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
- The RAMA Group publishes a video on “Possibilities and benefits of remote sensing in crop management”
This video, prepared by RAMA researchers, is part of the outreach materials for the BIODIVERSA project, an initiative within the Agroalnext program that aims to promote more sustainable agricultural practices through the use of innovative technologies. One of the project’s actions is to contribute to the search for efficient agricultural[…] - The RAMA group kicks off a LIFE citizen science project on nitrate pollution and governance: NITRAZENS
the LIFE-NITRAZENS project “Supporting Nitrate Governance through Citizen-Engaging” kicked off in September 2025, with the collaboration of RAMA group researchers María Ángeles Lorenzo and Farida Dechmi, as well as research technician María Balcells. The main objective of this project is to mitigate nitrate pollution, one of the biggest water pollution[…] - The Almudévar Water Users Association Celebrates Its Centenary
On September 25, 2025, the Almudévar Water Users Association (WUA) celebrated its centenary. This is the oldest WUA in the Riegos del Alto Aragón Irrigation System. The Almudévar WUA is one year older than the Ebro River Basin Organization, which will celebrate its centenary in 2026. The centenary celebration was[…] - Strong presence of the RAMA Group in the 7th International EUROSOIL Congress and the 10th Iberian Congress of Soil Science
Ten researchers from the RAMA group traveled to Seville to participate in the 7th International EUROSOIL Congress and the 10th Iberian Congress of Soil Science held in Seville from September 8 to 12, 2025. The event brought together several hundred researchers from around the world to present recent work related[…] - Javier Fernández-Pato, new ARAID researcher at EEAD-CSIC
Javier Fernández Pato, a member of the RAMA group at EEAD-CSIC, has been awarded one of the nine prestigious ARAID Foundation contracts for 2025. He will begin his new contract on September 1st. The Aragonese Agency for Research and Development Foundation (ARAID) is a non-profit institution created in 2005 by[…] - Presentation of the book “The Binéfar Irrigation Station” by Silvia Isábal
On July 25th, the book “The Irrigation Station of Binéfar” by Silvia Isábal Mallén was presented in the Binéfar Town Hall. The book was introduced by Enrique Playán, a member of the RAMA group at the EEAD-CSIC. The event, which was well attended, was organized by Binéfar Town Hall, the[…] - An Automated Measurement System Improves Greenhouse Gas Monitoring in Agricultural Soils
Researchers from the RAMA group, Samuel Franco Luesma (CITA), Jorge Álvaro Fuentes (EEAD-CSIC), and Borja Latorre (EEAD-CSIC), along with María Alonso Ayuso (ITACyL) and Benjamin Wolf (IMK-IFU-KIT), have developed an automated system for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agricultural soils. This work has been recently published in the scientific[…] - The Augmented Reality Sandbox has been updated
The Augmented Reality Sandbox (AR Sandbox) has been updated and renovated to continue at the Museum of Natural Sciences of the University of Zaragoza (Paraninfo building, Plaza Basilio Paraíso), where the activity begins a new phase from Friday, July 11, 2025. This interactive educational activity debuted in 2016 during the[…] - 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[…]