Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnologia Agraria (INIA)

The Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) is an autonomous Public Research Organisation (OPI), presently assigned to the State Secretariat of Research, Development and Innovation of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Its unique mandate entails a dual responsibility. As coordinator of the national network of agriculture and food research centres is responsible for the harmonization, resource allocation, monitoring and evaluation of scientific and technical research activities under the Deputy Directorate General of Prospective and Program Coordination, and as an agriculture and food research institution, is responsible for the execution of its own research and technology projects (including technology transfer) under the Deputy Directorate General of Research and Technology (SGIT).