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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...

09/08/2024

InBestSoil: Valuing soil health for a sustainable future

The InBestSoil project, funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe programme, focuses on soil health as a fundamental pillar for the sustainability of the agri-food sector and the...

2024 Renewal Plan for agricultural machinery

30/07/2024

Machinery Renewal Plan 2024 to promote practices with covers in line with "Carbon Farming"

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will allocate 9.55 million euros in aid to the Plan for the Renewal of the National Agricultural Machinery Park, known as the “Plan Renove”, for 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

11th RuralApps Award

The award covers innovative technological solutions in the fields of digitalisation and digital transformation such as: applications, data governance and management, artificial intelligence, augmented...

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...

23/02/2024

VI Women in Agriculture Awards

Forty-nine candidates were submitted to the sixth edition of the MujerAGRO Awards . The Awards are supported by companies in the agri-food sector that decide to showcase their actions related to...

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

23/02/2024

Continuous training plan 2024 for technical staff in rural areas

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published on its website the 2024 Continuing Education Plan for Rural Technical Staff , with the aim of promoting agri-food training as a key tool...

20/02/2024

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announces the “Food of Spain 2024” Award

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food publishes in the Official State Gazette (BOE) an extract of the order calling for the “Food of Spain 2024” Award . The application submission period...

CSIC news on food and nutrition dissemination

15/02/2024

CSIC fights misinformation about food and nutrition

CSIC fights misinformation about food and nutrition with activities for educational centers. Students will share content learned at the Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition, ICTAN...

15/02/2024

CSIC and the Environmental Forum Foundation sign an agreement to research the circular economy

The Spanish National Research Council ( CSIC ) and the Environmental Forum Foundation ( FFA ) have signed a Collaboration Agreement within the framework of the CSIC Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform...

15/02/2024

The PAC Network publishes the first issue of 'Savia Rural'

The CAP Network has published 'Savia Rural' , the first in a series of quarterly publications that support the achievement of the communication objectives of the new CAP Strategic Plan ( PEPAC 2023...