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Sánchez Haro highlights the contribution of Koppert to a more productive and sustainable agriculture
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, has highlighted the important contribution of Koppert Biological System to a more productive and sustainable agriculture, during the inaugural session of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this entity multinational in the field of biological control of crops.
The raisin from Muscatel of la Axarquía and the Valle Salado of Añana, Important Systems of World Agricultural Heritage
The Spanish candidacies of Valle Salado de Añana (Álava) and…
EU: Member States support the new standards for organic farming
The European Commission has assessed as a decisive step the support that Member States have expressed on November 20th, for the approval of new standards for organic farming, which would establish a simplified legal framework that would cover all producers, since be from the EU or from third countries exporting to the EU.
Fungisei, the biological fungicide of Seipasa, awarded the most innovative formula in the Agrow Awards 2017
Seipasa, company specializing in the formulation and development of natural solutions for agriculture, has won with its biological fungicide Fungisei the award for the most innovative formula in the ceremony of delivery of the Agrow Awards 2017 held in London. An innovative product that has been imposed on the references of Dow AgroSciences and the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research.
Idai Nature promotes sustainable agriculture in Senegal with a solidarity project
Idai Nature has initiated a sustainable agriculture project in Senegal that will provide economic assistance, technical advice and natural solutions for agriculture to producers in the African Sahel area.
FADEMUR reduces carbon footprint in food thanks to the Redmur program
The Federation of Rural Women's Associations (FADEMUR) has been promoting the reduction of the carbon footprint in food, through the program "Redmur: Network of entrepreneurship and socio-labor insertion for the diversification of sustainable activities in the rural environment", in Which involved artisans and entrepreneurs from Galicia, Extremadura, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid and the Valencian Community. A work that has materialized in the realization of the detailed study of carbon footprint of sugarless and ecological chestnut jam, one of the star products of the artisan company Caurelor, based in Quiroga (Lugo).
Chile signs an agreement with the EU that equates the certification standards of ecological products
Chile and the European Union have recently signed a historic agreement on trade in organic products, matching the rules in both areas for the certification of these products.
The commitment to sustainability stars the second edition of the Infoagro Exhibition
The second edition of the fair dedicated to intensive horticultural production, Infoagro Exhibition, has been characterized by the role of sustainable production methods, as it was highlighted during its inauguration by the Secretary of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries And Rural Development (CAPDER) of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Rafael Peral. Thus, Peral has valued among the novelties of this year the identification of organic producers under the VíaECO indicator, which gives them greater visibility in this event.
Grupo Agrotecnología and the University of Granada collaborate to promote advances in research
The Alicante company Grupo Agrotecnología has been collaborating with the University of Granada for several years in several research and development projects to boost its advances in this field. There are several lines of research in which both parties work together: the development of novel systems for the production of microorganisms, disease control agents and plant growth promoters, as well as new formulation schemes beneficial to soil-plant systems and the development of new products.
The cultivation of citrus fruits, protagonist of the II course of specialization of the chair of FMC at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena
The citrus sector has focused the second course of specialization of the chair of FMC in the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, recently held at its School of Agricultural Engineering. A hundred technicians and agricultural engineers from large farms and agri-food and distribution companies, many coming from Catalonia, Valencia and Andalusia, have been trained in biostimulation and other natural defense measures of application in citrus cultivation.