The project Tecno Rural-W will be women from the countryside in the management of agricultural machinery and the use of the latest technologies

In recent decades have seen how women have been integrated into activities where the man was clear protagonist: the army, police, firefighters, etc. However, it is still very difficult to see a woman driving a tractor, a combine harvester, or other types of agricultural machinery. The Tecno Rural-W project which will give training courses to women and young people has been underway to remedy this deficit.

Gender equality is one of the areas in which Spanish society has made further progress in recent years but much remained to be done, more in primary sectors such as agriculture where the woman has always been placed on a second or third level of any activity. In an attempt to alleviate this shortage the Tecno Rural Woman under the title project has launched ' mechanization and technification Rural sustainable: an opportunity for the integration of women ', which is an initiative of the Spanish Association of agriculture conservation/soil alive (AEAC/SV) and has the support of the Ministry of environment, Rural Environment and marine (MARM) and the European Union through the European agricultural fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

The project TecnoRural-W is nationwide and its main objective is to be a turning point towards a greater presence of women in the new agricultural technologies and as a basis for learning techniques of sustainable agriculture that can serve as creative platform for enterprises and employment in the agricultural sector in depressed areas of Spain. The main tool that will tell this project are face-to-face courses and online (online) for women and youth (also intended to encourage young people to stay and develop their work in the countryside) who wish to delve into the technical and practical knowledge of the management of agricultural machinery and the latest technologies and marketing tools that move in the sector.

This year they will be taught three courses on-site in three very representative of the agricultural Spain locations: in Sariñena (Huesca) from 17 to 21 October; in Montoro (Córdoba), from October 25 to November 3; and in Cuellar (Segovia), from 2 to 9 November.

For more information, consult the page www.agriculturadeconservacion.org.