More than 100 people participate in Agrotecnio’s first teambuilding activity

The Agrotechnology Research CERCA Centre, Agrotecnio, was created in 2012 and since then has maintained a steady growth trajectory. With more than 150 scientists organised into fifteen research groups and linked to two Catalan universities, Agrotecnio is today one of the most important agrotechnology research centres in Spain. However, it had never brought together all the staff to get to know each other across groups and areas, until today.

In 2016, Agrotecnio was recognized as a CERCA center. The result of our evaluation confirmed that our activities are at the forefront of agri-food science nationally and internationally

The recognition of our work inspires us to maintain the high level of scientific research at Agrotecnio, enhancing our translation activities with industry and the community in general through the development of joint R+D+i projects

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‘It is essential to inform the public about the goodness of insects: they allow us to carry out biological control of urban green spaces’

The fourth session of Breakfast4inno dealt with the biological control of pests in urban green spaces. Lleida, 12 September 2024. How to control urban green spaces in a totally biological way?, this was the focus of the fifth edition of the Agrotecnio and Agrobiotech...

Second training day on pest control in urban ecosystems with “natural enemies”

On September 27th, in Madrid, a training day will be held on pest control in urban ecosystems. That same day, the Guide to natural enemies of pests in urban green spaces will also be presented, written by Xavier Pons, Roberto Meseguer and Belén Lumbierres, from the...

Reconstruction of the environmental conditions and cultivation practices when agriculture first emerged in Western Europe

Around 7,000 years ago, the first farmers in the western Mediterranean selected the most fertile land available, cultivated cereal varieties very similar to today’s, and made sparing use of domestic animal manure, as they do today. These are some of the elements that...

Legumes to boost cropping systems in the Ebro Valley

Arable crop farms in the Ebro Valley are facing low yields due to high production costs and low cereal prices. To address this problem, research is being carried out on innovative production systems with grain legumes such as chickpeas, lentils and beans. On Thursday,...