The basic objectives and general guidelines of the Sectoral Program for Agricultural and Food Research and Development of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were established by Order of 19 September 1988. In its virtue, the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has been developing and coordinating the actions provided for in that programme during the four-year period 1988-1991, which have led to a significant increase in the number of Research on agri-food matters.

The experience gained during the four-year period advises to review and update the objectives and guidelines to adapt them to the new needs arising from the review of the Common Agricultural Policy and its implications for the Spanish agri-food sector, in terms of economic efficiency, competitiveness, preservation and improvement of the environment and food quality and safety. This adaptation is in line with the reviews carried out by the European Community Research Framework Programme and several Science and Technology systems in its Member States, including the Spanish system through the National R & D Plan. D, of which the Sectoral Program of this Ministry is a party, in accordance with the additional provision seventh of Law 13/1986, of April 14, and with whose National Programs it is coordinated.

This provision sets out the basic objectives and general guidelines for the period 1992-1995, pointing out the priority lines of research, in relation to the problems envisaged for the medium term. to the Spanish agri-food sector.

Also, new types of actions are introduced to be developed in the four-year period, the main guidelines of which are to promote a more active participation of the private sector in agri-food R & D and to stimulate the the transfer of technology to the process of modernisation of the sector, and the rules which, as a general rule, are to be applied in the relevant calls.

The operational mechanisms for the evaluation, monitoring and dissemination of results, as well as the necessary for the allocation of funds for the implementation of the different actions, take into account the competencies attributed to the Administration of the State and Autonomous Communities in the field of agricultural research and the functions assigned to the Committee of Agricultural Research. The cooperation of the specialized bodies of the Autonomous Communities in the process of granting aid and their preferential participation in the implementation of the corresponding research actions ensures the correct coordination and the greater effectiveness of the Programme.

In its virtue, on a proposal from the Directorate General of the National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), I have:

Article 1. The following are established as basic objectives of the Sectoral Programme for Agricultural and Food Research and Development:

a) Improve the competitiveness and profitability of agriculture and agroindustry by diversifying and reducing production costs, integrating the consideration of their impact on ecosystems.

b) Develop the quality and safety of food products, as well as new products of specific interest to the national agri-food sector.

c) Develop management and analysis procedures applied to the rural environment, in order to improve the socio-economic conditions of the most deprived areas, including conservation, restoration and compatible use of the nature and the landscape.

d) Conduct studies on the economics of research-development and technological change in agriculture. Technology transfer and adoption of technical innovations.

Art. 2. In accordance with the basic objectives set out in Article 1, the lines to be addressed, in accordance with the priorities of this Department, shall be as set out in the Annex to this provision.

Art. 3. For the achievement of the basic objectives and the development of the priority lines, support will be provided for the following types of research and technological development actions:

a) Realization of research and technological development projects.

b) Realization of concerted research projects, involving public research centres and private entities, by signing the relevant research agreement.

c) Realization of demonstration projects for the integrated application, at real scale, of the results of the research.

d) Maintenance and improvement of the research infrastructure and the necessary equipment.

e) Realization of special actions aimed at encouraging the participation of national and international researchers in joint activities of scientific and technical interest (courses, seminars, congresses, meetings, exchanges, etc.)

f) Realization of research and stimulus personnel training actions for incorporation into the R & D Sectoral Program

Art. 4. The training and updating of research staff, referred to in paragraph (f) of the previous article, will be carried out in actions directed towards specialties that are likely to be demanded by the investigation. In the medium term, the agricultural sector will not be considered sufficiently met, which will be reflected in the corresponding calls for training which should be the subject of grants and grants.

Art. 5. To facilitate the necessary coordination of the actions listed in Articles 3. and 4. and those of greatest interest to the agri-food sector, which are developed with funding from the National Programmes, will enhance the precise relations with the General Secretariat of the National R & D Plan. (i) close cooperation with the competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities, by means of the procedures which, in each case, are considered appropriate and, in particular, through the Committee on Agricultural Research.

The participation of the private sector in the Sectoral R & D Agrarian and Food Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food should be articulated by means of the the appropriate Conventions and contracts whose objectives will be both the incorporation of the same to the research activities, and the transfer of the results achieved.

In addition, through the signing of the relevant Conventions and contracts, the cooperation and cooperative research work with national and international centers will be established to improve the results of the research and facilitate the achievement of the proposed objectives.

Art. 6. The operational mechanisms for granting aid for the implementation of the actions listed in Article 3 shall be set out in the call for approval and publication for each of those actions. However, in general, and with the exception of those referred to in paragraph (f), they shall comply with the following process:

1. Submission of a request for assistance to the INIA's Directorate-General, in a standardized model and through the Body with its own legal personality to which the applicant's Center or Investigator is attached. Where the actions for which aid is requested are to be carried out at concerts with Entities or Companies, public or private, they shall be accompanied by the requested copy of the Convention or the undersigned contract.

2. Assessment of aid applications, taking into account the following general criteria:

a) Adequation of the proposal to the objectives and priorities of the Sectoral Programme of Agrarian and Food R & D, as set out in Articles 1.

and 2. of this provision.

b) Scientific-technical quality and feasibility of the proposal.

(c) Opportunity or probability that the results of the activity will produce the expected socio-economic and scientific benefits, in accordance with Article 2. of Law 13/1986 of 14 April.

d) Adequation of the requested financial assistance to the proposed objectives.

The amount of the aid will be determined, in each case, on the basis of the evaluation criteria and may be financed in whole or in part from the budget presented.

3. The acceptance by the successful recipients of the aid implies:

(a) The subjection to the obligations arising from the existing rules on aid or public subsidies.

b) The commitment to meet the objectives outlined in the proposal.

c) Facilitate follow-up actions.

d) Provide the INIA with the results obtained for, if appropriate, the dissemination and transfer at national level.

4. The monitoring of the actions supported is a responsibility of the INIA Directorate-General, which will establish the appropriate procedures to understand the development of the activities and determine the degree of achievement of the intended objectives.

5. The results of research actions which may be the subject of exploitation, in particular those which give rise to patents or other rights, shall be subject, where appropriate, to the forms of participation specified in the (a) calls or contracts or contracts.

The INIA should also be mentioned as a financing entity in any publication that derives from the subsidised activities.

REPEAL PROVISION

The Order of 19 September 1988 laying down the basic objectives and general guidelines of the Sectoral Programme for Agricultural and Food Research and Development is hereby repealed.

FINAL PROVISIONS

-The Director-General of the INIA is empowered to issue the Resolutions necessary for the development and implementation of this provision, and in particular for the convening and publication of the aid to which it is refers to Articles 3. and 6.

To this end, the INIA's Directorate-General will approve and publish a general regulation laying down the types of grants and aid for training, encouraging the incorporation and updating of staff. research, its allocations and the procedures for its award, financing and monitoring.

Second. -This Order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the State.

Madrid, 11 December 1992.

SOLBES MIRA

Ilmos. Mr Deputy Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Director General of the National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology.

ANNEX

R & D Priority Lines

1. In the area of agricultural production and markets

1.1 Improving the productivity of agriculture and agribusiness:

Health of agricultural production:

1.1.1 Introduction of genetic resistance to diseases.

1.1.2 Development of new methods of identification and diagnosis of parasites and diseases in plants and animals.

1.1.3 Integrated pest, disease and weed control.

Biotechnology methods and evaluation of useful organisms.

1.1.4 Phenomena of resistance and other side effects of plant protection products.

1.1.5 Pathology of forest and wildlife systems.

1.1.6 Parasites and plant pathogens of particular economic relevance:

Sadness in citrus fruits, in fruit trees, tomato tanning, dry of the oaks, in greenhouses and .

1.1.7 Plagas and diseases of exotic domestic crops and animals in Spain, virtually introduced into the EC. Quarantine problems.

1.1.8 Automation of diagnosis in brucellosis, tuberculosis, mycoplasmosis and leukosis.

1.1.9 Paratuberculosis in sheep: differential diagnosis and development of new vaccines.

1.1.10 Immunology of African Swine Fever.

Seed and nursery plants:

1.1.11 New multiplication techniques. Micropropagation. Problems associated with large-scale production.

1.1.12 New varieties identification techniques.

1.1.13 Development of methods for obtaining plant propagation material and virus-free seeds.

Production Economy:

1.1.14 Analysis of efficiency, costs and profitability of agricultural activities. Socio-economic and environmental assessment.

Agricultural production:

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1.1.15 Improved irrigation efficiency. Crop response to loss-making risks.

1.1.16 Studies on nutrient dynamics and enhancement of fertilization techniques.

Mechanization:

1.1.17 Development of labour systems and their integration into crop rotation (+).

1.1.18 Development and improvement of agrochemical collection and application techniques. Robotization (+).

Production and handling systems:

1.1.19 Studies of response to factors of production and their relationship with the environment. Applications to the modelling of crop practices and crop prediction.

1.1.20 Protected Crops: Design and techniques for control and management of greenhouses and other protection facilities.

1.1.21 Fruals: Crop techniques in high density plantations.

Biochemical studies of graft compatibility.

1.1.22 Horticulture and ornamental: New cultivation techniques. Crops on substrates or without soil. Growth regulators.

1.1.23 Biological crops: Production techniques and variety assessment.

1.1.24 Viticulture: Driving systems for vintage and mechanical pruning.

Reinjerto Systems.

1.1.25 Olive: Optimisation of culture systems.

Plant genetic improvement:

1.1.26 Obtaining new varieties and crop diversification.

Livestock production:

Production and handling systems:

1.1.27 Vaccines, sheep and goats. Factors that influence their productivity, efficiency and quality of milk and meat.

1.1.28 Factors influencing the productivity of intensive pig farms.

1.1.29 Improvement of Iberian pig production systems in the corral.

1.1.30 Sheep and goat milking techniques.

Food and animal nutrition:

1.1.31 Nutritional value and use by livestock of pasture, byproducts, silences, leguminous grains and indigenous oilseeds.

1.1.32 Pathological processes of food origin.

1.1.33 Incidence of food in the quality of livestock products. Nutritional and toxic aspects.

1.1.34 Nutritive needs of Spanish sheep and goat breeds.

Genetic enhancement and playback:

1.1.35 Methodologies for genetic improvement programs.

1.1.36 Native race selection systems.

1.1.37 Increase in reproductive yields. Embryonic mortality.

1.1.38 Techniques for the preservation, testing and sexage of semen and embryos.

Forest production:

Production and handling systems:

1.1.39 Production techniques for intensive forest crops.

1.1.40 Selvage of repopulated areas for transformation into forest.

1.1.41 Natural masses of pine and pine forests. Regeneration, conservation and exploitation.

1.1.42 Techniques for the cultivation of species of interest for the food, pharmaceutical and perfumery-cosmetic industries, preferably in projects concluded with companies.

1.1.43 Silvopascicultura de montes y dehesas de encina y alcornoque.

Prative research and characterization of forest products:

1.1.44 Quality factors in cork. Characterization, normalization and classification.

1.1.45 Identification and characterization of new fibrous raw materials of agricultural origin and of forest species of commercial interest or rapid growth.

Forest product transformation industries:

1.1.46 Use of small-scale wood and sawmill waste.

1.1.47 Optimisation of the processes for obtaining cellulose pastes. Less polluting techniques (+).

1.1.48 Improvement of the techniques of destination and recycling of paper (+).

1.1.49 Improvement of Extractive Resins and Development of New Industrial Applications (+).

1.1.50 New techniques for the protection of wood and cork (+).

1.2 Diversification and improvement of the quality of productions:

1.2.1 Introduction and evaluation of new plant species and varieties.

1.2.2 Introduction and development of crops for non-food purposes and new uses of current productions.

1.2.3 Development of higher quality agricultural products and better adapted to the evolution of demand from industry and consumers.

1.2.4 Genetic improvement of fast-growing forest species.

1.2.5 Conservation of the quality of the products until their use for consumption or industrialization. Pathology and physiology of post-harvest. Bioreregulators.

1.2.6 New cork products and applications.

1.3 Protection of the productive environment and control of the environmental impact of agricultural activity.

1.3.1 Salinity, alkalinity and contamination of land and water in agriculture. Models.

1.3.2 erosion control. Alternatives to traditional work.

1.3.3 New methods of characterization and use of wastewater and return, solid urban waste.

1.3.4 Environmental impact of plastics used in agriculture.

1.3.5 Methods of controlling and predicting the behaviour of fertilizers and plant protection in the environment.

1.3.6 Techniques for the detection of contaminants in animals and plants.

1.3.7 Purge, disposal or reuse by recycling of alpechines, vinazas, slaughterhouse effluents and slurry.

1.3.8 Waste and effluent toxicity detection systems.

Automation of spill effect control.

1.3.9 Development of more selective and less polluting agricultural products (+).

2. In the power area

2.1 Product characterization:

2.1.1 Pre-normative research to establish criteria for the classification and quality of agri-food products, with particular priority for animal breeds and native plant species, specialties Regional and organic farming.

2.1.2 Analytical and sensory differentiation of wines, oils and products of the Iberian pig.

2.2 Processing process technology:

2.2.1 Analysis of risk factors and control of critical points in processes aimed at improving the quality and safety of food (+).

2.2.2 Influence of the raw material transformation technology on the stability and characteristics of the final product (+).

2.2.3 Improvement and control of ripening and breeding processes in fermented products. Influence on the personality of the final product.

Production of specific ferments (+).

2.2.4 Study of Aromatic Components and Precursors (+).

2.2.5 Techniques to reduce the use of additives and preservatives or substitution by natural substances (+).

2.2.6 Development of analytical techniques for quality control, residue detection and toxins (+).

2.3 Conservation and transport:

2.3.1 New materials and types of packaging. Content-packed interaction.

2.3.2 Dairy and meat product alterations due to the presence of psychrotrophic microorganisms and their enzymes.

2.3.3 New conservation techniques. Combined effects of various techniques.

2.3.4 Maturation processes in semi-servas.

2.4 Markets and new product development:

2.4.1 Development of new products (priority will be given to the development of surplus production or the development of methods of industrialisation of traditional artisan products) (+).

2.4.2 Marketing Channels. Commercial margins. Direct recruitment.

2.4.3 Analysis of consumer decisions; trends in consumption.

2.4.4 Internationalisation of the markets and influence of distribution.

3. In the area of agricultural structures

3.1 Conservation of the natural environment:

3.1.1 Structure, dynamics and conservation techniques of forest systems.

3.1.2 Self-ecology of Spanish quarrels.

3.1.3 Self-integration of newly created plant systems.

3.1.4 Wildfires: New methods of prediction, detection and control.

3.1.5 Habitat requirements for threatened species or object of hunting and fishing.

3.1.6 Operation and evolution of natural systems in humidity.

Eutrophication.

3.2 Reconversion and extensification:

3.2.1 Strategies for the conversion of agricultural enterprises and production systems into non-surplus production.

3.2.2 Development of extensive and low production systems in equilibrium with the medium.

3.2.3 Systems for the use of marginal land or production withdrawals.

3.2.4 Economic analyses, based on real data, on the application of extensification conversion processes.

3.3 Rural management tools:

3.3.1 Analysis of the structure of the agricultural workforce and demographic processes.

3.3.2 Structure and functioning of labour markets. Local employment systems.

3.3.3 Analysis of the agricultural family farm. Viability and survival strategies.

3.3.4 Succession, transmission of holdings and tenure regimes. Impact on structural change.

3.3.5 Rural spaces: Models and techniques for comprehensive development planning.

3.3.6 Impacts of the Community's agricultural policy. Comparative studies in the EC.

3.3.7 New methodologies for the collection and processing of information.

Modeling. Applications for remote sensing and image analysis.

(+) To develop preferably in concerted projects with Companies.