Events

On April 1, 2025, the Hotel Palacio de Aiete will host the seminar "Network of laboratory forests with improved plants to increase resilience and production in coniferous forests." This event will bring together forestry sector experts to analyze the challenges and opportunities in pine forest management in the Basque Country. The seminar is organized by the Supra-autonomous Operational Group PLANFORLAB , an initiative that seeks to strengthen forest resilience through the use of improved plants. Participants include the Forestry Association of Galicia (AFG) , the Federation of Forestry Associations of Castilla y León (FAFCYLE) , the Confederation of Foresters of the Basque Country (CFPV) , the Agrarian Transformation Company SA, SME, MP (TRAGSA) , the Galician Business-University Foundation (FEUGA) and the Confederation of Forestry Organizations of Spain (COSE) as beneficiary members, and the LOURIZÁN Forestry Research Center , NEIKER Technology Center , the University of Valladolid Foundation (UVa) and the Institute of Forestry Sciences of INIA-CSIC , which act as subcontracted members. The event program will include the following activities: 11:00 – Attendee registration 11:15 – Presentation of the Operational Group and project objectives Francisco Dans , Vice President of Institutional Relations at AFG 11:30 – The situation of pine forests in the Basque Country: Impact of the brown band and the PLANFORLAB project Amelia Uria , Coordinator of the Confederation of Foresters of the Basque Country 11:45 – Gangs, the reasons for their expansion and impact Eugenia Iturritxa , principal investigator in the Forest Health area at NEIKER 12:05 – Main outreach actions Beatriz Calviño , Innovation and National Projects Manager at FEUGA 12:05 - 12:10 – Question time and closing session 12:30 - 13:30 – Visit to the forest laboratory 2:00 PM – Lunch This event is aimed at companies and professionals in the forestry sector, public administrations, universities, research and technology centers, as well as the general public interested in forestry innovation.

The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural World and Environment of the Government of La Rioja is organizing the Field Day: Conservation Agriculture: Direct sowing and plant cover in woody crops , aimed at farmers and technicians. Different plots will be visited where the subject of waste management, soil, rotations for the practice of direct sowing and the use of plant covers in woody crops will be discussed. Program 9.30-10.30 a.m. Conservation agriculture machinery. Direct seeding drills with coulters, discs and spiked harrows 10:30-11:00 a.m. Visit to a wheat plot 11.00-11.30 a.m. Coffee break 11.30-11.50 a.m. Visit to barley plot 11.50-13.00 h Visits to legume plots 13.00-14.00 h Visit to a vineyard with vegetation cover For any questions or clarifications, please contact us via email at transfer.agraria@larioja.org or by calling 617 97 70 64. REGISTRATION

On the occasion of World Soil Day 2024: Take care of soils. Measure, monitor, manage. Speaker: Manuel López Vicente, Professor of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. EPS Huesca In-person for students requesting credit recognition/ Online. Register here Collaborators: Official College of Agricultural Engineers Aragon-Navarra-Basque Country and the Territorial Delegation of Aragon of the Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS) PROGRAM 13:00h Presentation by Dr. María Videgain, member of the governing board of the College, professor and researcher at the EPS of Huesca, University of Zaragoza. 13:05h Presentation of the DMS by Dr. David Badía Villas, professor of the Area of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, at the EPS of Huesca, and President of the DT Aragón-SECS. 13:10h Talk by Dr. Manuel López Vicente, PPL at EPS Huesca entitled “Sustainable soil management in woody crops” . This talk presents the changes that living and inert covers generate in agricultural soils for permanent crops, such as olive groves and vineyards. Special emphasis is placed on the measurement and monitoring of the hydrological properties of the soil, complemented by aspects of soil fertility and biology; case results will be offered both for Aragon and other communities. With the data obtained, it is possible to achieve better agronomic management, which is essential for environmental sustainability, to optimize management, resources and to boost the profitability of farms. 14:00 h. Appetizer, courtesy of the Official College of Agricultural Engineers of Aragon, Navarre and the Basque Country.

The VII AGROCISTUS Technical Conference will take place on December 4 in Fraga (Huesca)

The VIII Technical Forum on Plant Health organized by the Center for Plant Health and Certification will take place on November 28 in the Auditorium of the Mediterranean Agricultural Institute of Zaragoza

Agroecological Meeting is a consolidated event of the country's agricultural and livestock sector that is attended by farmers, technicians, agricultural consultants, industries, cooperatives, marketers and companies that intervene in the agri-food chain. This eighth edition is focused on woody crops (olive, almond, citrus, pistachio, etc.) that are experiencing the proliferation of new plantations, the generalization of novel agroecological techniques and the rise of intensive models, aspects that show their dynamism. But there are also threats associated with the climate and lack of water , which reduce the competitiveness of traditional, less mechanized and automated farms. PROGRAM | REGISTRATION FORM

Celebrate the world of natural and ecological in one place. Discover the new trends in the organic sector. Find the latest in health and wellness, beauty, skincare, textiles, home and cleaning products from all regions of Spain and Portugal. Participate for free in the seminar program and meet the main suppliers and buyers in the sector face to face. We invite independent food retailers and wholesalers, as well as supermarkets and large purchasing departments, public kitchens (schools, hospitals and nursing homes). We also invite food importers and exporters, independent health and nutrition stores, catering restaurants and hotels. Finally, we will invite specialty shops, farm shops, travel caterers, transport hubs and attractions, as well as wine importers.

In recent years, a change has been taking place in the cultivation of nuts in Spain. The new intensive plantations provide precocity, total mechanization, continuous harvesting and high production. There is still room for improvement in the advancement of agronomic management of these plantations so that we opt for efficient and sustainable production models both economically and environmentally. The III Almond and Pistachio Forum aims to highlight this production model and transfer to the producer the most appropriate cultivation techniques to make a profitable and sustainable crop, in addition to addressing the possibilities offered by organic production. RECORD