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Students from IES Sol de Portocarrero – La Laboral and EFA Campomar take part in training sessions on innovation and natural fumigants Friday, 21 November 2025. Almería. The European project LIFE NextFUMIGREEN has held two educational workshops at the Tecnova Technology Centre aimed at bringing agricultural innovation closer to vocational students specialising in the agricultural…

Brussels, 12 November 2025. During Expo Agritech 2025, held from 28 to 30 October at FYCMA (Málaga), the European project LIFE NextFUMIGREEN showcased its most recent developments in sustainable pest control at Fundación Tecnova’s ACENTA stand. The session, “LIFE NextFUMIGREEN: Development of natural fumigants for greenhouse pests,” reflected the project’s commitment to promoting environmentally responsible…

Brussels, 16 October 2025.  Since 1979, World Food Day, promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has reminded us of the urgent need to ensure that everyone has access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. This annual event, held every 16 October, is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

The new 2025 Eurobarometer by EFSA confirms that pesticide residues are the main concern among European consumers Monday, 6 October 2025. The recent 2025 Eurobarometer on Food Safety in the European Union, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), reveals that 39% of Europeans consider pesticide residues in food their greatest food safety concern,…

The European project takes part in Greencities 2025 to promote sustainable farming and expand its global reach Málaga, 3 October 2025. The European project LIFE NextFUMIGREEN took part in Greencities 2025, a leading sustainability and innovation forum held in Málaga. At the stand of Fundación Finnova, a consortium partner, the project presented its progress in…

The European project advances its internationalisation and analyses the integration of natural biopesticides in the North African market Brussels, 29 September 2025. On Friday 26 September, representatives of the LIFE NextFUMIGREEN project carried out a mission in Morocco to present the progress of the natural biopesticide developed within this European initiative. The delegation was led…

The European project is already carrying out field trials, developing conservation protocols and training farmers to replace chemical pesticides with plant-based biopesticides Brussels, 16 September 2025. The European project LIFE NextFUMIGREEN, co-funded at 60% by the LIFE programme of the European Union, continues to make progress towards its 10 specific objectives, defined in 2022, to…

The EU project, with a budget of €2.7 million co-financed by the LIFE Programme, develops natural fumigants from plant extracts to advance agricultural sustainability Brussels, 12th  September 2025. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety has confirmed that biological plant protection products containing micro-organisms “may be as effective as chemicals when used correctly…

The LIFE NextFUMIGREEN project is developing natural fumigants from plant extracts to reduce the use of chemical pesticides in greenhouse-grown tomatoes and peppers Brussels, September 2nd, 2025. Smoke may become one of the keys to more sustainable agriculture. With this innovative approach, the European project LIFE NextFUMIGREEN is working on the development of natural fumigants…

The changes in CAP subsidies and rules foster innovation, sustainability, and the development of new solutions such as LIFE NextFUMIGREEN Brussels, 26 August 2025. The European Commission has approved major changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan 2023–2027 to better adapt it to the needs of Spanish agriculture. These modifications, proposed by the…