Presentacion1 INIA espania EN ALCUE

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INIA Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology

INIA: 

INIA INIA is a public research organization belonging to the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science. INIA research and development activities focus on agriculture, food, forestry and environmental matters

Function: 

Function Research, technological development and innovation in agriculture, food, forestry and environmental matters Management of national programs on food and agricultural research

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Office for Technology Transfer Deputy Director for Research and Technology International Programmes Deputy Director for Programmes Coordination and Foresight General Secretary Organization

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INIA AS MANAGER OF NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES COOPERATIVE SYSTEM INIA-CCAA Coordination Commission for Agricultural Research 17 General Directions for Agricultural Research from the CCAA COOPERATIVE SYSTEM INIA-CCAA INIA

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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY National Sub-programme on Agricultural Research and Technology in coordination with the Spanish regional governments. National Sub-programme for the conservation of agriculture and food genetic resources. Sanitary interaction between wild fauna and livestock. Agro-forestry drains of gases with greenhouse effect. Two mobilising actions Two Sub- programmes

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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY Competence centre on food safety (CECOC-SA) Competence centre on fish and aquaculture manufactured products (CECOC-PA) Competence centre for forestry management and products. (CECIC-GPF) Competence centre on dairy products (CECOC-PTL) Competence centre on fruit and vegetable post-harvest technology. (CECOC-TPFH) Greenhouse network for transgenic plants use. COMPETENCE CENTRES FACILITIES Human resources Support to private sector competitiveness International cooperation Thematic networks Promotion of scientific and technological culture Centres and facilities of medium and big size Horizontal actions

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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY Call for R+D projects Acquisition and installation of scientific and technological equipment. Pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and technologist scholarships. Complementary actions. Technical staff for technology transfer. Technological innovation projects and Interface units Mobilizing action projects on Sanitary interaction between wild fauna and livestock. Mobilizing action projects on Agro-forestry drains of gases with greenhouse effect. Sub-programme on Agricultural Research and Technology in coordination with the Spanish regional governments Sub-programme for the conservation of agriculture and food genetic resources Call of Sub-programme projects. Funding permanent activities. Complementary actions. Calls:

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DEPARTMENTS CENTRES GENERAL SUBDIRECTION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Informatics service CISA Animal Health Research Centre CRF Plant Genetic Resources Centre CIFOR Forestry Research Centre Statistics service INIA AS A R&D ORGANIZATION

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Epidemiology and control of plant fungal pathogens. Interaction plant-virus, diagnostic methods for viruses, viroids and phytoplasms. Herbicide resistance; resistant weeds, tolerant crops, environmental effects of herbicides and their degradation products. Integrated pest control. DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PROTECTION Analyses and control of crop pathogens and pests through research activities on Weed Research, Entomology, Nematology, Fungal Pathogens and Plant Virology. Phytosanitary Products. Year: 2004 Personnel: 52 Funding: 860.000 € Research lines

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DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL BREEDING Research activities on different aspects of genetic improvement of domestic animal species as well as the conservation of zoogenetic resources. Year 2004 Personnel: 44 Funding: 640.000 € Design and development of animal breeding programmes. Development of programmes for the conservation of genetic resources (Iberian pigs and poultry landraces). Genetic improvement of quality traits in meat, milk and eggs. Genetic improvement of production traits: pathogen resistance. functional longevity and milking aptitude (milk cows and sheeps), and stress resistance (poultry) Genetic markers for breed genetic identification and traceability of meat transformed products Identification of genes of economic interest Research lines

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DEPARTMENT OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY Research activities on different aspects related to the quality of dairy, meat and vegetable food products as well as on microbiological food safety Year 2004 Personnel: 35 Funding: 310.000 € Organoleptic quality and directed maturation of Spanish cheese through enzymatic and microbiological processes. Processing and nutritional quality in Vegetable products. Composition and quality in lamb meat. Food microbiological safety using biological systems. Research lines

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Reproductive physiology. Seminal quality and optimisation of embryo production. In vitro embryo production and selection of embryo genotype. Conservation of zoogenetic resources, Molecular markers of reproductive interest. Production of transgenic animals. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION Research activities are focused on animal reproduction from a cellular and molecular perspective. It includes research on fertility, control of the reproductive cycle, embryo development, as well as the use of reproductive techniques in the conservation of zoogenetic resources. Year 2004 Personnel: 40 Funding: 520.000 € Research lines

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Analyses of environmental impacts. Biomonitoring and contaminant identification and quantitation. Nutrient flux balance in land systems. Effects of contamination on the ecosystems. Sustainable management of agricultural, urban and industrial residues and recovery of contaminated soils. Rural development and environment. Environmental indicators. Reduction of environmental impacts in agricultural and farm exploitations. Ecological agriculture. Aromatic and medicinal plants and alternative crops. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH Research activities in this Departments are focused on Sustainable Agriculture, Ecotoxicology, as well as the ecosystems and its interactions with rural development. Year 2004 Personnel: 76 Funding: 1.520.000 € Research lines

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Development of recombinant vaccines and immune response enhancers and characterization of pig immune response. Detection of animal viruses in the environment and diagnosis and identification of plant viruses. Development and use of plants or animals as biofactories. Genetic and molecular characterization of plant reproductive development and responses to extreme environmental conditions. Genomics and proteomics in plant and animal species as well as in the interaction between viruses and host cells. DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY Develops its research activities in topics related to the use of biotechnological strategies in the improvement of plant and animal production. It is also involved in the development of new biological products of low cost and high safety. Year 2004 Personnel: 79 Funding: 1.240.000 € Research lines

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ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE CISA Develops its activities in prevention, detection and control of infectious diseases in animal health. Year 2004 Personnel: 83 Funding: 1.750.000 € Research on infectious and exotic animal diseases of economical interest. New diagnostic methods. New vaccines. Pathological and immunohistochemical analyses. Detection of environmental agents with impact on animal populations and animal productive systems. Large Spanish Scientific Infrastructure (1995) and European (2001). International Reference Centre for FAO in biosecurity matters. World Reference Centre for the International Epizooties Office (OIE). Reference Centre for the EU, Reference National Centre for the OIE list A diseases. Research lines

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FORESTRY RESEARCH CENTRE CIFOR CIFOR carries out forestry research in the framework of the Spanish Forestry Strategy, the forestry industry as well as national and European organizations. Year 2004 Personnel: 121 Funding: 1.210.000 € Ecological characterization and sustainable and multiuse production in the forest system. Characterization of genetic diversity of the forest systems. Conservation of the forest systems. Protection against fire. Characterization and improvement of products of forest origin (wood, cork, resin). Design and optimisation of cellulose paste production. Food and safety in forestry derived products: Interactions wood-wine; cork-wine and paper-food. Research lines

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PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CENTRE CRF The main goal of CRF is to prevent the loss of genetic diversity in species, cultivars, autochthonous ecotypes and landraces that are not any more used and that can have a genetic potential for future agriculture and food production. Year 2004 Personnel: 33 Funding: 170.000 € Conservation of Spanish seed collections (base collection). Prospection and collection of endangered local. Documentation and Catalogue of Spanish Plant Genetic Resource Network. Conservation and evaluation of active cereal and legume collections. Research lines

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INIA competences in international affairs To represent the Ministry of Science and Technology in the international scientific and technological organizations. To promote international cooperation. To establish agreements with public and private international organizations. To coordinate and cooperate with European research programmes and with other international research programmes.

International Programmes: 

International Programmes Multilateral Bilateral European Union International courses INIAs Iberoamerica System

CGIAR Centres: 

CGIAR Centres

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Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union 2002-2006 General objectives of the European Community in the field of research and technological development To strengthen the scientific and technological bases of Community industry. To encourage the development of its international competitiveness. To promote all research activities deemed necessary by virtue of other community policies. To contribute to the creation of the European Research Area.

Cooperation activities with the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (AECI): 

Cooperation activities with the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (AECI) International courses in Spain Training courses in Latin-American

Training courses in Latin-America: 

Training courses in Latin-America Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BOLIVIA) Cartagena de Indias (COLOMBIA) Antigua (GUATEMALA)

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International courses in Spain 2005 XI Conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources for agriculture and food IV Technology of meet products IV Viticulture and oenology XIV Exotic animal diseases XV Agriculture and food economics XV Animal breeding XV Detection and identification of virus, viroids and phytoplasms XXVIII Animal reproduction

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Training courses in Latin-America 2005 6th Framework Programme of the European Union. Technology of meet products. Genomic and breeding of plant species and associated micro-organisms. Cartagena de Indias (COLOMBIA) Technology of dairy products Sustainable farms Challenges of rural areas in the globalization process. Preparation of research projects and technology transfer in the framework of FONTAGRO. Technology for the production of paper-pulp. Conservation of forestry genetic resources. Antigua (GUATEMALA) Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BOLIVIA)

INIAs Iberoamerica System: 

1st Meeting of “INIAs Iberoamerica System” (Madrid, 12-13 of june 2002) 2nd Meeting of “INIAs Iberoamerica System” (Lima, 4-7 of march 2003) 3rd Meeting of “INIAs Iberoamerica System”(Barcelona 7-10 of march 2004) 4th Meeting of “INIAs Iberoamerica System” (Brasil, May 2005) INIAs Iberoamerica System

INIAs Iberoamerica System Joint programme of activities: 

INIAs Iberoamerica System Joint programme of activities