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12/06/2025

The CARBOGAN Operational Group will announce its objectives at the 2025 Spanish Forestry Congress.

The CARBOGAN Operational Group has announced its participation in the IX Spanish Forestry Congress , which will be held from July 16 to 20, 2025 in Gijón , as part of its outreach and awareness...

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...

08/08/2024

New grants for training in digitalisation in the agri-food and forestry sector announced

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has launched a call for grants aimed at training and the exchange of knowledge in the agri-food and forestry sector, with a total budget of nine million...

27/08/2025

Agriculture and livestock: invisible allies in forest fire prevention

In recent summers, forest fires have once again made headlines throughout Spain and much of southern Europe. Intensifying heat waves, longer periods of drought, and the accumulation of biomass in the...

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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...

21/02/2024

WTO final report sides with European Commission on Spanish black olives

The Government welcomes the final report of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Compliance Panel requested by the European Commission in the dispute over Spanish black olives . The WTO report supports...

Nature Plants magazine cover January 2024

21/02/2024

The high productivity of cultivated plants is explained by the physiological traits of their wild parents.

A study by the Rey Juan Carlos University led by Professor Ruben Milla, and in which researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) participated, has analyzed why cultivated plants are...

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...

Photo by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

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

Rural Toolkit: Virtual guide to financing for rural areas

The “ Rural Kit ” or “ Rural Toolbox ” ( Rural Toolkit ) is a digital platform serving as a guide that centralises the different types of financing that the European Union makes available to rural...

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...

Photo news MAPA Meeting of the plenary session of the food chain observatory

15/02/2024

Meeting of the Food Chain Observatory

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has assured today that the modification of the Law on measures to improve the functioning of the food chain , which came into force in...

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

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...

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...

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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...

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

Corteva Chair Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability

The new edition of the Corteva Chair Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability is open until 01/04/2024. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2024 | catedracorteva@us.es

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...

15/02/2024

The Government is firmly committed to innovation in the agri-food sector

At the presentation of the IV Report on the Foodtech sector in Spain prepared by ICEX , the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Ministry) firmly supports the digital transformation of the...

09/01/2024

CAP direct aid payments 2023

CAP direct aid payments 2023 Direct aid payments from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2023 campaign exceed €3,475 million as of 31 December 2023. This amount is similar to that made in...

04/12/2023

REDigitalEX: training in digital skills for the rural population in Extremadura

REDigitalEX is a training project to acquire basic digital skills in the rural population in Extremadura , managed by the Extremadura Rural Development Network ( REDEX ), which is part of the National...