Events

The Catholic Agricultural Cooperative COOP. V. de Cocentaina , in collaboration with the Fira de Tots Sants, Cocentaina City Council , is organizing the fifth International EVOO Forum, Technical Conference and EVOO Competition. For the fifth consecutive year, this event will bring together the Extra Virgin Olive Oil sector for three days in Cocentaina (Alicante). Interesting technical sessions that include round tables and conferences, showcookings and tastings with the interaction of the public and, as a central activity, the International EVOO Competition, whose prizes will be awarded on the third and last day of the event, Friday, January 31, 2025. These awards are given by the prestigious Official Tasting Panel of the Valencian Community in five categories: three awards in the general category and two special awards: for the best organic EVOO and the best EVOO of the Valencian Community. These awards are completed with the recognition of the organization to different personalities or entities for their work in promoting and defending Extra Virgin Olive Oil. On Wednesday, January 29, the "AOVE in feminine: women protagonists in the cooperative economic model" conference will take place, organized by the Association of Women of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain (AMCAE) and financed by the MAPA. The Cocentaina Cooperative received the Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain Award in 2021, in the Equal Opportunities category. For more information about the International EVOO Competition and/or the event's activities program: oli@elcomtat.com | 699 019 545

CARINA is a four-year transnational Innovation Action (until October 2026), supported by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme. The project focuses on new sustainable and diversified agricultural systems, including two new oilseed crops, carinata and camelina, capable of providing multiple low-iLUC feedstocks for the bio-based economy.

Fruit Attraction is the meeting point for fruit and vegetable professionals. Fruit Attraction has become the reference commercial tool for the WORLDWIDE marketing of fruit and vegetables . Its capacity to promote global exports in the sector makes it the commercial connection point for all the professionals that make up the entire value chain, in addition to having consolidated itself as a framework for innovation in the fruit and vegetable market.

Presentation of a collective work coordinated by experts from the Polytechnic University of Madrid , which highlights the strategic importance of irrigation in technological development, the agri-food economy and environmental sustainability in Spain, highlighting its evolution and future projection. The Webinar is given by: Luis Planas, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain Eduardo Baamonde Noche, President of Cajamar Jaime Lamo de Espinosa, Professor of Agricultural Economics (coord.) Alberto Garrido Colmenero, Polytechnic University of Madrid (coord.)

In this online informative day, the degree of implementation of the measures of greatest interest for the digitalization of the agri-food sector will be reported within the framework of the Agri-Food PERTE that was approved on February 8, 2022. DIARY: Isabel Bombal, General Director of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training: Welcome and Digital Innovation Hub Fiware. Antonio Saravia, Deputy Corporate Director at Red.es: Call for Digital Kit bonuses for SMEs with 3 to 9 employees and reopening of the previous one (SMEs with 10 to 49 employees) David Sánchez, Area Head of the General Subdirectorate of Direct Aid. FEGA. MAP: Advances in the Agricultural Farm Information System -SIEX. Doubts, clarifications, aspects of interest for the audience. LINK