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…
It allows farmers to fulfill the obligation to maintain the Digital Field Notebook by sending photos of invoices and audio messages via WhatsApp. It will also alleviate the problem of lack of margins due to excessive middlemen by offering factory product offers and purchase of production from big brands. Farmers from all over Spain are…
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…
Signing of the collaboration agreement in the framework of the Emphasis initiative (Euro-Mediterranean Network Facilitating Market Uptake of Innovations from SME), managed in Spain by the CTA (https://www.corporaciontecnologica.com/es/).. The Spanish startup BrioAgro Tech was represented by its CEO, José Luis Bustos, while the Jordanian startup Smart Green (https://sg-agritech.com/) was represented by its CEO Mohammad…
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…
Austrian daily DerStandard responds to the question where are the solutions? Highlighting BrioAgro its cutting-edge technology innovations to help agriculture in the face of water scarcity, a consequence of climate change. On May 1st, the prestigious Austrian newspaper “Der Standard” published an article about: STAUBTROCKENE ÄCKER (THE DRY FIELDS), entitled: Drought in Spain puts farmers…
Gen4olive is a #H2020 project aiming at bringing #olive genetic resources closer to breeders and growers. The focus is on rainfed olive varieties resistant to the most demanding conditions. Two European companies, the Spanish BrioAgro and the Italian Agricolus are in charge for the ResOilenT project (funded by the Gen4Olives consortium), that has as its…