Spain: News in agriculture-food this week

Published 2021년 9월 3일

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Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, is confident about the progress of the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) implementation and expects a complete plan by the end of 2021. The country will also contribute to the European food contingency plan, aiming to prevent future pandemic-related disruptions. A new decree on quality standards for olive oil and olive-pomace has been approved, with a computerized control system and voluntary code of practices to enhance the product's image. After heavy rains damaged crops, agricultural organizations have stressed the importance of agricultural insurance and are encouraged by Spain's robust system. Finally, rural tourism in Spain has seen a significant increase, with a 34% rise in overnight stays from January to July 2021.

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We begin the review of current agri-food with the Common Agricultural Policy. This week, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has ensured that the design plan for the implementation of the next CAP is going "well" in Spain. In addition, he believes that a "good job" will end up being done before the end of 2021. Planas sees "good work spirit" between the Government and the autonomous communities to close the National Strategic Plan before the end of the year and present it to the community institutions. He has said it in a visit to the Mercamadrid facilities, in a week in which the meetings of the ministry with the autonomous communities have been resumed to design the eco-schemes of the future CAP. “We must integrate, for example, everything that refers to the initiatives and interventions of the second pillar of rural development that are in the hands of the ccaas and it is they who have to design. They have to provide us with these elements to integrate ...

Source: EFEAgro