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Agrotecnio incorporates 3 new young researchers in the plant and environmental field
The CERCA center Agrotecnio has recently incorporated 3 new young researchers of excellence who will join the research groups in the area of agronomy and environment coordinated by the centre. They are three researchers with an international profile who will form part...
Agrotecnio is involved in a project to develop a genetic marker application to improve the survival of fattening pigs affected by respiratory disease
This is an Operational Groups 2023 project, financed by Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of Catalonia The participants are Selección Batallé SA (Leader), Vall Companys SAU (beneficiary), Ramadera Montpedrós, SLU (beneficiary), Grup...
Agrotecnio leads the European COSMOS project, which seeks to revalue the Mediterranean rural environment through the cultivation of truffles and other high-value species
With the participation of the Centre of Forest Science and Technology of Catalonia (CTFC) in Solsona, the IDForest in Palencia and research centres and companies from Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia, Spain, Italy and France The initiative aims to revitalise the economy of...
‘We have to democratise the consumption of truffles’
Spain is the world's leading exporter of this fungus and Catalonia accounts for a third of all that is sold. The new informative lunch Breakfast4inno of Agrotecnio and the Agrobiotech Park dealt with the world of the black truffle. The characteristics of the black...
Òscar Ordeig: ‘Projects such as Agrotecnio and the CTFC make us move towards an increasingly efficient model of society’.
The conseller of Agriculture highlights the demonstration project on the black truffle by Agrotecnio and the Centre of Forestry Science and Technology of Catalonia. Funded by the Department of Agriculture, the activity is being carried out at the Maials experimental...
‘The cultivation of camelina can have an exponential growth in the region of Lleida’.
The new informative lunch Breakfast4inno of Agrotecnio and the Agrobiotech Park has addressed the benefits of camelina cultivation, as an alternative to cereals This plant needs less water investment and has a high content of healthy fats. The characteristics...
The production of boletus and chanterelles in Catalonia, affected by climate change
We use artificial intelligence models to predict the effects of climate change on five mushroom species of high socio-economic value. A study carried out by the Centre for Forest Science and Technology of Catalonia (CTFC), the University of Lleida and Agrotecnio...
Funding opportunities for postdoctoral fellows, new debate at the ‘Early Career Forum’
Agrotecnio has organised a new edition of the ‘Early Career Forum’, an event aimed at young researchers who are currently studying for their doctorate or have recently completed their studies. These meetings address cross-cutting issues to help young researchers to...
Habitat, more important than climate in truffle cultivation
A study in which researchers from the CTFC-Agrotecnio unit have taken part concludes that fungal communities are more similar in plantation areas, even if they are in different climates, than between crops and wild areas in the same climatic region. The...
‘14% of food products are lost along the way and do not reach the final consumer’
The new edition of the 'Breakfast4inno' of Agrotecnio and the Agrobiotech Park has dealt with the use of food waste in new useful resources for the market. The case of success of the company Ingredalia, which transforms and commercialises the leftover parts of the...
Agrotecnio host of the Micofood congress, which analyses fungi and mycotoxins in foodstuffs
The Higher Technical School of Agri-Food, Forestry and Veterinary Engineering of the University of Lleida is hosting today and tomorrow the annual meeting of the MICOFOOD congress, a national network that brings together researchers from a dozen universities and...
Photogrammetry, the cow’s milk or the importance of colors in our diet: Agrotecnio workshops in the Nit de la Recerca 2024
The CERCA center Agrotecnio has joined, one more year, the commemoration of the European Research Night. With the support of the University of Lleida, the center has organized some free workshops on September 20, with the aim of disseminating the work done and bring...