillón present their interpretations of this cod prepared with their fetish products. The date is January 25, at 19:00.
The Coffee Route of El Salvador, award “Gourmet Excellencies” in FITUR
The Coffee Route is the new tourism product of the Salvadoran Tourism Corporation (CORSATUR), with attracting European tourists motivated by the experience that is offered through coffee linked to the process of blending nature activities and destinations with the cultural history. Tourism Minister Jose Napoleon Duarte Duran, has received the award, presented by the Excelencias Group in Madrid Spain, within the framework of the 36th International Tourism Fair (FITUR), which ends this January 24.
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Breakfast conference Spain-Pacific Alliance. Investment opportunities
The headquarters of IE Business School (Madrid, Spain) hosts the breakfast conference Spain-Pacific Alliance. Investment opportunities of participation in value chains. Date: February 11 to 09:30 am. EXPANSION organizes, sponsors Ontier, Kreab and collaborates IE Business School.