II GO BIODIF WEBINAR: Biofunctionalization of strategic national crops to improve their competitiveness

II GO BIODIF WEBINAR: Biofunctionalization of strategic national crops to improve their competitiveness

April 22, 2026

He Ggroup EITHERoperational BIODIF: biofunctionalization of national strategic crops to improve their market competitiveness arises in the context of the call Supraautonomous Operational Groups 2023. This project pursues the biofunctionalization with essential micro/macroelements of three strategic national crops used as food matrices (tomato, corn, and olive) for the production of table olives and oil through the application of nanotechnology (nanofertilizers).

In this context, the next April 22, 2026 will be celebrated on II GO BIODIF Webinar: Biofunctionalization of National Strategic Crops to Improve Their Market Competitiveness, which will be dedicated to presenting the progress of the innovative project.

Preliminary program

11:00 a.m. Opening and welcome

• CELLBITEC FOUNDATION. Antonio del Saz
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. María Teresa Ambros. (pdc)
• BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna

11:10 a.m. General presentation of GO BIODIF

• CELLBITEC FOUNDATION. Antonio del Saz

11:20 a.m.  Presentation of the progress in the different activities of GO BIODIF

• Biofortification of crops through the use of nanofertilizers
  • NANOINTEC. José M. Jiménez
• TOMATO:
  • IBMCP-CSIC. Clara Pons
  • UNIQUE. David Romera
• CORN:
  • MBG-CSIC. Rosana Malvar
• • ICTAN-CSIC. Gracia P Blanch
  • DACUNHA. Roberto López
• OLIVE:
  • EEZ-CSIC. Juan de Dios Alché
  • SAN SEBASTIÁN. David Manuel Ortega
• Producers and cooperatives, future prospects…
  • UPA. Paula Sanchez

1:00 PM. Discussion and questions

13:15 h. Interaction with other Operational Groups:

• GO PITAMED. Vanesa Raya. Canary Islands Institute of Agricultural Research (ICIA)

1:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing

Members

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