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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...

MAPA calls for maintaining ambition in technological innovation in agriculture

18/07/2024

Technological innovation at the centre of Luis Planas' speech at the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas , has advocated at the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the EU held on July 15 for the European Union (EU) to maintain...

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...

18/07/2024

The recording and presentation of the event on the Spanish AgrifoodTEF Satellite are now available

On July 10 , the event "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Agriculture: AgrifoodTEF project" took place at La Vega Innova , the Digital Innovation Center for the Agri-Food Sector of the Ministry...

16/07/2024

New 2024/25 EU CAP Network events focused on innovation and knowledge exchange in agriculture

From July 2024 to June 2025, the EU CAP Network will organise 13 events focusing on innovation, knowledge sharing and EIP-AGRI. To raise awareness of this call and encourage participation, a video has...

Agrifoodtech consultants wanted for EU projects

10/07/2024

MAPA seeks agrifoodtech advisors for the EU

Application deadline: 19 July: The Ministry of Agriculture would like to encourage Spanish consultants to take part in the EU CAP Network's Innovation Focus Groups initiative (Euro CAP Network)...

Luis Planas advocates initiatives to make the countryside attractive to young people

05/07/2024

Consulting, training and assistance, pillars to promote generational change in Spanish agriculture

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas , stressed yesterday, July 4, during the extraordinary Sectoral Conference on generational change, held in Pamplona, that specific advice...

26/06/2024

First meeting of the Advisory Working Group of the SCIA Coordinating Body

The first meeting of the Agri-Food Advisory Working Group (WG) of the SCIA Coordinating Body took place on 25 June. This marked the start of the first of the three working groups of the SCIA...

25/06/2024

From June 25 to July 3, registration period for RuralCat distance learning is open

From June 25 to July 3, 2024, the registration period has opened for the next distance courses scheduled by Rural Cat, which will take place throughout the month of September: BASIC FITO. Basic level...

Presentation of the study at La Vega Innova

13/06/2024

The Spanish agri-food sector wants to digitalise and robotise its processes

On June 12, the presentation of the study by the Observatory of digitalization of the agri-food sector "The digital transformation of the agri-food sector seen by its professionals" took place at the...

Internships abroad and OECD scientific conferences on akisplataforma

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...

AKIS grants support for digitalisation of the field

20/05/2024

New advisory support to support the digital transition in the agri-food sector

As of today, May 20, 2024, applications can be made for the new grants for advice on the digitalization of the agri-food and forestry sector. With an amount of three million euros, co-financed with...

22/04/2024

Advances to boost innovation and advice in the agri-food sector

The Director General of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training, Isabel Bombal, has participated today in the inauguration of the Assembly of coordination bodies of the Knowledge and...

22/04/2024

Grants-Green Employment Program+ 2024

The Biodiversity Foundation publishes the call for Emplea verde + 2024 grants to support projects (amount per project between €150,000 and €2 million) that promote the ecological transition of the...

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...

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food building

17/04/2024

More than €207 million agreed to be distributed among the regional governments for rural development, agriculture and livestock farming

The Council of Ministers of April 16 has authorized the territorial distribution among the autonomous communities of eight credits for a total amount of €207.87 million to finance rural development...

16/04/2024

RURAL CAMPUS

The Rural Campus Program is an initiative developed by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITERD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Science, Innovation and...

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...

22/03/2024

Grants for applied research projects in the beekeeping sector

The call for subsidies for the implementation of applied research projects in the beekeeping sector and its products within the Beekeeping Sector Intervention of PEPAC is hereby announced ( Extract of...

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...