FEPEX - Spanish horticultural exports grew during the first nine months of 2012 to 10.5% in value and 7.4% in volume compared to the same period of 2011. In total have been allocated to foreign markets during this period 7.8 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables, with a total value of 6,733 million euros
Agriculture / Agricultural news
La Unió de Llauradors - La Unió de Llauradors i Ramaders notes that a Valencian winegrowers receives 60% less for its wine than a Riojan or a Castilian-Leonese. This agricultural organization claims change the wine market of Valencian Community that, laments, is based in low cost.and bulk
Sustainable Development / environmental News
Amigos de la Tierra - With this new action called Save the humans! , Friends of the Earth requires the Government a law on climate change for Spain. Through a "rain artistic postcards" claim to represent the majority citizen's support to a law that allows to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. And penguins do join in this action too...
UPA - Thousands of farmers and stockbreeders convened by agrarian organization UPA moved this Thursday, November 22, in Spain to demand "a European Union budget fair, adequate to the importance of our work." From the organization regret that the reform of the CAP is "totally alien" to the interests of Spain, denouncing the "brutal" budget cuts
La Unió de Llauradors - The Unió de Llauradors i Ramaders notes that the rate hike that includes judicial reform Spanish Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz Gallardón "will cause farmers affected by defaults desist from seeking justice." Consider the strong increases in various fees as "another blow to the family economy of farmers and ranchers Valencians"
Agriculture / News on Livestock
IRTA - The big event of the Spanish pig industry, the valued award Porc d'Or granted by the IRTA, will be held on Friday for the first time in Madrid. During the ceremony will be announced farms winners in the various categories, as well as who will be the big star of the night, exploitation awarded with the Porc d'Or and Diamond, the highest recognition of these prizes.
Sustainable Development / environmental News
Amigos de la Tierra - In the European Week of Waste Reduction, Friends of the Earth Spain calls to the need to end the overconsumption and waste of natural resources. About the data of 2% reduction in the amount of waste generated in 2011 compared to 2010, FoE it "celebrates" although with reservations, because this occurs caused by the brutal economic crisis and declining consumption
Agriculture / Agricultural news
SEAE - The main sector entities statewide demand more funds for research and innovation to promote sustainability in the Spanish food sector through the development of organic production. So have announced the creation of the Agro ecological Technology Platform, after two years of efforts
Agriculture / Agricultural news
La Unió de Llauradors - The agrarian organization LA UNIÓ, from Valencian Community in Spain, warns that prices received by the farmer for almond, despite having risen in relation to the last season, still fall below production costs. Denies so that qualify as "rumors of some stakeholders that the almond is very expensive."
COAG - According to data analyzed by the technical services of COAG on the basis of the official EU proposals for financial programming 2014-2020, Spain could lose 16% of the agricultural according the Van Rompuy's proposal, while with European Commission proposal the cut would be 11%. Under the worst scenario trading Spain would receive 1.139 million less per year
Agriculture / News on fisheries and aquaculture
MAGRAMA - Spain supports the measures adopted during the last meeting of ICCAT to improve control of fishing bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The 18th Extraordinary Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas has took place in the Moroccan city of Agadir.
Agribusiness / Promotion and Business
AGRAGEX - This week AGRAGEX, in collaboration with ICEX, organizes a new trade mission to Russia for intensify the promotion of Spanish industry and expand the presence of his companies in that country. In 2011, Spain exported agricultural machinery and components worth 33 million euros, a figure that AGRAGEX aims to increase "substantially over the coming years"
CCOO - This Monday, November 19th, the main organizations representing the Spanish meat industry (except ANAFRIC) and the two major labor unions, CCOO and UGT, signed after nearly two years of blockade the Collective Agreement for the sector. A framework that affects more than 90,000 people and 4,000 companies in Spain, the most important of all its food industry
Agriculture / Agricultural news
COAG - COAG has sent a letter to the Spanish Agricultural Minister, Miguel Arias Canete, demanding to authorities from Spain and UE toughened monitoring in frontiers to guarantee that quantities and prices be conform to what they subscribed in the free trade agreement EU-Morocco. COAG claim that during this month of November, every day except one, the input value was below the 0.46 € /Kg established
Sustainable Development / Rural Development
REDER - The Estatal Network of Rural Development from Spain considers the measure proposed by the current president of the European Council as "nonsense come from the northern states of Europe, that expect the Mediterranean countries will be limited to offer sun and sand to holidaymakers." REDER also notes that Andalucía, Castilla-La Mancha and Galicia could lose their status as territories of convergence
UPA - UPA complaint which, if successful the initiative of Herman Van Rompuy to reduce in 25,000 million euros EU funds for agriculture and rural development, "the system of European food production, which feeds more than 500 million people and employs tens of millions of citizens,would be in serious danger"
COAG - The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Cattlemen from Spain (known by its Spanish acronym COAG ) presents this monday November 19 in Brussels its online sales platform, www.arcocoag.org , as part of the annual conference on innovation and sustainable agriculture organized by the European Commission. This website was born this past June with the participation of 540 farmers
Agriculture / News on Livestock
Varias Organizaciones - Through this joint statement, the rabbit breeders of the Valencian Community in Spain, grouped in AVA, UPA, LA UNIÓ and FECUVA, request the immediate intervention by the Departments of Agriculture and of Trade to curb on an urgent basis to which they describe as "aggressive business practices that are carrying the sector to the brink of collapse"
ASAJA - ASAJA considers that Spain should reject clearly "the claims of the Cypriot presidency and Van Rompuy to laminate the European agricultural budget" in the next Summit of Heads of State from 22 and November 23. In that case Spain would line up with France, recalls ASAJA, which has already been shown frontally against the proposed tax cut of the community budget
FITAG / UGT - "The development of forest biomass sector would be an engine of employment and contribute to the cleaning of mountains and forests," said the Federation of Industry and Agricultural Workers of the spaniard UGT union . An activity that apart from his undoubted environmental value, could be a real catalyst for job creation in rural areas of Spain and other mediterranean countries.