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Agricultural research in Spain

J e s u s

Director of International Relations - National lnstitute for Agricultural Research (INIA)

policy can be defined a t Economic Community (EEC), Spain itself as , a

is mainly applied and its objectives to and quantity of the the technical and economic conditions of

of

inadequate' use of all kinds of

This implies that the specific objectives may be

is to have a n

a balance between the planning levels, in such a way

be competitive of

-

is in Spain,

of and the use of at

stations. is good

of of

of i n s t i t u t i o n s

1. -

de

of Food;

2. - Servicios de

- that depend on

3. to

of Education and Science;

-

Superior de -

which is of of Education and

Science; and 5.

two institutions -

-

to the planning and

development of policy at the national is essentially applied and is aimed

(see A n n e x 1

The belong to a

of field of activity is and includes a wide scope basic to applied

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activities whose be applied in the to as soon a s possible

of t h e this

with public money.

- administration

to a of the

of Food which

to includes:

- a

most of of

and the

2.The depend on own of

of

closely management and of

a of

own

4. is

of

is national

- centres'and units

following units:

1. based

i n

-

- -

-

- - -

-

-

- Wood and

- Cellulose

All by

of of

the whole 2.

Autonomous

Galicia

Studies in humid

the use of

leafy species, fast Asturias

and Cantabria

Quality of milk.

Pais Vasco on animal pathology Cataluna

on

is

of on

of the of

Aragon

on pitted as well as studies on soil s a l i n i t y . Also

a c t i v i t i e s o n t h e i n t e n s i f i c a t i o n of a n i m a l on

utilization of Valencia

is the

is

. includes optimum utilization of

T h e E n c i n

of wild fauna species.

The main of the

and the genetics of

Extremadura

of on

by livestock in an intensive system.

also significant.

Andalucia

The most is Alameda del Obispo

as Weil a s a n i m a l

of as

animal food.

Canarias

a s p e c t s of b o t h

.

a) Schools in:

of

c ) of

and ci)

Lugo,

is by

who also devote of

time to by

students.

4.

pedology, edaphology, soil

management and

5. of seeds

pesticides, is estimated at less than 10% of

- Coordination

of 1. 14, 1986 a new law on the

of S c i e n t i f i c a n d Official Journal.

A of

i n Spain. is

expected that be in

of will

also define eight to of

to efficiency of

teams and the use of

etc.).

i

l on plant and animal is being

2 of

is now was developed by

of

and the of the plan

- the definition of

- of

financed by the plan;

-

- the implementation of

- t h e of at the

developed by and submitted to a

of

is

Scientific and - Cornision

Asesora de lnvestigacion Cientifica Técnica (CA1CYT)-

of

, evaluated by

on the basis of

V - National

agricultural research plan

The main objectives of

A. of the

balance.

-

and the development of technologies,

-Studies of techniques to

- of

B.

systems.

- of intensive systems.

- of

- Studies of techniques of ^.

C. Adaptation of to

costs use of i n p u t s s u c h as:

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animal feeds,

of

of the quality and consistency of

- Study of

E. of

-

- of

-

fojlowing :

1.

2.

3.

of 5.

6. Economics and Sociology.

of allocated

as follows: 46% 37%

17%

- resources

Scientists

ok institutions is as follows:

- has 175

-The 17 have about 450 full time.

to of

that on of

a

time would be about 350 scientists.

The

of about 225 scientists a t full time.

of

is estimated a t 150.

of at the and

of

a of t h e F u l l same level of education. Social status is

is not a of

within a two

based on competitive curricula (publications, attitude) exist at

About 200

1973 and 1981. A

(about 30%) of a n d t h e

stays

An is

200 and in Spain (about 200

2.

of

technicians is 30% of

of

15% to 18% of

of office is done

by

is 900.

of 2,000) is sufficient a t the and

- ^resources

1. Experimental fields

of the

of t h e

of can

1,000 ha some of

a field to

of

2. Equipment and services.

good installations and enough livestock to well equiped.

is

technology, such as to test

is not suffkently developed. would like to have

3. Financial resources (estimates for 1985) a )

156 billion pesetas ($1.17 0.58% of

92 billion pesetas (0.33% of

124 billion pesetas (0.46% of

b)

estimated at 11.8 billion pesetas ($88 million) 0.88% of

of these expenses by institutions is as follows:

I

5 . 6 billion pesetas ($42 million)

-

1 billion pesetas ($7.5 million) 0.55 billion pesetas ($3.75 million)

0.2 billion pesetas ($1.5 million)

-

, ,

These expenses can a s follows:

- 2.24

- investments: 0.90

- 0.80

7.50

- 0.25

- miscellaneous: 0.10

Spain hopes to get about 300 million pesetas ($2.25

- relations

a because it is

a

by

a) (Consul-

EEC, NATO, OAS of

etc.

b) of of

c ) on olive

by

~ EEC,

is

by the T o

options

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