The MAPA allocates more than 37 million euros to finance 65 new innovative projects of supra-autonomous operational groups in the agri-food and forestry sector

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has announced the funding of 65 new innovative projects in the agri-food and forestry sector, with a total investment of 37.3 million euros. The projects will be developed in several autonomous communities and will be running until May 2027.

Financing for innovative projects

The selected projects will be carried out by operational groups at a supra-regional level, supported by the European Association for Innovation in Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (AEI-Agri or EIP). Following the publication of the resolution on 5 August, a period of 20 working days will open for the operational groups to request advances, which may cover up to 50% of the subsidy awarded.

Diversity of projects and participants

Of the 151 applications received, the most notable projects focus on plant production, livestock farming, the agri-food industry, and to a lesser extent, on the irrigation, forestry and rural development sectors. The three best-rated projects focus on extensive livestock farming and agrovoltaic systems for vines, with the participation of entities from various autonomous communities.

The participating entities include both private organisations and non-profit entities, such as the Wine Technology Platform Association (PTV), the Confederation of Spanish Frisian Associations (CONAFE), and the Galician University Business Foundation (FEUGA). In addition, there are scientific entities from different autonomous communities, such as the Centre for Agri-Food Research and Technology of Aragon (CITA) and the Murcian Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Development (IMIDA).

Future prospects

Given the success of this call, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has announced a new call for 2025, with an allocation of 46.25 million euros, the largest in the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Spain. This increase in funds will allow the financing of innovative projects that did not receive support in the previous call due to lack of resources and that will be able to update their application and submit it again.

It should be noted that the current amendment to the Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposes increasing the allocation for supra-regional cooperation intervention from the initially scheduled 75 million euros to 83.75 million euros for the period 2023-2027.

List of new projects

1. ACCESS
2. AGRIREGENCARBON
3. AGRI-ROVENAT
4. AGROFACTORY
5. AGROTECHVOLTAIC
6. APP_TRI
7. Ash4Soil
8. ATHENA
9. BIANEXIA
10. BIO4TRACE
11. BIODIF
12. BIOLIVA
13. BIOVESP
14. BIVALVES
15. BLOOD4GOODS
16. CARBOGAN
17. CLIMALACT
18. CLIMSOSTRIGO
19. CONIFERATIVES
20. CONTROL
21. DEMOEXTRACT
22. DIGIT4PORK
23. DRONSAFE
24. Elocal HUB
25. FOPRODES
26. PHOTOPUR
27. GESVAC4.0
28. HELIXCONTROL
29. HEMPNOVA
30. FIGS
31. HORSEDATA
32. IBERVAL
33. INGNUTS
34. IMMUNOGENE
35. INVADER-ES
36. LINOMAR
37. LIVLAB-IN
38. MAXI-CoverLEG
39. MYCOWINE
40. OLIVE CARBON BALANCE
41. OLIVEBIOME
42. OLIVITECH
43. OP-BIOTECH
44. PECUS
45. PITAMED
46. PLANFORLAB
47. POMODORO
48. PRERIVID
49. PREVINOVIC
50. QDPAM
51. SAT4CARBON
52. SEQUESVAC
53. SIMBAV
54. SIMBIOLIVA
55. SMARTFARMRANI
56. SOLARWINE
57. STRAWMAT
58. TECHNO BARRICS
59. TECNOTRUF
60. UBAVIDA
61. ROOTS VINEYARD
62. VOLTAGRO
63. WE CANN
64. WELFARECUN
65. YESWECAST

FINAL RESOLUTION