globalbox Y Agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha they share, as assured Peter Palaces, CEO of the financial institution, business model “and values”. Values that have held them together for more than 10 years, working together with the same objective, such as valuing the primary sector “and placing it as strategic”. For this reason, within the framework of the general Assembly that Agro-food cooperatives held on May 20 in Albacete, palaces Y Angel Villafranca, president of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias, have renewed the collaboration agreement that they sign on an annual basis. “With this agreement, with which we reaffirm a commitment that was born many years ago, we are supporting not only Agro-food Cooperatives, but to all the people, farmers and ranchers, who make up the sector”, explained the CEO of Globalcaja, who highlighted the role played by cooperatives in matters of economic, environmental and social sustainability. “What would become of the peoples of our land without their cooperative and without their Globalcaja office”, he explained. palacesreferring to firm commitment of both entities to guarantee the rural development through the generation of wealth, employment and establishing population. A commitment that in data translates into the fact that of the more than 300 offices that the entity has 40% are located in populations of less than 1,000 inhabitants and in almost 90Globalcaja is the single entity financial. “Together with you, we are the best medicine against depopulation. We are a positive and necessary model that, in addition, has been shown to be successful”, he pointed out. For his part, Villafrancawho highlighted the excellent relationship with Globalcaja, going far beyond a financial partner, reiterated that “it is vitally important to strengthening of cooperatives accompanied by trusted financial partners, for the improvement of the production of the producer partners, the operation of the agricultural exploitations, of the agri-food industries and in short, increase added value and grow in competitiveness in the markets”. In order to achieve this primary objective for the development of Castilla la Manchaboth parties have signed this agreement, in order to improve financial access and all kinds of specific services for both Agro-Food Cooperatives and their associated cooperatives and producing partners of the same. Looking to the future and convinced that “Together we will go further”, palaces assured that “we will continue to make available to you the financing you need to promote your projects and enable the professionalization of structures and the improvement of processes and products, working for differentiation, maximum quality and professionalization”.