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Bayer: “Spanish tomatoes on the rise again”

Over the past five to ten years, the market for tomatoes grown in Spain has declined, while bell peppers and cucumbers have been rising. However, the recent energy crisis in northern Europe has reversed that downward trend. "That's because you don't have to heat Spanish greenhouses, and there's more market demand for tomatoes, bell peppers, [...]

2023-04-06T14:55:21+02:00Spain, Tomato|

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Spain’s service sector goes from strength to strength

Activity in both the services and manufacturing sectors improved further in March and came in above expectations once again. Nevertheless, we expect the Spanish economy to lose momentum in the second half of the year as interest rate hikes will increasingly weigh on economic activity Spanish services sector strengthened again in March Spain's services PMI [...]

2023-04-06T14:52:27+02:00Economy, Services, Spain|

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Spain’s trucker strike loses momentum as most transport restored

Spain’s trucker strike loses momentum as most transport restored After 15 days of uninterrupted transport stoppages in Spain that have caused shortages and spurred on other protests, the country's main transport association has reported that activity on Monday returned “practically to normal”.  Despite this practical return to normality, some truck drivers in Spain will continue [...]

2022-04-01T15:43:11+02:00Economy, Spain|

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Brussels warns Spain over food safety risk of banned pesticide

Brussels warns Spain over food safety risk of banned pesticide Spain rushed to relax import rules to make up for Ukraine-related feed shortages.     The European Commission wants Spain to "urgently" explain why it has decided to import crops sprayed with an EU-banned pesticide deemed potentially harmful for children, according to a letter seen [...]

2022-04-01T15:34:21+02:00Food safety, Spain|

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Spanish GHG emissions from the agricultural sector fell by 1.4% in 2019

Preliminary data sent by the Spanish Government to Brussels show that national gross CO2 equivalent emissions were 6.2% less than in 2018. Emissions from crops fell by 1.4%, while those from livestock farming did by 0.4%. The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge has published the Advance Inventory of GHG (greenhouse gases) Emissions for [...]

2020-07-27T13:40:38+02:00Agriculture, Climate change, Spain|

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Spain: The agro food sector, one of the least affected by coronavirus lockdown

The balance of the crisis for the food sector has been relatively positive although Spain has been one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic. Food manufacture, a key industry for the supply of the population, had to face, together with the logistics and distribution sectors, an unusual increase in demand during the first [...]

2020-07-27T13:36:56+02:00Agriculture, Covid-19, Spain|

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Spain relies on European funds to adapt agriculture to climate change

The impact of global warming on the Iberian Peninsula is undeniable. According to different studies, by the end of the century, the proportion of warm days is expected to increase by up to 50%, especially in the inland and east of the country, and in the short term, average sea levels will rise by between [...]

2020-06-12T08:45:14+02:00Agriculture, Climate change, Spain|

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Spain will produce 15% less stone fruit this season, according to Fepex

The Fepex Stone Fruit Committee estimates that production in Spain will drop 15% this season compared to that of 2019, in line with the reduction of between 15 and 20% estimated by producers in the sector in Italy or the decrease predictable in France, not yet quantified. Sources of the Spanish Federation of Associations of [...]

2020-05-14T16:02:06+02:00Horticulture, Spain|

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