The Spanish Tropical Fruit Association (AET) has a new Board of Directors in this initial stretch of the 2023 financial year after the majority support of the members in the Extraordinary General Assembly, which took place last Thursday, to the list of the agricultural technician and businessman Domingo Medina. The already
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Under the slogan 'Sustainable agriculture of the future', Almeria will become, together with Kenya and Athens, one of the three stops of the GlobalG.A.P. Tour that the international certifier is organising this year at a global level. The tour in Spain, co-organised by Agrocolor and Coexphal,
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The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has held a meeting with Noam Weisbrod, director and researcher of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, thus fulfilling the commitment made by the Andalusian government at COP 27.
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The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has published the new "Interpretative Leaflet on Banana Quality Standards" on which ASPROCAN has been working for the last three years, together with the Territorial Trade Directorate and the Sub-Directorate for Banana Quality Standards.
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Ecovalia, the Spanish professional association for organic production, and Agrobio, Associação Portuguesa de Agricultura Biológica, are finalising the launch of a promotional campaign for organic products, the first of its kind in Spain.
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The main associations of the industrial cartonboard packaging value chain are AFCO (Spanish Association of Corrugated Cardboard Packaging Manufacturers), ASPACK (Spanish Association of Cardboard Packaging Manufacturers), ASPAPEL (Spanish Association of Cardboard Packaging Manufacturers), the Spanish Association of Packaging Manufacturers, ASPAPEL (Spanish Association of Cardboard Packaging Manufacturers) and the Spanish Association of Packaging Manufacturers.
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Current agricultural systems are increasingly characterised by the use of a limited number of plant varieties which, in many cases, have focused on boosting their productivity in an intensive agricultural system, with a strong environmental and unsustainable impact, and conditioned by
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The shopping basket will be officially presented next Monday 13th, which will be applied in all its centres in Spain and which will serve to "facilitate savings for consumers", the company explains. read more

During the event, the consultancy firm Quality&Advicer, together with the Polytechnic University of Valencia, presented the Biodiversity Grow programme (transition of the fruit and vegetable sector towards a production model based on sustainability). read more

The Institut Cerdà has presented in Madrid the sixth edition of the Observatory of Innovation in FMCG in Spain, with the aim of publicising the main drivers that stimulate innovation in the sector and the 20 most innovative projects developed in the last year to give the FMCG sector a new impetus.
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"The challenges facing agriculture and food require a clear commitment to research and innovation", said Samuel Juarez, (Advisory Member of the Ministry of Agriculture) during his participation in the ANOVE General Assembly held today in Madrid. Samuel highlighted
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La Unión remains committed to equality. With 1,453 employees at present, women account for 54% of the workforce at La Unión. Among the many positions they occupy, those filled in management positions such as that of Rosario Martín, president of La Unión, stand out

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The Almeria-based first-grade cooperative, Vicasol, has organised the 8th Equality Day, which this year is entitled: 'Everything begins with you'. With the aim of promoting self-care and pride in belonging as a group among women farmers, and as a way of encouraging them to take care of themselves, Vicasol has organised a
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During the first year of this Equality Plan, Sakata has promoted actions aimed at equal opportunities in the workplace. The first step was a training plan on equality awareness, which all the company's employees are receiving. read more

The next edition of the Fame Innowa Agricultural Technology Fair, which will take place from 19 to 22 April, is expected to be the largest in attendance in recent years. The support of companies and institutions is turning the fair into a must-attend event for the agricultural industry.
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Fyffes' twenty-two farms in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Ecuador have begun implementing HERessentials, an online gender equality programme developed by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), adapted by Fyffes for the Latin American context. read more

María Lucía Bautista Martínez and Belén Collado Calpena were the two women honoured in this first edition of the Women who cultivate the future awards. Agrícola Navarro de Haro has organised and created these awards with the aim of making women visible and recognising them every year.
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On 8 March, International Women's Day is celebrated around the world with the theme "For an Inclusive Digital World: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality", a propitious moment to recognise and honour women who are fighting for the advancement of women's rights.
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Cooperatives Agro-alimentàries de la Comunitat Valenciana and the Generalitat are promoting the development of joint management pilot projects, the main objectives of which are to increase the profitability levels of the farmers who participate in them and to maintain the capacity of the cooperatives.
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Today, 8M is Women's Day, a time to give thanks and value the feminine energy in our lives: from the unconditional love of our mothers and grandmothers, experts in the best home cooking in the world, to the fertility and beauty of the earth, the natural origin of vegetables.
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