Events

BioCultura, the largest fair for organic products and responsible consumption in the state, will be held at the Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC). It will bring together more than 150 exhibitors dedicated to the sectors of organic food (with more than 12,000 references), organic cosmetics, sustainable fashion, healthy home, well-being, eco-lifestyle, responsible tourism, crafts and NGOs. In parallel with the exhibition, more than 150 activities will be held and more than 16,000 visitors are expected.

ONLINE DAY in which the results of the work carried out for the implementation of digital technologies in the agri-food sector will be shown and the presentation of the digital tool DigiMAPA that will favor the interconnection between agrotech companies and end users.

The Chair of Agri-Food Cooperatives, in collaboration with the Generalitat Valenciana, Agro-Food Cooperatives of Spain and the C. Valenciana, organizes on June 16 in Paterna (Valencia), from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., a conference on direct land management by agri-food cooperatives. The conference has a hybrid format, it can be followed virtually by zoom (upon registration) and also in person at the Caixa Popular headquarters, in El Parc Tecnólógic de València. The event is sponsored by Caixa Popular. During the meeting, direct land management, legal, fiscal and labor issues will be presented in a round table conference. In addition, the experiences and good practices of agri-food cooperatives in land management will be discussed. PROGRAM Registration for the Conference - In-person Registration for the Conference - Online Agri-Food Cooperatives Chair Agri-food Cooperatives of Spain and the University of Valencia UVCátedras launched a Chair in 2018 to generate knowledge about agri-food cooperatives. The objectives of the Chair are to generate research, reflection and transmission of knowledge on legal and economic issues of cooperatives, to stimulate the study of issues that affect agri-food cooperatives and to disseminate the characteristics of this type of companies.

The Abanca Semana Verde de Galicia fair will take place at the Feira Internacional de Galicia ABANCA , the largest exhibition park in the northwest of the peninsula. The venue is located in the town of Silleda , a stone's throw from its reference city, Santiago de Compostela. It has magnificent infrastructures: more than 400,000 m2 of surface, of which 35,000 m2 are used for exhibition covered (distributed in several pavilions) and 55,000 m2 outdoors, in addition to 27,000 m2 of green areas. Its pavilions, its auditorium, its multiple rooms and its outdoor spaces give it great versatility. Added to these are its large parking lots, a green ring, an artificial lake and even a heliport, which allows it to adapt to all types of events and needs.

The Ministry of Science and Innovation has published the 2023 call for the National Innovation and Design Awards . The total budget of the awards increases in this edition to 160,000 euros and the call includes, for the first time, the 'Young innovative talent' modality, aimed at people under 36 years of age. These awards are Spain's most important recognition in the fields of innovation and design and distinguish people and entities that have made innovation an indispensable element in the development of their professional strategy and business growth. Likewise, they distinguish professionals and companies that have contributed significantly to increasing the prestige of Spanish design and entities that, incorporating it into their business strategy, have demonstrated that design is a powerful lever of innovation and competitiveness. According to Order CIN/186/2023, of February 21, which establishes the regulatory bases for the granting of the National Innovation and Design Awards, natural persons with full capacity to act, who can be candidates, may be candidates. They have Spanish nationality or are residents in Spain and legal entities that have at least one permanent establishment in Spain, validly constituted. The following categories are included within the innovation awards: National Innovation Award in the 'Innovative Career' modality, aimed at people with a career of at least fifteen years in which innovation has been one of the relevant characteristics. National Innovation Award in the 'Large Innovative Company' category, aimed at large companies with innovative activity for at least fifteen years. National Innovation Award in the 'Small and Medium Innovative Enterprise' modality, aimed at small and medium-sized companies with demonstrated innovative activity of at least five years. National Innovation Award in the 'Young Innovative Talent' category, aimed at people with demonstrated innovative potential, whose age does not exceed 35 years. National Design Award in the 'Career in Design' category, aimed at design professionals with a career of at least fifteen years of recognized prestige in the sector. National Design Award in the 'Design and Business' modality, aimed at companies that have incorporated design into their business strategy for at least ten years. National Design Award in...

Infoagro Exhibition Spain 2023 is a Fair to show products and services to all agricultural agents. It is an international reference for intensive crops and the place to do business, both for the exhibitor and the farmer. IV Infoagro Spain Fair 2023 => Detailed information Fair Dossier => Dossier

FAME INNOWA is an event for companies manufacturing agricultural production means and technological innovation in the agricultural sector. Leading companies in agricultural technology at a national and international level meet to present the most recent technical advances and the latest developments that are applied in all agricultural processes. Detailed information => Brochure

Water Footprint in the Agri-Food Sector. What is it, how to calculate it and why is it calculated?

The Valencian Foundation for Advanced Studies organizes the Conference 'Agronomic Engineering and connection of biosystems: New agri-food model' The day will be in person and online . Registration => https://forms.gle/nmjrFUkFx9uzQgxE8 .

The V Forum to Promote the Digital Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector (DATAGRI) will analyze in different formats the main trends on digital transformation in the agricultural sector and the success stories that are accelerating this process throughout the value chain. Discover the technology in the birthplace of the greenhouse, in southern Europe. PROGRAM

Connect with Rural Development Description Place of celebration: Room 7C of the DG of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training of MAPA - Gran Vía de San Francisco 4-6, 28005 Madrid. The maximum capacity is 75 people. (Travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses are the responsibility of each participant.) You also have the possibility of participating in this day through online format via ZOOM. Likewise, the day can be viewed live via streaming. Within the framework of the process carried out by the MAPA to prepare the CAP Strategic Plan, in which four previous meetings have been held, and the last one having been held on September 21, 2021, the members of the Partnership are summoned again to a new day of information and debate around the EP PAC 2023-2027 for Spain. Goals Inform and involve interested entities and associations in the CAP 2023-2027 and the new CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, as well as the new associated regulations and future CAP networks. Identify areas of interest of the participants in relation to the future actions of the new CAP National Network. This day is organized by the General Secretariat of Agrarian Policy Planning and the National Rural Network (SG for the Revitalization of the Rural Environment), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. You can see the video of the day at this link You can also see the participatory dynamic that was carried out in mentimeter in this other link

Connect with Rural Development Description Objectives of the day Promote women's leadership. Publicize business projects and good practices promoted by rural women, to serve as inspiration to those who want to live and develop their activity in rural areas. Disseminate and exchange the personal and work experiences of entrepreneurial women in rural areas, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. Promote entrepreneurship as a life option among the center's students.

The day is aimed at those people, especially rural women, who are linked to or interested in developing professionally in the agriculture, livestock and agri-food sectors. Program

Connect with Rural Development Description Objectives of the day: Promote cooperativism and women's leadership. Publicize business projects and good practices promoted by rural women, to serve as inspiration to those who want to live and develop their activity in rural areas. Disseminate the personal and work experiences of entrepreneurial women and representatives of associations in rural areas in the Region of Murcia. Promote entrepreneurship as a life option in rural areas.

Connect with Rural Development Description Background and context The National Rural Network (RRN) is focusing its Action Plan these months on the issue of women, through a series of activities designed to respond to the needs detected through: interviews with territorial agents, survey carried out with rural women , and two meetings of the Thematic Group “Rural Women 2022”, held on May 17 and 18 , 2022; with the aim of identifying their main problems and needs. Through these detected needs, as well as information collected in other activities and conferences of the NRN, the following topics of great interest have been considered to be addressed in this day of exchange of LEADER experiences around rural women: Bioeconomy and sustainability Conciliation, co-responsibility and gender perspective Social economy with a gender focus Likewise, these themes are considered transversal factors that directly influence the viability of sustaining life in rural areas. Exchange objectives Learn about experiences of projects led by women, both LEADER projects and other inspiring experiences, in relation to conciliation and co-responsibility, gender perspective, social economy and sustainability. Reflect on the opportunities that the new social, economic and environmental scenarios represent for rural development, and the determining role of rural women in these new scenarios. Identify actions to develop in rural regions that combine the promotion of women, the socioeconomic progress of populations and environmental sustainability. Target audience Local action groups (technical staff, managers and associates), public administrations, social, cultural and economic action entities, and anyone who is interested in the role of women as a driver of rural development. You can access the recording of the session at this link

Connect with Rural Development Description Objectives of the day Promote women's leadership. Publicize business projects and good practices promoted by rural women, to serve as inspiration to those who want to live and develop their activity in rural areas. Disseminate and exchange the personal and work experiences of women leaders in the agricultural cooperative sector as well as entrepreneurs in rural areas, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Promote entrepreneurship as a life option in rural areas, among the students of the center.

Urban green spaces. Healthy trees, healthy people. VIO is a congress for a sustainable, innovative and healthy future, in the sector of bioprotection of plant material, which goes beyond the technical-scientific field, and provides disruptive and profitable ideas. PROGRAM

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