Falling food prices aggravate food insecurity

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently announced that the benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined in March for the 12th consecutive month. This drop is partly due to a decline in world grain and vegetable oil prices. “Although prices fell globally, they remain very high and continue to…

Spain begins research to sustainably manage its seas

    On 7 April, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in coordination with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, began the research campaign “Pelacus 0423”, whose objective is to evaluate and characterise the main fishery resources through the oceanographic vessel Miguel Oliver. The vessel of the General Secretariat of Fisheries set sail from the…