
Citrus fruits, horticulture and greenhouse technology

- ACTIVITY: promotion and organization of initiatives.
- LOCATION: Institutional headquarters: Puerta de Purchena 10 (04001) Almería.
- CONSTITUTION DATE: 04/10/2005.
- CATEGORY: private association.
- CONTACT: (+34) 950 210 189.

- DESCRIPTION: The “CAJAMAR Foundation” (hereinafter, the Foundation) is a private, non-profit organization of Spanish nationality, of a foundational nature. The Foundation has the following purposes of general interest:
- The promotion of the social economy.
- Social assistance for people in need.
- The social inclusion of people at risk of exclusion for physical, social or cultural reasons.
- Support for the fulfillment of the purposes and high coordination of non-profit research, training, cultural and sports activities.
- SECTIONS:
- Agro-sustainability: efficiency in the use of fertilizers, energy and water, pest control, variety development and precision agriculture.
- Food and Health: production of quality food.
- Bioeconomy: productive model based on innovation, the application of knowledge and the optimization of materials.
- Greenhouse technology: production structures under shelter.
TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPLY/DEMAND:
- Agrosustainability: soil-plant interaction, nutritional needs of crops, new fertilizers and development of sensors and probes.
- Food and Health: technology and nutritional knowledge and definition of mixtures of fresh or processed foods with preventive potential for various health problems.
- Bioeconomy: use of microorganisms to obtain valuable products and the use of agricultural waste, animal feed and effluent management.
- Greenhouse technology: development of new systems and methods to increase the productivity and quality of farms with minimal environmental impact.
