A Decade of Innovative Operational Group Projects: Success Stories
Description
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food is organizing the event "A Decade of Innovative Projects from Operational Groups: Success Stories" to highlight the remarkable results of innovative projects in the agri-food, forestry, and rural sectors of the supra-regional Operational Groups of the AEI-AGRI . These projects, co-financed by the EAFRD under the Rural Development pillar of the CAP, are success stories that drive the transformation of the sector.
Event program:
12:00 p.m. | Institutional welcome
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
12:20 PM | Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector: Success Stories
Presentation of supra-regional operational groups that have driven innovation in the sector:
- RETA – Network of Agricultural Test Spaces.
Presented by Albert Puigvert i Tuneu and Laura Megías Garriga of the Association of Rural Initiatives of Catalonia (ARCA) . - SMARTOM – Comprehensive management platform for tomato cultivation.
Presented by Jesús Gil Soto of the Business Association of Research of the National Agro-Food Technology Center of Extremadura (CTAEX) . - SUBALMA – Improving the productivity and sustainability of subterranean drip irrigation systems using nanobubbles and olive mill waste as fertilizer.
Presented by Beatriz Masdemont Hernández of Sistema Azud, SA (AZUD) . - REBO2VINO – Circular economy in the wine sector: reusing glass bottles.
Presented by Trinidad Márquez García of the Spanish Wine Federation (FEV) . - CARBOGAN – Digitalization of extensive grazing management as a carbon sequestration strategy.
Presented by Javier Alejandre of the Union of Small Farmers (UPA) .
1:30 p.m. | Perspectives and future of agrifood innovation
Isabel Bombal Díaz
Director General of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training (DGDRIFA).
- Key insights into the evolution of innovation support, the multi-stakeholder approach, and the creation of a collaborative ecosystem in the agri-food sector.
- New 2025 call for proposals: €46.25 million to finance innovative supra-regional projects.
1:50 PM | Closing of the event
2:00 PM | Networking and closing session ( Nouvel Lobby )
Access the dossier of innovative PNDR projects
Access the list of PNDR and PEPAC innovation projects
Prior registration required