This program is oriented to the transformation of the agri-food sector into a greener, sustainable, healthy and digital scenario, overcoming the gap between scientific discoveries, technology development and its implementation. In particular, the parties express their willingness to identify, as appropriate, as areas of future collaboration for the development of the program, the following lines of action (LA):
- LA-1: Promote sustainable primary production systems, based on nature and the environment, adapted to climate change.
- LA-2: Develop innovative and sustainable food processing systems, which meet the needs of consumers and society in the framework of a more nutritious and healthy diet and with a lower environmental impact, ensuring food security and, at the same time, creating opportunities for new businesses.
- LA-3: Provide intelligence, efficiency, and therefore sustainability, to each of the stages and actors of the agri-food chain, including R+D+I entities, through the use and development of cutting-edge technologies.
- LA-4: Reduce losses, emissions and waste generated by the sector, generating opportunities for exploitation and win-win processes in its management and increasing the circularity of the sector.
- LA-5: Transfer the knowledge and solutions generated, facilitate the testing and scaling of them, reach innovators and early adopters, as well as obtain market information and their needs to guide and improve the research and solutions generated.
- LA-6: Improve the scientific and innovative capacity of research teams in the area of agri-food to maintain and reinforce their position of leadership and avant-garde in the national and international context.
- LA-7: To make the agri-food sector and society aware of the scientific-technical advances generated in the lines of action of the program, promoting the adoption of innovation, thus optimizing the scientific, technological, social and economic impact of the program.
The program was initially launched with the collaboration of the Autonomous Communities of La Rioja, Region of Murcia, Comunitat Valenciana, Aragón and Comunidad Foral de Navarra through the signing of a framework agreement with the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
Subsequently, following the Agreement of the Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy Council of 22 June 2022, the Autonomous Communities of Extremadura and the Principality of Asturias have been incorporated.
