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03/04/2025

The 27th edition of the Fertiberia Award for the best doctoral thesis on agricultural topics has opened.

The 27th edition of the Fertiberia Award for the best doctoral thesis on agricultural topics is open until May 30, 2025. This award, a benchmark in agricultural research since 1996, promotes the...

27/03/2025

Cajamar launches calls for innovative projects in Water, Agrotech, and Foodtech

The Cajamar Innova program launches its 2025 calls for proposals with the aim of promoting the growth of startups and business projects that develop sustainable technological solutions in the fields...

20/03/2025

FEGA customer service to facilitate access to FEADER grants

The Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) has a User Support Center (CAU) to provide information and assistance to those wishing to benefit from aid financed by the European Agricultural Fund for...

19/03/2025

Luis Planas highlights the innovative capacity of the agri-food sector in the National Food Strategy

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, has highlighted the significant innovative capacity of the Spanish agri-food sector and the importance of its commitment to technology...

03/04/2025

The 27th edition of the Fertiberia Award for the best doctoral thesis on agricultural topics has opened.

The 27th edition of the Fertiberia Award for the best doctoral thesis on agricultural topics is open until May 30, 2025. This award, a benchmark in agricultural research since 1996, promotes the...

30/09/2024

Nearly 37 million euros to save water in irrigation in Girona

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is carrying out two projects to modernise 3,492 hectares of irrigated land in the province of Girona, with a total investment of 36.85 million euros...

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04/09/2024

Luis Planas underlines the importance of technological innovation and digitalisation in the agricultural sector to overcome future challenges

The Minister of Agriculture , Luis Planas, has underlined the importance of technological innovation and digitalisation as keys to facing the challenges of the agricultural future , especially in the...

29/08/2024

The Government promotes new technologies for sustainable fertilization of agricultural soils

On August 27, the Council of Ministers approved a new royal decree that updates the rules for the sustainable nutrition of agricultural soils of December 27, 2022 , introducing advanced technologies...

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26/08/2024

Aid for Consulting Providers in the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 in Castilla-La Mancha

On August 19, Order 135/2024, of August 8 , was published in the Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, which establishes the regulatory bases for the granting of aid to providers of agricultural...

09/08/2024

Modernisation of irrigation in A Limia: An investment of 29.7 million euros to improve water efficiency

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has launched an ambitious project to modernise irrigation in A Limia, Ourense, with an investment of 29.7 million euros . This project, financed with...

18/07/2024

UPA participates in the TerraCert project for training in regenerative agriculture through microcredentials

The Union of Small Farmers (UPA) is participating in the international TerraCert project, dedicated to training in regenerative agriculture through microcredentials . These are like a mini-certificate...

04/07/2024

The new SAGRIS 2025 fair was presented, focused on innovation and talent for the future of the agri-food industry

IFEMA has just presented the new SAGRIS fair, the Agriculture and Livestock Fair , which is scheduled for May 8-10, 2025, supported by the main agricultural organizations in Spain. This event...

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03/06/2024

Internships abroad and scientific conferences: OECD CRP Programme funding call for 2025 now open

The 2025 call for proposals for the OECD Cooperative Research Programme (CRP) on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems has recently been opened and is open until 10 September to fund the...

27/03/2024

26th edition of the Fertiberia Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis

Fertiberia Group announces the 26th edition of its Best Doctoral Thesis Award . The purpose of the award is to promote a rational and responsible application of fertilizers compatible with the...

25/03/2024

2nd Call for INTERREG SUDOE Projects

The second call for Sudoe projects is open until 31 May 2024 for all public, private and non-profit entities and companies. With a budget of €53.7 million , the projects approved by the Programme...

25/03/2024

4th. CAJAMAR INNOVA Water Projects Call

Registration for the 4th edition of CAJAMAR INNOVA, a startup incubator and accelerator specializing in water technologies , is open until May 2 for the selection of technological projects that...

11/03/2024

Compound patented by the CSIC and the UPV reduces the impact of drought and improves productivity in tomato plants

The work, published in Horticulture Research , by a team from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, IBMCP (a joint centre of the CSIC and the UPV) has discovered how hexenyl...

01/03/2024

European consortium with the participation of the CSIC will share open scientific data for global climate changes

The Spanish National Research Council , through the Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA, CSIC-UC), which is part of the Envri-Hub Next project funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe...

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15/02/2024

What is regenerative agriculture and why is it promoted by the food industry?

Article by Juan Sagarna, director of the Sustainability, Quality and Innovation department of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España. Read more

15/02/2024

Strengthening consumer information obligations for the “breakfast directives”

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , Luis Planas, has expressed his satisfaction with the agreement recently reached by the European Commission, Parliament and Council of the European...

30/11/2023

The Secretary General of Agriculture and Food highlights the role of fertilization in achieving sustainable agriculture

The Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Fernando Miranda, today highlighted the role of fertilisation in achieving sustainable agriculture, since the application of nutrients to crops is...

24/07/2023

The Secretary General of Agriculture underlines the importance of restoring trade flows of food and fertilizers for global food security

The Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Fernando Miranda, today highlighted the need to restore trade flows of food and fertilizers to guarantee food security in the world, threatened by the...

24/07/2023

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food invests two million euros in modernization works for sustainable irrigation in Valderredible (Cantabria)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), through the State Commercial Society of Agrarian Infrastructures (SEIASA), has formalized today two collaboration agreements with the irrigation...

07/07/2023

Water stress threatens the next horticultural campaign

Specialists in the area have evidenced in recent months an increase in electrical conductivity in irrigation water in specific areas of southern Spain, where they used to maintain optimal water...