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What’s coming up at EIP-AGRI? Full list of activities and open calls

We present the activities planned for this first semester of 2026 within the field of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange | EIP-AGRI of the EU CAP Network.
For the events that are already closed, we invite you to visit the website where the final reports will be published. For the events with applications open, we encourage all interested people to apply for their participation through the available links.

• EU CAP Network workshop 'Sensing the future: practical applications of proximal and remote sensing for farmers and advisors', Valencia (Spain), 27 and 28 January, 2026.
• EU CAP Network workshop ‘Networking for innovation and knowledge exchange’, Jurmala (Latvia), 11 and 12 February, 2026.
• EU CAP Network brokerage event 'Innovating for competitive, resilient and sustainable agriculture and rural areas', Warsaw (Poland),  25 and 26 February, 2026.
• EU CAP Network seminar 'Innovative tools for advisors', Dublin (Ireland), 19 and 20 March, 2026.
• EU CAP Network workshop ‘Growing alternative crops for new market opportunities in a changing climate’, Vienna (Austria), 22 and 23 April, 2026. If you are interested in attending, apply here before January 29.
• EU CAP Network conference ‘Water resilience in agriculture: innovation in practice’, Hamburg (Germany), from 19 to 21 May, 2026. If you are interested in attending, apply here before February 9.

The network also has the following ongoing Focus Groups:

• Focus Group 'Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain'
• Focus Group 'Forestry and forest health - new and emerging pests and diseases'
• Focus Group 'Innovative on-farm energy production systems'

EIP-AGRI activities are carried out by a partnership of different organizations from 15 European countries. The USC (University of Santiago de Compostela), through LaboraTe, participates in this European consortium and leads the organization of several of the planned events. 

With the aim of advancing in the preparation of the annual programme, the EIP-AGRI team visited Galicia between 13 and 17 October 2025, holding several work meetings in Santiago de Compostela and Lugo. During their stay, they were also able to learn about the Galician AKIS system, and the research lines carried out at the Mabegondo Agricultural Research Center, and receive information about the activities of Campus Terra in Lugo. Participants also visited two Operational Groups in Cervantes (OG GAyAS) and in Ribeira de Piquín (OG Forescelta), where they were able to see firsthand other activities being developed in those municipalities.

Finally, the EIP-AGRI team also attended the presentation of the Rafael Crecente Awards, which took place at the Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering in the Campus Terra in Lugo on 16 October 2025, marking its VIII edition this year.