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11st February: More women scientists for a more sustainable world
Despite statistics showing similar performance of boys and girls in science and mathematics at school, many girls are still not encouraged to study science, technology, engineering or mathematics, the so-called "STEM professions". The International Day of Women and...
Blast-resistant rice could be grown and marketed in Europe thanks to European Parliament support for New Genomic Techniques
The European Parliament has adopted a favorable position on the European Commission’s proposal on New Genomic Techniques (NGT), which alter an organism’s genetic material in very precise and controlled ways. The aim of this legislative proposal is to make the food...
80% of papers get rejected: how do younger researcher deal with paper rejections?
Facing rejection can be a difficult pill to swallow at the beginning of your research career. For this reason, on 30th January 2024, up to 30 researchers from Agrotecnio gathered for a new edition of the Early Career Forums. On this occasion, the topic was “How to...
The applied mycology group organises a conference to manage the risk of mycotoxin contamination in wheat through hyperspectral imaging
On Thursday 25 January, the Applied Mycology research group of Agrotecnio and the Applied Mycology Unit of the UdL organised the demonstration day "Application of hyperspectral image analysis to deoxynivalenol risk management in wheat". Ten companies from the cereals...
Research shows that clear-cutting has no negative impact on soil fungi
Clear-cutting trees is a practice as old as civilisation and has an obvious effect on forest stands. Much less well known is the effect this practice has on life below ground, on fungi. A study led by Giada Centenaro, a researcher at the University of Lleida and...
Joaquim Nadal ratifies the support of the Catalan Department of Research and Universities to Agrotecnio
The Catalan Minister of Research and Universities has visited today Agrotecnio’s headquarters as part of his visit to Lleida, where he also took part in the closing ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the ETSEAFiV and had the opportunity to see another CERCA centre in...
Agrotecnio researchers sign the open letter to MEPs to unblock the use of New Genomic Techniques in agriculture
The European Parliament’s ENVIRO (environment) committee will vote tomorrow on a series of amendments to the legislative proposal of 4 July 2023 on plants derived from certain New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) and derived food and feed. The legislative proposal to be...
The agri-food research centres of the Ebro Valley meet in Zaragoza
On Friday 19 January, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zaragoza held a meeting that brought together the directors of the agri-food research institutes belonging to Campus Iberus: ISFOOD - Institute for Innovation & Sustainable Food Chain...
Agrotecnio joins the AgrifoodTEF cooperation project for innovation in the agri-food and forestry sector
The European AgrifoodTEF (Testing and Experimentation Facilty) project will set up testing and trial facilities for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics in the European agri-food and forestry sector. Set up as a network of physical and digital facilities across...
A new edition of the Early Career Forums will tackle paper rejections
On 2024, Agrotecnio brings back the organisation of events for its younger scientific staff with a new edition of its Early Career Forums focused on dealing with the rejection of scientific publications or papers, a familiar situation for anyone working in research....
ECOMITOS: a book on how lack of scientific rigour aggravates the environmental crisis
Of all the things we do in the name of the environment, what is really useful? This is the starting point of the book just published by Víctor Resco, professor at the University of Lleida (UdL) and coordinator of the Joint Research Unit of Agrotecnio-CERCA and the...
World Soil Day: soils around the world are degrading, putting food production and available water at risk
95% of the food consumed globally comes from soil and water, according to the United Nations. In addition, soils are fundamental to human and ecosystem well-being because of their role in regulating water retention and availability, their ability to withstand extreme...