Agricultural Insurance
The Spanish Combined Agricultural Insurance System is considered an international benchmark in agricultural insurance due to its public-private model, the breadth of its coverage, and the development achieved.
With a history spanning nearly 50 years, Law 87/1978 of Combined Agricultural Insurance has proven to be a cornerstone for effective risk management in Agriculture. This system demands significant efforts in research, development, data analysis, and the design of an institutional framework with collaboration from public and private sectors, professional agricultural organizations, and agri-food cooperatives. At CEIGRAM, we are dedicated to tackling these challenges by advancing knowledge in risk management tools for agriculture, livestock, and the environment.
It is also dedicated to dissemination, knowledge transfer, and training in the fields of its research. Aligned with its mission, research areas, and the expertise of its team, CEIGRAM is integrated into the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas at UPM.
Training in Agricultural Insurance
The CEIGRAM, in collaboration with AGROSEGURO, is driving a training and outreach program focused on Agricultural Insurance and the management of agricultural and environmental risks. These initiatives are designed to introduce technicians and other interested parties to the latest scientific, technological, and digital innovations applied to agriculture, with a special focus on risk assessment in the insurance sector.
Since 2024, Agroseguro and CEIGRAM have been linked through a Aula-Empresa Agreement, created to advance this educational commitment by organizing specialized seminars whose content and registration process will be updated periodically. In this section, courses and workshops will be displayed as soon as the relevant information becomes available.
Curso 7: Taller de Tasación de Olivar 2024
Curso 6. Iniciación en Tasación de Herbáceos 2024
Curso 5. Jornada de Iniciación a la Tasación de Viña 2024
Curso 4. Seminario de Frutales 2024
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CEIGRAM's Grant Program
CEIGRAM offers a grant program for the completion of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses and on risk management and agricultural, lifestock or environmental insurance.
Diseño de un índice de sequía combinado para la creación de un sistema de alarma temprana en pastizales. Caso de estudio en la Sierra de Guadarrama
Evaluación de la termografía como técnica alternativa para la estimación de estrés hídrico en viñedo
Valoración del daño causado por los incendios en las especies forestales, de cara a su utilización en sistemas de seguros
Las causas de los incendios forestales en España 2001-2010: Evolución territorial a través del análisis de diversos indicadores de prevención y extinción
Detección precoz de mortalidad en producciones avícolas empleando termografía de alta resolución alta resolución
Análisis de la vulnerabilidad del paisaje a los incendios forestales en la interfase agro-forestal: cambios socio-económicos que pueden generar conflictos que desemboquen en el inicio intencionado de incendios evaluado a través del marco SISPARES
Projects
View allAgroclimatic risk assessment and design ing insurance in tomato cultivation in Malta
InternationalODS12, ODS13AULA UNIVERSIDAD EMPRESA “SEGUROS AGRARIOS”
With companiesPrograma de divulgación del Seguro Agrario y de gestión de riesgos agrarios y medioambientales y actividades de formación que permitan poner al alcance de técnicos que prestan servicios profesionales para la sociedad en general, y particularmente, al Sistema Nacional de Seguros Agrarios, las últimas novedades e innovaciones profesionales tanto científicas como tecnológicas y digitales en materia agronómica, sus aplicaciones en las problemáticas de la agricultura actual, así como en la valoración de riesgos en el Seguro Agrario, desarrollado por el CEIGRAM
With companiesEstudio sobre Caracterización de las zonas homogéneas de pastoreo relativo al seguro de compensación por pérdida en pastos y análisis estadístico del índice de vegetación (NDVI)
NationalEstudio sobre el Sistema de Seguros Agrarios Combinados en la actualidad. Retos y perspectivas de futuro
NationalRealización de las Actividades de Innovación de la Cooperación Delegada PRISMA de la Unión Europea, ligadas al Objetivo Específico 2, para laOficina Técnica de Cooperación de España en Nigeria
International
Scientific results
See all- Estefania-Salazar, E. & Iglesias, E.(2024)Enhancing spatio-temporal environmental analyses: A machine learning superpixel-based approachPapersJCR
- Reidsma, P., Accatino, F., Appel, F., Gavrilescu, C., Krupin, V., Tasevska, G.M., Meuwissen, M.P.M., Peneva, M., Severini, S., Soriano, B., Urquhart, J., Zawalinska, K., Zinnanti, C. & Paas, W.(2023)Alternative systems and strategies to improve future sustainability and resilience of farming systems across Europe: from adaptation to transformationLand Use Policy, 134, 106881.PapersJCR
- Soriano, B., Garrido, A., Bertolozzi-Caredio, D., Accatino, F., Antonioli, F., Krupin, V., Meuwissen, M., Ollendorf, F., Rommel, J., Spiegel, A., Tudor, M., Urquhart, J., Vigani, M. & Bardají, I.(2023)Actors and their roles for improving resilience of farming systems in EuropeJournal of Rural Studies, 98, 134-146.PapersJCR
- Finger, R., Vroege, W., Spiegel, A., de Mey, Y., Slijper, T., Poortvliet, P.M., Urquhart, J., Vigani, M., Nicholas-Davies, P., Soriano, B., Garrido, A., Severini, S. & Meuwissen, M.(2022)The Importance of Improving and Enlarging the Scope of Risk Management to Enhance Resilience in European AgricultureBooks / Book chaptersJCR
- Lichtenberg, E. & Iglesias, E.(2022)Index insurance and basis risk: A reconsiderationPapersJCR
- Meuwissen, M., Feindt, P., Spiegel, A., Paas, W., Soriano, B., Mathijs, E., Balmann, A., Urguhart, J., Kopainsky, B., Garrido, A. & Reidsme, P.(2022)SURE-farm approach to assess the resilience of European Farming systemsBook chapter in: Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe. Cambridge University Press. 1-18.Books / Book chaptersJCR
News
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3 April 2025NewsFeaturedThe AGUAGRADA project held its second participatory workshop to analyse climate change adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector.
AGUAGRADA organised its second participatory workshop, where the impact of different agricultural practices of adaptation to climate change on water demand, crop yields and different socio-economic aspects of the agricultural...
20 March 2025EventsFeaturedJob Opportunities: The Agricultural Insurance Sector
Spain has a consolidated and constantly evolving agricultural insurance system. To learn more about this field and its job prospects, this session offers a space for training and dialogue between...
- 18 March 2025EventsFeatured
Presentation of the report “Indicadores de Sostenibilidad en el Sector Agroalimentario. Report 2024”
On-site conference to present the publication of the 2nd report that updates all the information published in 2022 in the economic, environmental and social fields. In addition, we will discuss...
6 March 2025Informative articlesFeaturedCEIGRAM’s Newsletter January and February 2025
In this Newsletter we bring together the most recent work of our researchers, published in high-impact journals.
4 March 2025NewsFeaturedRobotics and AI, allies in the agriculture of the future
Andrés Almeida, researcher in the LIFE-ACCLIMATE Project, participated in this event to present the Project, to observe the latest advances in robotics and AI applied to agriculture, in particular to...
- 4 March 2025NewsFeatured
Workshop to share PRISMA results with stakeholders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
From 17 to 19 February, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to disseminate the results of the PRISMA project, an initiative that aims to develop productive, resilient and...
