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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...
How to be successful in your PhD? An Early Career Forum discussion
On 10th November, the fifth session of Agrotecnio’s Early Career Forums was organised at the ETSEAFiV campus. Three speakers in different moments of their careers presented their views on what success means and a debate took place before the chocolate tasting. Eber...
Including carob pulp in the diet of lambs improves their gastrointestinal health
A study led by PhD student Jonathan Pelegrin-Valls and supervised by Javier Álvarez, from the Department of Animal Science of the University of Lleida (DCA-UdL) and Beatriz Serrano, from the DCA-UdL and member of the animal nutrition and environment research group of...
Olga Martín-Belloso and Mohsen Ramezani receive two EFFoST awards for their research on food science and technology
The spring of 2023 is proving to be one of the driest of the century on the Iberian Peninsula. March was a particularly dry month and, according to data from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), it was also one of the warmest of the century, with 1.8ºC...
Save the date: A seminar to discuss on Plant and One Health will take place in Lleida on 28th November
On 28 November from 11:00 to 14:00 the conference "Plant Health and One Health" will be held at the Agrofood, Forest and Veterinary Campus in Lleida on the occasion of the presentation of the book La Sanidad Vegetal en la Agricultura y la Silvicultura: Retos y...
Drought limits the recovery of fire-affected Mediterranean forests
A study led by the CTFC, the UdL and the Joint Research Unit CTFC-Agrotecnio-CERCA analyses the regeneration of 268 forest fires over almost three decades. The duration of a drought in the months following a fire is the main factor affecting the regeneration success...
A series of seminars will address current issues in weed science and plant ecology during the month of November
A series of seminars on current topics in the field of Biology, Ecology and Weed Control begins today. This is an activity organised by the Weed Science and Plant Ecology research group, part of Agrotecnio's Crop Protection group, which is carried out in parallel to...