INIA National Institute for Agriculture and Food

Research and Technology

INIA

INIA is an autonomous Public Research

Organisation and programme owner, belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Its objectives are the programming, the coordination and the assignment of resources to scientific and technological activities, their monitoring and evaluation and the undertaking of research and technological development functions, including the technological transfer in Agriculture and Food sectors.

The INIA distributes its activity between three major areas:

- As a public research organization.

- As the sectoral coordinator of food and

agricultural research with the autonomous regions.

- As a manager body for international cooperation

in matters of agricultural science and technology

INIA AS OWNER OF NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

COOPERATIVE SYSTEM INIA-AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES

                                               

           

17 General Directorates for Agricultural Research

from the Autonomous Communities

COOPERATIVE SYSTEM INIA- AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES

INIA

 

 

   

2004 2005 2006 2007

Agricultural Resources and Technologies Progamme

27.822.959

27.567.018

25.945.795

28.678.308

Conservation of Genetic Resources of Agro-Food Interest

1.526.975  1.758.499  2.577.492 2.722.160

Interaction between Wild Fauna and Extensive Livestock programme

     

761.389

Agroforest Carbon Sinks of Greenhouse Effect programme

779.889

Food National programme 3.411.992 1.927.705 1399.185

Apicultura 379.841 70.409 8.866 8.346

Olive oil quality production 96.810 53.277

Project complementary actions 113.250 121.350 165.170 220.000

INIA Strategic Plan 58.861 1.029.435 1.122.828 944.136

Specific plan for the region of Teruel.

1.691.816

Other research activities 2.861.359 1.633.416 3.070.974 5.288.922

TOTAL

     

35.892.205

34.090.700

34.281.444

41.094.964

PROGRAMME BUDGET 2004 - 2007

DEPARTMENTSDEPARTMENTS

CENTRESCENTRESCISA

Animal Health Research Centre

(Madrid)

CRFPlant Genetic Resources

Centre(Madrid)

CIFORForestry Research Centre

(Madrid)

Plant Protection

Food Technology

Animal Breeding

Animal Reproducti

on

Environmental Research

Biotechnology

INIA AS A R&D ORGANIZATION

Organic Farming R+D Centre

(Cáceres)

Iberian Pig R+D Centre(Badajoz)

Food Quality Research Centre(Soria)

Biotechnology and Genomics Plant Research

(Madrid)

Centre Agroenergetic Crops

(Teruel)

PN I+D+IEUINIAContracts

Funding (2007):

20.32%

18.13%16.06%

45.5%

Research personnel (2007)

Researchers 277

TOTAL Research Personnel 905

INIA AS A R&D ORGANIZATION

INIA competences in international relations

• 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.