Agri-food research and innovation systems in the world

Next Thursday, December 11at 12 pmCajamar will present the publication 'Agri-food research and innovation systems in the world', coordinated by Tomás García Azcárate, PhD in Agricultural Engineering specializing in CAP and agri-food markets, at the Institute of Engineering of Spain in Madrid.

This event, which is part of the initiatives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cajamar Experimental Station in Las PalmerillasThe Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Counselor at the Spanish Embassy in Italy and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will participate. Fernando MirandaBased on their vision, the major challenges that will shape the coming decades will be addressed, and the key role that research and innovation must play in meeting global food needs will be discussed.

The presentation will also include the president of Cajamar, Eduardo Baamonde; the Director of Sustainability and Agri-food Development at Grupo Cajamar, Roberto García Torrente; the president of the Institute of Engineering of Spain, Maria Cruz Diaz; the founder of the Enthalpy Awards, Claudia Múgica; the emeritus professor of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Julian Briz, and the tenured university professor at the Higher Technical School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Isabel de Felipe.

PROGRAMME

12:00 h.   Welcome.

Roberto García Torrente, Director of Sustainability and Agri-Food Development at Grupo Cajamar.

Maria Cruz Diaz, president of the Institute of Engineering of Spain.

12:30 h.   Present and future of agriculture and food.

Fernando Miranda, Advisor for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at the Embassy of Spain in Italy and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 

13:00 h.    Agri-food research and innovation systems in the world.

Tomás García Azcárate, PhD in Agricultural Engineering specializing in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and agri-food markets.

13:20 h.    Roundtable

Moderated by:

Roberto García Torrente, Director of Sustainability and Agri-Food Development at Grupo Cajamar.

Participants:

Tomás García Azcárate, PhD in Agricultural Engineering specializing in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and agri-food markets.

Claudia Múgica, founder of the Enthalpy Awards.

Julian BrizProfessor Emeritus of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Isabel de Felipe, tenured university professor at the ETS of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

13:50 a.m.    Conclusions and closing of the event.

Eduardo Baamonde, president of Cajamar.