Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG)

Spain's first national farmers' organisation (1977), representing the family-farming model. It is made up of regional unions (uniones) and reports serving more than 150,000 farmers through 220 offices, with a permanent office in Brussels. The ministry recognises it as one of the most representative farm organisations, so it sits on the government's agricultural advisory committee. It is a member of Copa-Cogeca and of the European Coordination Via Campesina.

Voluntary. Farmers (crop and livestock producers) join through the regional union for their area (e.g. COAG Andalucía, UAGA Aragón, JARC Catalunya, EHNE); the organisation is made up of these unions.

The organisation does not publish its membership fee — please ask directly. The national assembly sets the fee framework; payment is made to the regional union.

• Representation with the government, the Economic and Social Council and the EU (Copa-Cogeca)
• Advice and paperwork at 220 offices (via the regional unions)
• Information on agricultural insurance
• Sector working groups (crops, livestock)
• Projects and training, e.g. exchanges for young farmers (Programa Cultiva)

• coag.org – Nuestra historia
• coag.org – Estructura
• coag.org – Federaciones
• coag.org – Contacto
• Copa-Cogeca – Copa members (Spain)