The research Group IRRIGATION, AGRONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT is integrated by researchers belonging to the RAMA group of the Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragón (Grupo RAMA, CITA, Gobierno de Aragón) and the Soil and Water Department of the Aula Dei Experimental Station of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), located at the Aula Dei Campus in Zaragoza and the University of Zaragoza.
The group is multidisciplinary with focus in core activities that have led to stable collaborations between group members to produce scientific and technological information in the soil-water-crop-atmosphere interface leading to a more competitive, efficient and sustainable irrigated agriculture.
News
- Awards presented to the best RAMA seminars by early career researchers
The RAMA group’s seminar series concluded on July 26th. For the second year, we celebrated the end of the season with the award ceremony for the best seminars presented by early career researchers. First prize went to Marcos Bongiovani, from the Hilario Ascasubi Experimental Station of the National Institute of[…] - The RAMA group attends the XII Remedia Workshop
The 12th REMEDIA Workshop “New Horizons in the Agri-Food System: Towards Sustainability and Climate Neutrality” took place in Murcia on May 21st and 22nd. Four members of the RAMA group participated in this scientific meeting, which presented the latest research and the current status of the national agri-food system with[…] - We celebrated Miguel Izquierdo’s retirement at CITA
On May 30, 2025, we gathered in the CITA cafeteria to celebrate Miguel Izquierdo’s retirement. As a senior technician, Miguel has accompanied the members of the RAMA group at CITA since its inception. We’re posting some photos to remember the day. We were visited by former members of the group,[…] - The RAMA group participates in the ISO/TC 23/SC 18 “Irrigation and drainage equipment and systems” committee meeting
The meeting of ISO/TC 23/SC 18 on irrigation and drainage equipment and systems took place between June 9 and 13, 2025. The meeting was held in Hangzhou, China, at the invitation of the local delegation. Delegations from Israel (which holds the chair and secretariat), China, the United States, Brazil, and[…] - Conference on irrigation innovations to combat drought
This conference was held on April 24th at the Fundecyt-PCTEX facilities in Badajoz, bringing together a large group of experts in irrigation research and innovation from Spain. The conference was organized by CICYTEX, the Scientific and Technological Research Center of Extremadura (Junta de Extremadura), and by CEBAS-CSIC in Murcia. The[…] - The Ebro Water Partnership Holds its Technical Conference and Presents the Botorrita Awards
Last Thursday, March 6, the Ebro Water Partnership held its technical conference “20 Years of Irrigation Modernization: A Look to the Future” at the SMAGUA international trade fair in Zaragoza. After the opening and presentation of the conference, the Partnership presented the document “Irrigation Modernization in Aragon: Past and Future[…] - Manuel Sampériz receives the Award for the best Master’s Thesis at the AgroBank Chair of the University of Castilla La Mancha
Manuel Sampériz Sarvisé, predoctoral researcher of the RAMA group, received on February 28, 2025 in Albacete the Award for the best Master’s Thesis (TFM) from the AgroBank Chair “Women, business and rural world” of the University of Castilla La Mancha. The title of his TFM is: “Characterization of the variability[…] - The “Remedia” network seizes funding from the State Research Agency
The State Research Agency of the Government of Spain (AEI) has awarded a grant to the Scientific Network for the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases in the Agroforestry Sector (Red Remedia) in its 2024 call for Research Networks (‘Strategic Networks’ modality).The Remedia Network was created in 2012 as a meeting forum[…] - Join us with an “Odón de Buen” postdoc grant from the Government of Aragon
On February 24, 2025, the Government of Aragon published the “Odón de Buen” call for proposals to subsidize the hiring of doctoral research personnel. This is a great opportunity to carry out your research activity with us. The first point is to get an idea of how the Odón de[…] - New ARENA research group at EEAD-CSIC
On January 17th we created a new research group at the Aula Dei Experimental Station of CSIC. This is the “Agriculture and NAtural Resources” (ARENA) group, which is the result of the joint efforts of two previous groups of the Soil and Water Department: Irrigation, Agronomy and Environment (RAMA) and[…]