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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...

CSIC mechanism for plants to combat climate change

17/12/2024

A key mechanism in plant adaptation to drought and high temperatures has been discovered.

The Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (CSIC-UPV) is collaborating on an international study that reveals how plants regulate their stomata in the face of opposing environmental...

EIB President Nadia Calviño announces new support for agricultural innovation

16/12/2024

The European Investment Bank is boosting agri-food innovation with a €3 billion financing package.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group announced a €3 billion financing plan to support agriculture and the bioeconomy in Europe. This package, which will mobilize a total of €8.4 billion in...

Image of the roundtable with its participants and the audience at Expo Agritech 2024

02/12/2024

Roundtable at Expo Agritech 2024: Keys to the digital transformation of the agri-food sector

Within the framework of Expo Agritech 2024 , the roundtable "Advice for the Digitalization of the Agri-Food Sector" was held on November 27th, where leading experts discussed the challenges...

29/11/2024

3rd meeting of the Advisory Working Group of the Spanish AKIS Coordination Body

The third meeting of the Advisory Working Group of the Spanish AKIS Coordinating Body took place on November 19th. Nearly 50 participants representing national and regional public administrations...

15/11/2024

DATAGRI 2024 had more than a thousand participants and closed its 7th edition with great success.

The 7th edition of the DATAGRI Forum took place between November 13th and 14th at the iHub La Vega Innova (in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid), a meeting point for promoting innovation and the latest...

Presentation of the AKIS Advisor Platform at the modernAKIS event on October 30th

12/11/2024

ModernAKIS promotes the digitalization and sustainability of the agri-food sector in Spain with two days of networking among professionals.

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) , within the framework of the European ModernAKIS project , has launched a Community of Practice (CoP) that seeks to modernize the agri...

04/10/2024

First national meeting of Agroalnext

The first national meeting of Agroalnext , a key program for driving the transformation of the agri-food sector in Spain, was held on October 1st. This event, held at La Vega Innova , highlighted the...

04/10/2024

Agri-food innovation will be the focus of MAPA's participation at Fruit Attraction 2024.

The participation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) in the next edition of the Fruit Attraction fair, which will be held at IFEMA Madrid between October 8 and 10, 2024, will be...

03/10/2024

Second meeting of the Advisory Working Group of the SCIA-AKIS Coordination Body

On September 26, the Agri-Food Advisory Working Group of the SCIA Coordinating Body (AKIS) held its second meeting, coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. This group...

Training agreement for vocational training students in high-tech agricultural machinery

01/10/2024

The Junta of Castilla y León signs an agreement for vocational training students to be trained with state-of-the-art tractors

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of Castilla y León has signed an agreement with the main brands of agricultural tractors in the region with the aim of providing students...

30/09/2024

Nearly 37 million euros to save water in irrigation in Girona

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is carrying out two projects to modernise 3,492 hectares of irrigated land in the province of Girona, with a total investment of 36.85 million euros...

30/09/2024

Pascual Innoventures increases its investment in research into future foods to €2M with the third edition of Mylkcubator

Pascual Innoventures , the Corporate Venturing arm of the Pascual Group, has increased its investment in research into innovative and sustainable foods, providing a total of 2 million euros over the...

27/09/2024

Once the deadline has closed, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has approved 1,214 applications for aid for the renewal of agricultural machinery within the 2024 Renewal Plan

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has approved 1,214 applications for aid for the renewal of agricultural machinery within the 2024 Renove Plan , which represents 88.7% of the requests...

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27/09/2024

Until October 21, the deadline for public consultation of the National Action Plan 2025-2029 on the sustainable use of phytosanitary products is open

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has opened the public consultation for the National Action Plan 2025-2029 on the sustainable use of phytosanitary products. This plan, framed within...

27/09/2024

The Ministry of Agriculture reaffirms its commitment to training, innovation and digitalization of the agri-food sector

The Spanish agri-food sector is experiencing a key moment of transformation driven by digitalisation and the incorporation of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). The Ministry...

Luis Planas at the G-20 Agriculture 2024 in Brazil

17/09/2024

Luis Planas stresses at the G-20 agriculture meeting that new technologies and innovation are fundamental instruments for its future

During his participation in the second session of the G-20 meeting of Agriculture Ministers, held in Cuiabá (Brazil), the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, stressed that new technologies and...

12/09/2024

Financial capital is betting on technological and sustainable agriculture: the case of Atgro

In recent years, the agricultural sector has witnessed a significant change in the way it is conceived as a financial investment. Although certain types of business models have traditionally always...

12/09/2024

AgroInnpulso, an innovative initiative highlighted in the magazine "Savia Rural", from RedPAC

The summer issue of the magazine "Savia Rural", published by RedPAC, highlights in one of its cover articles the AgroInnpulso initiative, a line of financing for small and medium-sized companies that...

Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture

12/09/2024

Final report of the Strategic Dialogue Group on the Future of EU Agriculture presented

Announced by the President of the European Commission in her State of the Union address on 13 September 2023 and launched in January 2024 , the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Farming brought...

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...