CIHEAM Zaragoza

Registration is now open for the International MSc in Sustainable Water Management and Governance in Natural and Agricultural Environments

This international Master programme builds on CIHEAM Zaragoza’s 50 years of solid training experience in the area of water, environment, agriculture and economics. It has an innovative, multidisciplinary focus aimed to equip future water professionals with the blend of skills necessary to make a significant contribution to sustainable water management and governance both in agriculture as well as in natural environments.

Registration is now open for the University Master in Marine Aquaculture

With modules on the principles of aquaculture and cultivation techniques, as well as cross-sectional topics such as nutrition, pathology, genetics, reproduction, engineering, economics and the environment, this Master programme offers a complete overview of the aquaculture sector and is a unique opportunity to meet and work with professionals and students from all over the world and share hands-on experience with top experts.

Summary of the course on advances in weed management for sustainable agriculture

You can now read the summary of the course that CIHEAM Zaragoza has organized together with ICARDA, the Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) and the Spanish Weed Science Society (SEMh) from 28 March to 2 April 2022.

End of a very fruitful and intensive week on valuation of ecosystem services

The course was organized by CIHEAM Zaragoza, ICARDA and EFI from 9 to 13 May and offered a plural valuation approach of ecosystem services, a view of existing policy assessment frameworks and a critical review of valuation methods and instruments, highlighting the importance of their integration.

The University of Zaragoza has awarded our student Meryem Elkissi the prize for outstanding achievement for her MSc thesis

Meryem’s thesis on the  "Effects of feed intake and stocking density on growth and productive parameters of broiler breeders from birth to 40 weeks of life" was conducted at  COOB ESPAÑOLA, S.A. under the supervision of Dr. Gonzalo González Mateos

Sustainability certification: harnessing the potential for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture

We’re happy to announce this FAO-CIHEAM Webinar which will take place on 18 and 19 May with the objective to provide an overview of the current status of sustainability certification schemes, and discuss constraints and trends in fisheries and aquaculture with a special emphasis on small scale operations. It will also present selected case studies from Africa, America, Asia and Europe.

New course on the exploitation of cereal genomic diversity for crop improvement under climate change

CIHEAM Zaragoza –together with the PRIMA GENDIBAR Project (Utilization of local genetic diversity to understand and exploit barley adaptation to harsh environments and for pre-breeding), the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the University of Sfax through the Institute of Biotechnology,  and Tunisia's National Institute of Field Crops (INGC)– organize this course to provide an overview of the current genomic tools for addressing basic and applied plant science questions

The CIHEAM Advisory Board visits Zaragoza

Last 12 and 13 May CIHEAM Zaragoza welcomed the members of the CIHEAM Advisory Board, as well as colleagues from the Headquarters and the Institutes of Montpellier and Chania for a 2-day working session

Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

A proper monitoring, control and surveillance system allows States to effectively implement its fisheries management policy. Notwithstanding its importance, many States lack the required expertise in MCS matters, making it difficult to reach key fisheries management policy objectives. In this context, CIHEAM Zaragoza, FAO and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) through the General Secretariat of Fisheries (SGP) have organized a course on Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance which will take place in Zaragoza from 27 June to 8 July 2022

Smart Cultural Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development of European Regions

SmartCulTour aims to support regional development in European regions, with special attention to rural peripheries and the urban fringe, through sustainable cultural tourism. The project redefines cultural tourism through a contemporary lens and provides a comprehensive measurement framework for supply, demand and impacts. In order to support knowledge-led destination management, a decision-support system (DSS) will be developed for widescale monitoring purposes across European regions.

New Technologies, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture

The vision of the EU aquaculture industry is to grow substantially in the next decade and to provide annually 4.5 million tons of sustainable food products. To this aim, NewTechAqua intends to expand and diversify EU production of finfish, molluscs and microalgae by developing and validating technologically-advanced, resilient and sustainable new solutions.

Research-based participatory approaches for adopting Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area

The CAMA project aims to identify the main barriers that hinder Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption by smallholders of Mediterranean countries and to overcome them with a participatory research approach based on the use of field experiments and pilot case studies in several conditions and the development of an extensive programme of dissemination and training.