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The new director of CERCA, Laia Pellejà, visits Agrotecnio
Dr. Laia Pellejà, new director of the Institució dels Centres de Recerca de Catalunya (CERCA) has visited Agrotecnio's headquarters to meet with its director, José Antonio Bonet and his team. The rector of the University of Lleida, Jaume Puy, who is also an Agrotecnio...
The Generalitat de Catalunya joins Agrotecnio’s Board of Trustees
The Consell de Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya has approved today the modification of the Statutes of the Fundació Centre de Recerca en Agrotecnologia (Agrotecnio), confirming the participation of the Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya in the...
Gustavo Slafer and the crop physiology group of Agrotecnio receive the Mensa Lleida award for scientific and technological knowledge
Professor and researcher Gustavo Slafer and the crop physiology group he leads at Agrotecnio and the University of Lleida have received the Mensa Lleida award for scientific and technological knowledge. The award ceremony was held on Friday 12 April in the Auditori...
Spirulina and alternative proteins open the Breakfast4inno
The cycle of "innovation breakfasts" organised by Agrotecnio and the Agrobiotech Park of Lleida began today with a session dedicated to spirulina, an innovative food product produced from a microalgae rich in proteins, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. In recent...
Reseach
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