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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...

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...

25/06/2024

Viruses to improve crops: a proposal by IBMCP (CSIC-UPV)

A team of researchers from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (IBMCP) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) has published an article in the scientific journal 'Nature...

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...

19/04/2024

FEGA's 2023 Conditionality Report (2022 controls) is now available

Report assessing the application of conditionality in Spain based on data obtained from controls carried out in 2022 based on information provided by the autonomous communities, and communicated to...

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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...

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...

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...

02/04/2024

Gene identified that controls flower and fruit production in leguminous plants

The study Analysis of pea mutants reveals the conserved role of FRUITFULL controlling the end of flowering and its potential to boost yield led by Cristina Fernández of the Institute of Molecular and...

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16/02/2024

Luis Planas presents a “solid and well-crafted” package of measures that responds to the concerns of farmers and ranchers

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has presented to the professional agricultural organizations a package of measures , "solid and worked", to respond to the concerns of...

15/02/2024

Presentation of the ECREA 2.0 interactive report

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food presents the new version of the tool for Studies of costs and incomes of agricultural holdings (Ecrea 2.0), designed by the Undersecretariat of...

15/02/2024

More than 139,000 farmers will receive extraordinary aid from the State

With an amount of €268.7 million from the General State Budget , 139,756 owners of agricultural holdings producing dry land, rice and tomato for industry will benefit from the payment of this aid to...

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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

Beef cattle farming in Spain emits 66% less greenhouse gases than the world average

In a recent study published in the scientific journal Animal , Spanish scientists from the Polytechnic University of Valencia conclude that beef farming emits fewer greenhouse gases than the world...

15/02/2024

National summary of SIGPAC by autonomous communities (2024 campaign)

Summary of the data on surface areas and enclosures broken down by use groups and by autonomous communities , contained in the databases of the Geographic Information System for Agricultural Plots in...

30/11/2023

Why are antibiotics given to healthy farm animals?

Just as with humans, antibiotics are a crucial tool for treating infections and diseases in farm animals. This is especially true for animals raised in large numbers and in close contact with each...

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...

10/10/2022

EFSA recommendations to improve animal welfare during transport

According to recommendations published by EFSA, it is necessary to provide more space, reduce maximum temperatures and keep travel times to a minimum to improve the welfare of farm animals during...

10/10/2022

The three most important points of a sustainable company

In an increasingly busy world and society, the competitiveness of large companies is no longer only based on their logistics and quality of products or services. Sustainability has come to determine...

10/10/2022

What can I do if the heat burns my harvest?

Farmers want high temperatures to be covered by policies, just as is the case with frost Extremaduran farmers have experienced hot summers, but it is likely that very few like this one. Summer fruits...

10/10/2022

Sheep and goat pox outbreaks are growing in Andalusia

The new outbreaks have been detected in two farms located in the Granada towns of Cúllar and Benamaurel, both located in the surveillance radius of the first outbreak. In the first case, Cúllar, the...