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Lleida to host 300 international scientists at the 20th European Weed Research Symposium
From July 1 to 4, the city will become an European hub for research on weed management and agricultural sustainability Lleida will become the epicenter of European agronomic research with the celebration of the 20th Symposium of the European Weed Research Society...
Oriol Junqueras: “Agrotecnio is an innovation engine that connects cutting-edge research with the development of a key sector for the country”
The president of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), Oriol Junqueras, has visited today for the first time the Foundation Centre de Recerca en Agrotecnologia (Agrotecnio), a CERCA center of reference dedicated to agri-food research. During his stay, Junqueras...
Why Do Editors Reject Manuscripts? Agrotecnio’s Early Career Forum Shares Essential Paper-Writing Tips
For early-career researchers, capturing reviewers’ attention and avoiding manuscript rejection are critical challenges. To address these concerns, the latest Agrotecnio Early Career Forum (held on April 10) invited three seasoned journal editors—Professors Gustavo...
“Green roofs are not a trend, they are here to stay”
The benefits of using green roofs and walls to re-naturalize urban spaces are the focus of the new Breakfast4Inno innovation breakfast The University of Lleida leads research in Spain on the green transformation of cities The benefits of using green walls and roofs...

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Plant & Environmental sciences

Animal Sciences

Food Sciences
Agrotecnio in figures

Research groups
in plant & environmental, animal and food sciences recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Active projects
National projects
International projects
1,817,023 € financial amount. (2019)

Joint Research Unit with the
Forest Science and
Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

Doctoral Theses
in the University of Lleida (From 2014 to 2020)

Agrotecnio researchers
Senior researchers
Postdoctoral researchers
PhD students
ICREA Researchers
from 20 countries. 45% of whom are women.
ICREA Academia Researchers

Scientific publications
annual average. H-Index 55.
%
of our publications are within the 1% most cited papers:
among others in Nature, Nature Climate Change, Science, PNAS (Last CERCA Evaluation, 2018).

Agreements and special projects
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative
the International Wheat Yield Partnership

Contracts
with companies in the agri-food sector.
Catalan
Spanish
International
(2020) 631,754 € Funds