Events

The VOLTAGRO operational group (Study of the integration of photovoltaic production systems in irrigated crops, managed by intelligent irrivoltaic management systems) plans to carry out an outreach activity within the framework of the Castilla-La Mancha Agricultural and Livestock Fair (EXPOVICAMAN) on Saturday, May 10, during fair hours. With the participation of COAGACART (Cooperative of farmers and ranchers of Campo de Cartagena), the planned program includes: - Screening of the informative video - Distribution of graphic materials for dissemination More information: info@coagacart.com

Aimed at rural professionals, the Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture (SEAE) has organized a field day dedicated to "Crop Rotation and Interaction as a Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change." This activity will take place in Girona and will address, among other topics: Impact of climate change on agricultural systems. Vulnerability and management strategies and crop rotations for resilience. Principles of pasture and forage rotation. Crop association for animal feed. This is a free day with limited seating, including a bus ride and lunch. The bus departs from the Girona Bus Station at 9:00 a.m. This is an activity within the EEAS Program "Climate Change Adaptation Strategies through Organic Production and Agroecology," funded within the framework of the CAP Strategic Plan, co-financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) at 57% and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) at 43%.

The subtropical fruit sector will meet on May 13 and 14 at the technical conference "Innovations and Challenges in Plant Health of Subtropical Fruit Trees," organized by Phytoma in collaboration with TROPS and the Regional Government of Andalusia. This essential event will bring together researchers, technicians, advisors, companies, and public administrations to address the main health challenges of these crops and share the latest technological and sustainable management solutions. With an intensive and highly specialized program , the sessions will feature more than 30 top-level speakers, covering everything from integrated pest management in avocado, mango, papaya, and custard apple crops to the most advanced early detection techniques, biological control, and semiochemical applications. Key topics such as functional biodiversity, technical advice, and the impact of new regulations on integrated production will also be discussed. Among the highlights of the 13th: The economic impact of pests and diseases on subtropical fruit trees Regulations and standards for integrated production in Andalusia and the Canary Islands Real-life cases of biological control, mango scale insect management, and avocado diseases New developments in tools such as real-time qPCR , stress sensors, or semiochemicals Three roundtables for technical debate among leading professionals The 14th will focus on ecosystem services: Management of plant cover and pollination in avocado New strategies for biological control and soil biodiversity Emerging cases such as Scirtothrips or Euwallacea fornicatus A final roundtable discussion with advisors and technicians will discuss the challenges facing current plant health: lack of plant protection products, distribution requirements, agro-environmental measures, etc. The sessions will be held at the TROPS Innovation Center , with dedicated moments for professional networking. Finally, an optional guided tour of the TROPS facilities will be offered. Price: Approximately between 100 and 200 euros, depending on the category of entry. PROGRAM | REGISTRATION

As part of the "CIHEAM Zaragoza-Aula Dei Campus Conferences" series, Rosa Gallardo Cobos , director of the International Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Agriculture at the University of Córdoba (Spain), will offer the lecture "Challenges of digitalization to promote sustainable food systems." In the current context, marked by a dizzying technological revolution, digital tools in general, and artificial intelligence in particular, offer enormous potential for making better-informed decisions that improve profitability, resource efficiency, quality, market positioning, logistics, and consumer guarantees. REGISTRATION

From May 13 to 15 , the BEC in Bilbao will become the epicenter of food innovation with the celebration of Food 4 Future – Expo FoodTech 2025 , the event that brings together the most cutting-edge leaders, visionaries and companies in the sector to create the future of food . More than an exhibition, Food 4 Future is a transformative journey toward a more sustainable, technological, and innovative food industry, where attendees can discover concrete solutions to adapt their businesses to the new challenges of the global market. Over three intense days, food and beverage industry professionals will be able to: 🔹 Discover cutting-edge technologies in automation, robotics, packaging, air conditioning, refrigeration, agritech, and Industry 4.0. 🔹 Connect with industry leaders , share experiences, and generate key synergies to drive the digital transformation of your companies. 🔹 Access personalized content for every professional profile, from CEOs to those responsible for innovation, production, quality, and logistics. 🔹 Explore new trends such as plant-based foods, personalization, food safety, consumer well-being, and new food sources. Food 4 Future is positioned as the only event in Europe that covers the entire food industry supply chain , offering an agenda tailored to every need and an environment where technological innovation and sustainability converge to redefine the sector. 📅 Dates and times: 🗓 May 13 and 14: 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. 🗓 May 15: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 📍 Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC) Food 4 Future – Expo FoodTech 2025 aims to highlight a movement toward a more efficient, digital, safe, and sustainable food industry.

The upcoming edition of the Expoliva International Scientific, Technical and Knowledge Transfer Symposium , which is being held for the twenty-second time within the framework of EXPOLIVA 2025, is consolidating its position as the main meeting point for researchers, technicians, and professionals in the world of olive groves and olive oil. Organized by the Olive Grove Foundation, the event will address the challenges and opportunities of the sector with a firm commitment to sustainability, health, and innovation. With more than three decades of history, this forum has become a benchmark for knowledge exchange and the promotion of advanced technologies in the olive oil sector. The 2025 edition will also be notable for the participation of several operational groups that will showcase their results during the symposium. These include the GO Simbioliva (Simbioliva Group) in a dedicated program space, along with innovative projects for the olive and olive oil sectors. The symposium thus reaffirms its role as a platform of excellence for connecting science, technology, and sustainable development around olive oil, a cornerstone of the Mediterranean diet and an economic engine for many regions. PROGRAM | REGISTRATION

Expoliva 2025: The great event for the global olive sector The International Olive Oil and Related Industries Fair, Expoliva, is celebrating its 22nd edition from May 14 to 17. This event, considered the most important in the sector worldwide, aims to boost the olive oil economy by promoting trade between producers and consumers. With an estimated attendance of 50,000 professionals at each edition, Expoliva is not only a commercial showcase but also a leading forum in key areas such as research, health, and technology applied to olive groves. Throughout the fair, conferences, seminars, and scientific meetings will be held to address the sector's challenges and opportunities. Key topics of Expoliva 2025: Smart agriculture and its impact on production. Utilization of olive by-products for a circular economy. Quality and innovation , essential elements for the competitiveness of olive oil. Internationalization and export , keys to market expansion. Strengthening domestic consumption by promoting the olive oil culture. Gastronomy and new trends in cooking with olive oil. Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its implications for the sector. Environment and sustainability , the priority focus of this edition. This year, Expoliva will place special emphasis on the sustainability of olive groves , highlighting the need for them to be a profitable and sustainable crop from three perspectives: economic, ensuring the viability of farms; innovative, optimizing scarce resources like water; and environmental, ensuring biodiversity and respect for the natural environment.

The Teruel town of Blancas will host a transfer event focused on the cultivation of Brassica Carinata , an oilseed plant with great potential as a sustainable agricultural alternative and source of biomass. The event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature the participation of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Aragón , Cereales Teruel Sociedad Cooperativa, and Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España , who will present the European CARINA project . This initiative seeks to promote and encourage the cultivation of carinata in rural areas as a viable and environmentally friendly option. During the event, key aspects related to the agronomic management of carinata will be discussed, its evolution during the current campaign will be analyzed, and a farmer will share his experience with this crop. The activity is aimed at farmers , technicians, and agricultural professionals interested in incorporating innovative and sustainable crops adapted to the conditions of the Aragonese region. About the CARINA project Funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe program, the CARINA project focuses on the development of emerging crops such as carinata and camelina. These oilseeds stand out for their low impact on indirect land use change (ILUC) and their suitability for generating sustainable raw materials for the bioeconomy. In addition to its applications in the production of oils and biobased products such as bioplastics, bioherbicides, and biostimulants, the project also contemplates the use of crop byproducts, such as protein-rich meal for livestock use and valuable compounds extracted from the mucilages and glucosinolates present in the seeds.

FUTURAL (Powering the Future through Smart and Innovative Solutions for Rural Areas) is an EU-funded innovation project led by the Agricultural University of Athens, involving 21 partners from across Europe. The project seeks to test and pilot a set of community-led social, technological, and business innovations designed to generate lasting change through collaboration with rural communities. In this context, the project will organize its first EU-wide Rural Innovation Forum , a two-day networking event bringing together stakeholders from the rural ecosystem (such as FUTURAL multi-stakeholder pilot projects -MAPs-, rural innovators, rural networks, policy makers and implementers, EU-funded projects, organizations and entrepreneurs) with the aim of laying the groundwork for capacity building and experience sharing on smart community-led innovation in rural areas. Goals To increase the capacity of rural communities to implement and adopt social, technological, and commercial innovations by organizing a series of workshops on capacity development and policy and governance frameworks. Present and share experiences of co-creating innovations in multi-stakeholder pilot projects (MAPs). Introducing the Alpha version of the FUTURAL Smart Solutions and Metasearch Platform. Maximize interaction and knowledge exchange among FUTURAL's MAPs, partners, and participating experts within and outside the project. PROGRAM | REGISTRATION

On May 16, 2025 , the OCA Puerta del Camino Hotel in Santiago de Compostela will host the 1st Congress of Young People and Women in the Agri-Food and Forestry Sector , an initiative promoted by Unións Agrarias-UPA that will bring together more than a hundred participants in a key event to address the future of rural areas. This in-person conference, scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. , aims to raise awareness about the abandonment of rural areas and agroforestry activities , one of the determining factors in the depopulation process affecting many areas of the country. The event also seeks to offer innovative solutions and management practices aimed at halting this abandonment , with special emphasis on new formulas for generational transfer and farm succession . The conference is part of a biannual program, which includes a second edition of the congress in May 2026 , and responds to the need to highlight the key role of youth and women in revitalizing rural areas and strengthening the agri-food and forestry sectors. This meeting will be an opportunity to share experiences, access up-to-date knowledge, and create networks that promote the sustainable future of rural Galicia and the entire region. Registration is full, but a waiting list is available. PROGRAM | REGISTRATION

On May 16 , the Simbioliva project will be presented at the 22nd International Scientific-Technical and Transfer Symposium Expoliva , where it will also have an informative poster on display, consolidating its position as one of the outstanding initiatives in terms of innovation and sustainability for the olive sector. The presentation will take place in IFEJA's Guadalcotón room , between 11:30 and 11:45 , as part of the session dedicated to R&D&I projects from the Agro-Food Cooperatives of Andalusia . César Díaz will be in charge of presenting Simbioliva, representing the organization. Simbioliva focuses on the valorization of olive byproducts through sustainable processes, reinforcing the sector's commitment to the circular economy and environmental efficiency. Its presentation is part of the official Expoliva program, a key event for highlighting the advances that will shape the future of olive oil.

The Royal Union of Breeders of Fighting Bulls (RUCTL) will hold an awards ceremony to commemorate its 120th anniversary on Monday, May 19, at 8:00 p.m. in Madrid. In this edition the winners are: - Special 120th Anniversary Award : Founding Irons of the Entity - Commitment to the brave bull award : Enrique Ponce. - Pride of Bravo Award: Lamborghini Automobiles. - Popular festival support award : Vall de Uxó. - Committed Company Award: Bodegas Valduero For more information, please email confirmacion@toroslidia.com

Between May 20, 21 and 22, 2025, a new edition of Demoagro will take place in Medina del Campo (Valladolid), a demonstration event so that field professionals can test the latest developments in the agricultural machinery sector on the ground . Organized by the National Association of Agricultural, Forestry and Green Space Machinery, ANSEMAT , Demoagro will have 80 hectares spread over more than 70 demonstration plots where the most important brands in the sector will once again bring visitors the latest technologies in mechanization. HOW TO GET HERE | EXHIBITORS

As a result of the research project to develop a proposal for best available techniques for advanced agrocomposting of beef cattle manure , on May 20th Provacuno will hold a conference in Lorca (Murcia) where different agrocomposting scenarios will be demonstrated in a practical manner and a practical demonstration of the manufacture of complex compost-based pellets will be carried out. The event, which can also be followed online upon registration, is supported by Miguel Hernández University, the CIAGRO Institute for Agri-Food and Agro-Environmental Research and Innovation, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Climate Farm Demo, JISAP, and Agrobank. The event will begin at 4 p.m. at the Riscal Hotel in Lorca with a presentation by Javier López, director of Provacuno , of the results of the advanced agrocomposting project for beef cattle manure. Next, Raúl Moral, Professor at Miguel Hernández University and expert in waste management, will discuss advanced manure composting and how it can generate better products on the farm. The program will continue with a presentation by Salvador Calvet and Elena Sanchís, from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, on the best available techniques for managing beef cattle manure. After the coffee break, Luciano Orden, from Miguel Hernández University , will present the development of advanced biofertilizers from this Provacuno project, with the subtitle of pelletization as added value, and Matilde Moro, director of Asoprovac , will introduce attendees to the Climate FArm Demo project. At 6:00 p.m., the group will move to the Living Lab at the JISAP Farm (Finca Pajel, Lorca) , where various agrocomposting scenarios will be demonstrated in a hands-on manner, along with a practical demonstration of how to manufacture complex compost-based pellets. The day will conclude at 7:30 p.m. REGISTRATION

Infoagro Exhibition is the perfect setting to showcase your products, as it will have all the agricultural agents present on the same stage. Farmers will be the key piece of this event and will be present to see what the new products are for the new campaign.

Registration for the in-person workshop on precision livestock farming, which will be held on May 21, 2025, at the " iHub La Vega Innova " (in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid), organized by the PAC Network , is open until May 14. The objective is to promote the exchange of experiences between EIP-AGRI Operational Groups , innovative projects, and other stakeholders in rural areas, fostering collaboration, knowledge transfer, and the replication of innovative solutions . Attendance is free, with prior registration, and will include transportation from Atocha. The following operational groups are participating in this event: BOVIEX 4.O : Technological improvement in extensive cattle production in Spain GO BEERISK : New molecular tools for rapid monitoring of honey bee diseases in apiaries in the province of Granada DIAGNOSCORD : Monitoring lamb movement and temperature in a controlled environment to develop algorithms that advance disease diagnosis. SMART FARM : Development of digital twin technologies in different types of pig farms to improve management and production efficiency. SMARTGOAT : improving and digitalizing the goat industry, integrating advanced technologies to optimize goat farm management and improve product traceability. GO Galician Network of Model Farms : a pilot network of farms that will allow for the continuous collection of technical and economic data for monitoring production costs, which are key to ensuring the economic viability of farms. The conference is part of the cycle of exchanges between GGOO EIP-AGRI that RedPAC has designed to take place between May and October 2025. PROGRAM | REGISTRATION

The benchmark event for the entire fruit and vegetable value chain , the AECOC Fruit and Vegetable Congress will bring together farmers, producers, processors, and distributors to provide the sector and companies with a unique meeting point for debate and learning. The global landscape and the major strategic changes shaping the paths of fruit and vegetable companies will be discussed. Value chains, sustainability, and competitiveness will also be discussed. Consumers and trends, innovation and differentiation will be discussed. Communication will also be discussed.

The program for the 20th RUENA Conference (Network for the Efficient Use of Nitrogen in Agriculture), which will be held on May 29 and 30 in Valladolid, is now available. This year, the event will focus on "Recision Agriculture for Efficient Use of Nitrogen," addressing the latest innovations and strategies for optimizing the management of this key element in agricultural production. A reference space for the sector The RUENA Conference has established itself as an essential meeting for researchers, technicians, farmers, and agricultural policymakers interested in nitrogen efficiency. This year's edition will feature keynote addresses, roundtable discussions, and presentations of innovative papers, with the participation of national and international experts. 2nd Edition of the Best Research Paper Award The 2nd Annual Young Researcher Award for Best Research Project will also be held during the event. This award, which comes with a €1,000 prize, seeks to incentivize research into the efficient use of nitrogen in agriculture and showcase emerging talent in the sector. Registration and more information All information about the event, including the detailed program, the prize list, and the registration process is available on the event's official website: RUENA 2025. Don't miss the opportunity to participate in this key event for agricultural innovation. PROVISIONAL PROGRAM | REGISTRATION

As a result of the research project to develop a proposal for best available techniques for advanced agrocomposting of beef cattle manure , Provacuno will hold a workshop on May 29th where different agrocomposting scenarios will be demonstrated in a practical manner and a practical demonstration of the production of complex compost-based pellets will be carried out. The event, which can also be followed online upon registration, will address topics such as: Advanced manure composting and how it can produce better products on the farm. Best available techniques for beef cattle manure management Advanced biofertilizers : pelletization as added value Climate Farm Demo Project. Demonstration at the Living Lab at Finca Alfonso Vela . The event is supported by Miguel Hernández University, the CIAGRO Institute for Agri-Food and Agro-Environmental Research and Innovation, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Climate Farm Demo, the Cogeces del Monte City Council, the Alfonso Vela Farm, and Agrobank. REGISTRATION

Since 1985, the AIDA Animal Production Conference has become the reference forum in the Spanish-speaking world for the exchange of scientific and technical advances of interest among professionals and researchers in Animal Production. This 21st edition brings two important new features. Firstly, the meeting will be held at a new venue, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zaragoza. Secondly, a new section dedicated to precision livestock farming is being incorporated, which is added to the usual ones (genetics, nutrition/feeding, livestock systems/economics and management, reproduction, animal health and welfare and product quality).