Cousin Project

Elisa Pizarro Carbonell of Aprisco participated in the roundtable discussion on the topic “Biodiversity Management in Agroecosystems: Keys to Climate Resilience” as part of the Conference on Agroecology organized by the SEAE in Pamplona from April 22 to 25. Elisa Pizarro’s presentation, delivered alongside Christian Schöb and titled “BiodivRURAL: A Thousand and One Ways to […]

As part of the 4th edition of Inventar a Alimentação do Futuro (“Inventing the Food of the Future”), promoted by the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, several student groups took part in an activity designed to encourage reflection on the links between food, health, sustainability and innovation. Among the different possible categories, some groups chose to […]

On the 26th, the Cousin’s partner Aprisco will be holding an event on Crop Wild Relatives in collaboration with the art space ‘Casa Liverata’ in Villanueva de la Vera. The event will bring together artists and the general public (including families with children) to discuss what CWRs are, the importance of their conservation and sustainable […]

On March 25th, the scientific journal  Agriculture published an article written by Manuel Alejandro Jiménez-Vaquero, María José Cobos, Carmen María Ruiz-Pastor, and Diego Rubiales entitled “Development of Advanced Pea Breeding Lines with Improved Resistance to Ascochyta Blight” Abstract Ascochyta blight remains a major constraint for field pea (Pisum sativum L.) productionand a p…

Environmental pressures and limited natural resources are forcing agriculture to produce higher yields while using less water and fertilizer. Although lettuce has been extensively bred for taste, texture, and yield, this process has left it vulnerable to nutrient deficiencies. Developing lettuce varieties that require fewer inputs therefore demand crops with greater genetic resilience. However, t…

The two educational gardens at San Martín Primary School, where crops, one containing cereals (wheat, oats and barley), pulses (lupin, peas and broad beans) and lettuce, and the other containing brassicas (rapeseed, cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco and cabbages) are being compared with their wild relatives, continue to develop. As expected, the wild relatives have not germinated […]

A program dedicated to meadows conservation and the wild relatives of fodder plants is running and gather more than 1300 surfaces in the whole country. Farmers are actively supported to conserve these surfaces. A survey to evaluate the farmer’s motivation to participate has been performed. These elements will help drafting more and better adapted in […]

On February 25, 2025, the COUSIN project was presented by the University of Catania (UNICT) during a study day dedicated to the management and use of plant and microbial germplasm collections, hosted by the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence. The conference highlighted the crucial role of plant and microbial genetic resource collections as essential infrastructures […]

Cuaderno de campo is an educational field notebook created by Aprisco to directly connect agroecology research in northern Extremadura with local educational community.  The notebook emerges from a collaboration between Aprisco and the San Martín preschool and primary school (Garganta la Olla), a rural benchmark for educational innovation, within the BiodivRURAL living lab. In 2023, […]

On February 25, Florence will host a study day entitled “Management and use of plant germplasm and microbial collections for the protection and economic enhancement of agrobiodiversity”. Organized by the Southeast and Southwest sections of the Accademia dei Georgofili, the event is dedicated to collections of plant and microbial genetic resources, with the aim of […]