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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...

excellence awards innovation rural women

12/09/2024

Innovation in the agricultural activity of rural women is awarded

Innovation in agricultural activity not only transforms production models, but also plays a crucial role in gender equality, especially in rural areas. Likewise, the growing incorporation of women...

08/08/2024

The MAPA allocates more than 37 million euros to finance 65 new innovative projects of supra-autonomous operational groups in the agri-food and forestry sector

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has announced the funding of 65 new innovative projects in the agri-food and forestry sector, with a total investment of 37.3 million euros. The...

19/07/2024

The first entrepreneurship accelerator in the Catalan agri-food sector is created by FEMAC and AFRUCAT

According to the specialized portal Interempresas , FEMAC (Agricultural Machinery and Production Means Cluster) and Afrucat (Catalan Fruit Business Association) have recently presented the first...

11/06/2024

GOFAGUS: new Spanish case study selected by i2connect to learn from the process that generates interactive innovation between different countries

GOFAGUS is the new Spanish case study selected by a panel of experts from the European project i2connect, funded by Horizon 2020, which, through an exchange of knowledge between countries, analyses...

22/04/2024

CaixaBank presents Tierra de Oportunidades 2024 to fix population and create employment in the rural world

The call for proposals for the Tierra de Oportunidades 2024 Program is expected to be launched in May and June in collaboration with the Rural Development Groups of each geographic area, who will...

19/04/2024

Consumers are driving redesign of the snack category

Press release that highlights the characteristics of the snack industry, which, according to the Snacks Association , represents a consumption per person per year in Spain of 7.5 kilos and a...

15/04/2024

More rigorous food inspections

The European Parliament (EP) has backed tougher food inspections throughout the supply chain , from producer to consumer. The new regulations, already informally agreed with the Council, aim to...

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food building

15/04/2024

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food submits to public consultation the relaxation of the regulations on animal identification and farm veterinarian

The public consultation procedure for the modification of Royal Decree 787/2023 regulating the traceability, identification and registration system of certain terrestrial animal species in captivity...

12/04/2024

Call for aid for tangible or intangible investments in the transformation, marketing and development of agricultural products

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , through the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund ( FEGA ), has published today in the Official State Gazette (BOE) the call for aid for tangible or...

10/04/2024

The 4th edition of the CNTA Food Tech Challengers for agri-food startups is now open

Food (Tech)2 Challengers, a technological boosting programme funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) and led by CNTA (National Centre for Food Technology and Safety), is...

01/04/2024

Galicia Food Awards 2024

CLUSAGA announces the 10th Galicia Food Awards with the aim of recognizing and making visible the best practices in entrepreneurship, digitalization, innovation, quality, excellence, sustainability...

27/03/2024

19th National Wine Competition of Cooperative Wineries, Manojo Awards

The Regional Union of Agri-Food Cooperatives of Castilla y León (URCACYL) announces the 19th National Competition of Cooperative Wine Cellars, “Manojo Awards”. All cooperative wineries that produce...

Poster for the Egg Institute's research award

27/03/2024

18th Egg Research Institute Award

The Egg Research Institute announces the 18th Research Award (€12,000) for Spanish researchers working on research into all aspects related to eggs: composition and nutritional quality, production...

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...

18/03/2024

Call for entrepreneurship and advice itineraries in social economy 2024-2026

The Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy ( CEPES ), co-financed by the ESF+ , launches a new call for aid to social economy entities to develop collective entrepreneurship projects...

14/03/2024

Modification of the conditions of use of the terms 'dry' and 'pale dry' on the labelling of fortified wines

The Council of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree that modifies the conditions of use of the optional terms dry and pale dry on the labelling of fortified wines. Until now, the term dry was...

11/03/2024

15th edition of the "Rural Women Innovation Excellence Awards"

With the aim of recognising innovative projects developed by women in rural areas and actions that recognise their fundamental role in the territory, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is...

11/03/2024

Fifth edition of the Talenta Awards in support of the empowerment of rural women

On March 8, International Women's Day, the awards were presented for the 5th edition of the TalentA program, which was created with the aim of supporting and making visible the talent and...

01/03/2024

The European Parliament has given the final approval to the new regulation for PGIs and DOs

The European Parliament has ratified the political agreement that aims to strengthen the productions protected by distinctive features such as designations or PGIs, their gastronomic heritage and...