ERIAFF Conference 2014 Seinäjoki, Finland Esteban Baeza IFAPA, Andalusian Institute of Agrian and Fishing Research and Training

1. Andalusian Institute of
Agrarian and Fishing
Research and Training

2. Andalusian Agriculture
- Total Area: 87.599 sq Km (17% Total Spain)
- Population Density (96 inhab/sq Km) similar
to the Spanish, and lower than the EU-27
(114).
- Agricultural Area: 5,5 Mio Has.(63% Total)
- Grown Area: 3,2 Mio Ha (olives 48%, 1,5 Mio
Ha)
- Total Agricultural Workforce: 330.000 (8,2%
of total) (50% unemployed 3rd Q 2012)
- Agricultural Production Value in 2012: €
10.000 Mio
- Main productions (vegetables, fruits, olive
oil, cereals, pork, milk)

3. IFAPA is the Andalusian Institute of Agrarian and
Fishing Research and Training.
It is assigned to the Andalusian Regional Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the
Junta de Andalucía (Regional Government).
The Institute aims to contribute to the modernization
of agriculture, fisheries and Agrofood sectors.
What is the IFAPA?
Aims

4. IFAPA CENTRES
18 Centres
> 1,000 ha
Annual budget:
65 million €
Staff: 971
Resources

5. More than 100 research projects are being
conducted at present. These projects are
financed by regional, national or international
tenders, capturing 3.4 million €. (120 ISI
scientific articles/year)
We also design research programmes with the
participation of all related agents and
stakeholders.
Main activities
1. Research

6. The IFAPA organises, manages and offers a
vast Training Programme, which is oriented to
researchers, technicians and professionals in
the fields of farming, foodstuff, and fishing.
Around 20,000 students take part in training
activities annually (800-1,000 institutional and
specialized courses a year).
Main Activities
2. Training

7. Advisory Service: This consists of a technology-transfer
service for innovation in the primary sector. This is a tool
based on the use of ICT that makes IFAPA agricultural
and fishery knowledge available to the user.
Remote training: IFAPA courses taught over the internet
(pesticides, irrigation, fishing…).
Accords with the sector companies. 70 technology-
transfer projects funded through contracts with
companies and institutions, with an investment of 1.4
million €.
Conferences and workshops.
Technical cooperation, including inter-regional and
trans-national cooperation activities.
Main Activities
3. Innovation, Technology Transfer and Advising

8. These are technological packages that
involve training, experimentation,
technology demonstration,
communication, and advice for solving
specific problems of the productive
sectors.
They produce contents and services
for our Knowledge Management
Platform, as well as training
materials over the Internet.
10 transfer projects (TransForma Projects)
with an investment of € 1.2 Mio [ERDF and
ESF].
How does IFAPA contribute to innovation?
‘Transforma’ projects

9. Agrarian Production.
Crop Protection.
Crop Biotechnology and Breeding.
Agrarian Economy and Sociology.
Marine Cultures and Fishing Resources.
Organic Farming and Natural Resources.
Post-harvest Technology and Food-Processing
Industries.
Thematic Areas
Introduction

10. It collects initiatives for sustainable and technical
improvement of all agrarian production.
It adds new technologies to agrarian sector.
It coordinates experimentation and technology
transfer activities in agricultural and livestock
sectors.
It coordinates the Andalusian Network for Agrarian
Experimentation, which is a 30-years experimental
network with activities for different cultures.
Thematic Areas
Agrarian Production

11. Thematic Areas
Crop Biotechnology and Breeding
Development of new varieties by means of
traditional methods:
- selection
- crossing
- mutagenesis
New improvement methods: BIOTECHNOLOGY.
Development of genetic-engineering tools.

12. Food quality and food safety.
Health and nutrition.
Design, optimization, automation and process
control in agricultural and food industry.
Preservation and packaging technologies in
agricultural and food industry.
Environmental impact reduction in agricultural and
food industries.
Thematic Areas
Post-harvest Technology and Food-Processing Industries

13. Development of the scientific bases for the
application of ecological production principles
to the Andalusian agrosystems.
Impact of the agrarian activities on the
environment:
 Soil and water conservation.
 Adaptation and mitigation of climate change.
 Biodiversity conservation in agrosystems.
 Mountain agriculture and livestock.
 Traditional irrigation systems.
 Soil-use changes, ecosystem services, forest
management, …
Thematic Areas
Organic Farming and Natural Resources

14. to find remediation for Andalusian crop
losses caused by different phytoparasites:
Viruses
Fungi
Bacteria
Pests insects
Phytopathogen
Nematodes
Wild plants
Thematic Areas
Crop Protection

15. Productive efficiency and multifunctional role of
agrarian systems.
Rural development.
Commercial structures, supply and demand;
agrarian and food consumption.
Economy of natural resources.
Innovation and technological challenges.
Thematic Areas
Agrarian Economy and Sociology

16. Assisted-reproduction techniques and laying
induction in fish.
Genetic characterization of breeding individuals.
Development of reforestation techniques.
Studies on marine ecosystems.
Pathology of cultivated species.
Biotechnological applications of microalgae cultures.
Marine ecosystems research.
Improvement of fish culturing technology and pioneer
plant settlement.
Thematic Areas
Marine Cultures and Fishing Resources

17. Physiology and Greenhouse Technology
Unit/AGR 112
Estebanj.baeza@juntadeandalucia.es
Physilogy and greenhouse technology
Agricultural and Fishery Research and Training Institute
IFAPA, Junta de Andalucía
www.ifapa.es

18. IFAPA CENTRO LA MOJONERA
ALMERIA, SPAIN

19. MAIN ACTIVITIES
•Design and evalutation of greenhouse structures and covering
materials.
•Improving the energy efficiency with new greenhouse concepts
•Study of greenhouse crop eco-physiology: Bio-productivity and gas
exchange
•Design and evaluation of equipment, methods and strategies for
climate control and irrigation to improve quantity and quality of the
production
•Evaluation of methods and strategies to improve water and nutrients
use efficiency and decrease the environmental impact
•Modelling and simultion of the climate under protection structures
Estebanj.baeza@juntadeandalucia.es
Physilogy and greenhouse technology
IFAPA, Junta de Andalucía
www.ifapa.es

20. Possible topic KBBE. 2014….
Sustainable greenhouse
production:
Energy efficiency in greenhouse production
Water use efficiency
New greenhouse concepts
Greenhouse CO2 enrichment strategies
……………
Estebanj.baeza@juntadeandalucia.es
Physilogy and greenhouse technology
IFAPA, Junta de Andalucía
www.ifapa.es

21. Capacities of the Physiology and Greenhouse Technolgy unit
HUMAN RESOURCES:
FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT:
- Six Ph doctors in Biology and Agronomy
- Two technicians
- Two Ph students
Estebanj.baeza@juntadeandalucia.es
Physilogy and greenhouse technology
IFAPA, Junta de Andalucía
www.ifapa.es
- Experimental greenhouses, bioproductivity laboratory, growth chambers, sensors, data
logging devices, etc.

22. FINISHED PROJECTS
ONGOING PROJECTS
Nombre Investigador/a
Centro-Área-IFAPA
Correo-e www.ifapa.es
•Proyecto CTA-Fundación Cajamar. INVERSOS:”(Mejora de la eficiencia de la producción hortícola en invernadero en
clima semi-árido”.
•INIA TRA 2010-00043-00-00. “El control climático del invernadero mediterráneo para ampliar el ciclo productivo y
aumentar la calidad y la producción de las variedades hortícolas de alto valor comercial”.
• INIA TRA 00026-C02-02. “Mejora de la eficiencia del enriquecimiento carbónico en condiciones mediterráneas.
Evaluación agronómica y fisiológica de estrategias de mitigación de la aclimatación frente a la elevada concentración de
CO2”.
•CONTROLCROP. Proyecto de excelencia Junta de Andalucía. Control del crecimiento de cultivos bajo invernadero
optimizando criterios de sostenibilidad, económicos y de eficiencia energética.
HORTIMED: Sustainable Water Use in Protected Mediterranean Horticulture. (IV, FP)
WATERGY: A Novel Humid-air-collector System For Combined Water Treatment, Space-cooling And -heating (V,
FP)
EUPHOROS (211457) “Efficient use of inputs in protected horticulture” (VII, FP)
CENIT-MEDIODIA: (Multiplicación de esfuerzos para el Diseño, Optimización y Desarrollo de Invernaderos
Avanzados)

23. Our Added value to the topic
•Relations with multiple Research Organizations
IMIDA, UAL, IRTA, UCO, IVIA, ICIA, TECNALIA, WUR …
•Relations with Research Departments of Companies
EECAJAMAR, REPSOL, ULMA, AGROBIO, TECNOVA, ADESVA, PRIMAFLOR, INTA, S.L.,
HORTIMAX, …
•Relations with research groups of Universities
PAI GROUPS: AGR AGR-112 y AGR-199
Tight relation with growers organizations and auxillary industry
• Etc.
Estebanj.baeza@juntadeandalucia.es
Physilogy and greenhouse technology
IFAPA, Junta de Andalucía
www.ifapa.es

24. Many thanks for your attention
Esteban José Baeza Romero
Centro La Mojonera-Physiology and
Greenhouse Technology Unit-IFAPA
estebanj.baeza@juntadeandalucia.es
www.ifapa.es

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