Report published in ABC Economía on 21/07/2025, under the title: “The countryside tackles water stress with an innovative and rich harvest“ In it, the following experts share their views: José Luis Bustos, director of BrioAgro; Manuel Hernández, manager of Maher Electrónica; José Ugarrio, technician at Asaja; and Francisco Sánchez Millán, industrial engineer from UPCT and…
On the occasion of the report ‘The countryside tackles water stress with an innovative and rich harvest‘, published on 21/07/2025 in the Economy section of the Spanish newspaper ABC, We answered the following questions from journalists, which we share here: How did the AQUA system originate? The AQUA system emerged as an evolution of the…
An experiment with chickpea seeds shows that plants can grow on the Moon despite the challenges. This finding suggests the possibility of extraterrestrial crops that would support long-duration space missions. A recent scientific study has investigated how seeds would develop on the surface of the Moon. The result has been a resounding success, as the…
In order to analyze modern olive growing, we must start in 1980, where the traditional olive grove covered 7.5 million hectares in 23 countries, mainly between parallels 35° and 45° north latitude. Today, olive growing has evolved with intensive and high-density olive groves, representing 22% and 6%, respectively, of the 2.5 million hectares of olive…
New York University’s Tandon team has achieved a 20 per cent increase in the system’s salt removal rate while reducing its energy demand by optimising fluid flow rates. These results are shown in a paper published in Cell Reports Physical Science , the NYU Tandon team led by Dr André Taylor , professor of chemical…
Within the Gen4Olives project, in which the Italian company Agricolus and the Spanish company BrioAgro work together, to better understand the evolution in recent months and the change that the month of December has brought, we show three graphs: 1) rainfall, 2) leaf wetting, but the most significant is 3) soil moisture. This graph reflects…
Every month, we analyze the evolution of the dryland farms of the GEN4OLIVES project, located in Estepa. In addition to evaluating with technical criteria how the crop evolves and the indicators that we monitor, we have observed that the abundant rains of the second half of October have provided greater humidity to the soil, as…
Led by the Centro de Ciencia y Tecnología de Antioquia – CTA, BrioAgro has installed crop monitoring and smart irrigation devices in the banana zone of northern Colombia through two ASBAMA farms, the Association of Colombian Banana Growers of the departments of Magdalena and La Guajira. The newspaper “Opinion Caribe” has echoed the ASBAMA news,…
Yesterday, Thursday, July 20, 2023, a conference on Efficient use of water in olive groves was held at the DCOOP facilities in the heart of Andalusia, Antequera, Málaga, in collaboration with Cajamar. More than 150 people participated in the event, and emphasized the need to improve water policies, including storage capacities, the use of purified…
This article reports on the preliminary trials carried out at the Tecnova Experimental Center, in Almería, as part of the LIFE NextFUMIGREEN European project. This project aims to test the efficacy of a fumigant based on natural active ingredients to combat the most important pests of horticultural crops, initially focusing on the whitefly. The trials…