Courses and Seminars 2024

OA – Organised Activity IC – Invited Communication Specialised course in organic production of aromatic and medicinal plants. GlobalPAM, Online, January-February 2024 APAEMA courses. Online. Course Production of medicinal and aromatic plants. EA Solsonès, May-June 2024 Field day. Visit to the CTFC medicinal and aromatic plants demonstration field. Solsona, June 28, 2024 (OA) Festival of … Read more

Courses and seminars 2023

OA – Organised Activity IL– Invited Communication PATT Technical Conference. Mountain Economies: Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Mushrooms, Truffles and Other Bioproducts (BIOMARKETS PROJECT) (AO) Applied Ethnobotany Course: Comprehensive use of the territory’s vegetation. EA Tàrrega, March-May 2023. Course on cultivation and wild collection of medicinal and aromatic plants. EA Manresa, April-June 2023 Technical … Read more

Boosting the entrepreneurial ecosystem around aromatic and medicinal plants in the province of Huesca

Technical assistance for characterizing the entrepreneurial ecosystem of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) and feasibility studies – 2024 Based on the characterization of entrepreneurs interested in PAM production carried out between 2022 and 2023, the CTFC MAPs group conducted a survey to characterize those interested in aspects of experience, knowledge, available resources, characteristics of the … Read more

Courses and seminars 2022

OA – Organised activity IC – Invited communication Online cours – Cultivo ecológico de plantas aromáticas y medicinales. ITAGRA. 28th February to 18th March 2022 Teachers: Roser Cristóbal and Eva Moré. Contents: Introduction to the cultivation of MAPs. Legal aspects of organic production and processing. Sale of organic products. Plot selection, soil preparation and planting. … Read more

Courses and seminars 2021

Training of the INTERREG POCTEFA FoRuO project, June 15 to October 15: Course on production and transformation of medicinal and aromatic plants. Course of production and transformation of berries. More information Online course “Organic production of medicinal and aromatic plants”. Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecológica (SEAE). Preparation of materials and tutorials for: T6. Wild collection, … Read more

Catalog on plant material of aromatic-medicinal species with industrial value

Online catalog of commercial varieties of aromatic and medicinal plants (http://varietats-pam.ctfc.es/). The Group of medicinal and aromatic plants of the Forest Science and Technology  Center of Catalonia (CTFC) has created a directory that includes mainly oriented varieties to the industrial (not ornamental) production of 196 MAP species, which come from nine commercial seed houses and … Read more

Focus Group EIP-AGRI on diversification opportunities of medicinal plants

The European Agricultural Innovation Association (EIP-AGRI) works to promote competitive and sustainable agriculture and forestry in order to “achieve more and better with less”. EIP-AGRI Focus groups are temporary groups of selected experts who share a specific topic, share knowledge and experience. Each group explores practical and innovative solutions to problems or opportunities in the … Read more

Courses and seminars 2020

LEGEND: OA organized activity IC invited communication OC oral communication Demonstration of dry herb processing equipment. PATT online technical conference. June 8, 2020. (video). OA Demonstration of harvesters for small productions of aromatic and medicinal plants (PACK TTI Eazycut). PATT online technical conference. June 29, 2020. (video). OA Demonstration of harvesters for small productions of aromatic … Read more

Directory of medicinal and aromatic plants producers in Catalonia

The first directory of producers of medicinal and aromatic plants in Catalonia has been created in 2020. According to the Catalan Forestry Observatory, a total of 454 ha of medicinal and aromatic plants were cultivated in 2019, mainly of parsley as a fresh herb and of various herbaceous aromatic species, basically destined for obtaining dry herb. … Read more

New database of medicinal and aromatic plants’ machinery

The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Group of the CTFC Bioeconomics and Governance Program has developed a database of suppliers of machinery and equipment, with detailed information on the models most suitable for the processing of PAMs. The database can be consulted through the Catalan Forest Observatory (OFC) and can be accessed through: http://www.observatoriforestal.cat/maquinaria-pam/. The space … Read more