BIOVEGEN, CAJAMAR and INAGEA bring together more than 50 experts to talk about improvements in plant production

On April 26, 2017, the conference "Improvement trends in fruit and vegetable production" was held, organized jointly by INAGEA, CAJAMAR and BIOVEGEN. The event, which took place at the Parc BIT in Palma de Mallorca, brought together more than 50 professionals from the sector, including researchers, companies and funding entities.

The event served to show the new technological trends in plant biology and its possibilities, the added value that research brings to the economic activity of the private sector of plant production and how this can stimulate the private sector to undertake R&D activities and collaborations. with public research centers. Financing and assistance tools in the development of R&D projects were also shown, such as those offered by CDTI and the BIOVEGEN platform. 

Furthermore, in order to strengthen science-business relations and the development of R&D projects to enhance the competitiveness of the sector, attendees had the opportunity to mobilize R&D proposals and hold bilateral meetings with interested companies or researchers. Several meetings were also held with an expert from the CDTI (the main Spanish public agency for financing business R&D) with the aim of analyzing the innovation interests of the companies requesting the meeting.

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Program and presentations of the day

10:30 a.m. Welcome

• Hipólito Medrano Gil. Director of INAGEA
• Andrés Seijo Noguera. Balearic area director – CAJAMAR CAJA RURAL
• Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Platform Coordinator

Block I FINANCING

10:45 a.m. BIOVEGEN as a catalyst for R&D projects

• Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Coordinator

11:05 a.m. CDTI financing opportunities for companies in the plant production sector

• Carlos Franco Alonso. Department of Health, Bioeconomy, Climate and Natural Resources. CDTI

Block II APPLIED SCIENCE

11:20 a.m. Irrigation and efficiency in water use

• Hipólito Medrano Gil. Institute for Agro-Environmental Research and Water Economy (INAGEA)
• José Escalona Lorenzo. Institute for Agro-Environmental Research and Water Economy (INAGEA)

11:50 a.m. Improvement, productivity and quality: recovery of native varieties

• Jeroni Galmés Galmés. University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
• Miguel Ángel Conesa Muñoz. University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)

12:15 p.m. Rest

Block III COMPANY

12:30 p.m. Examples of public-private collaboration in genetics and plant improvement

• R&D in citrus fruits: CITRUSEQ-CITRUSGENN project. Carlos Baixauli Soria. Cajamar Foundation Valencian Community

• R&D in horticulture. Antonio Gili Millán. Agroilla

• R&D in almond tree. Gonzalo Rodríguez Morales. FOGAIBA – “Camp Mallorqui” Cooperative 

• R&D with agricultural application. José María Martí Saura. GEOMACEN

1:30 p.m. Presentation of the book 'Outdoor horticultural crops'

• Carlos Baixauli Soria. Cajamar Experience Center

1:45 p.m. Colloquium

2:00 p.m. Conclusions and closing