Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology request
- POD Reference
- TRES20240612015
- Term of Validity
- 12 June 2024 - 12 June 2025
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistanceInvestment agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- This agricultural company is located in Valencia (Spain). It has more than ten years of experience in the agriculture sector. They grow fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables based on modern, advanced and sustainable agriculture. One of the advantages offered by the project is to strengthen the farmer-consumer relationship, so that the acquisition of products is made directly. They are searching for new crop-growing techniques to expand through a technical cooperation or a financial agreement.
- Full Description
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The company is dedicated to the production of fruits and vegetables in the Huerta Valenciana region (Spain). It was born in 2012 from three farmers with experience in the sector.
It has a cultivating area of 30 acres, 5 of which are citrus crops, 1 acre of fruit trees, 1 acre of aromatic herbs, 22 acres of outdoor vegetables and 1 acre of greenhouse vegetables.
The company produces 70 products including: 5 citrus fruits, 5 fruit trees, 10 aromatic herbs and 50 vegetables. It should be noted that all horticultural production is seasonal, giving priority to the cultivation of local varieties of commercial interest.
The company sells with a different brand name. Its offer consists of 200 references, 90% of which are its own production and 10% are produced by farmers from other regions of the Valencian Community. They add this third-party production to their offer because it is not possible to grow all the seasonal products that can be found on the market.
In the development of this work, an annual average of 30 people take part. 15 of them take part in the field cultivating and collecting, 10 in the warehouse preparing and marketing, 5 in administration, billing and certifying all processes.
The company has an organization system based on machinery and specialized personnel in order to provide quality and speed in cultivation and distribution.
Their objective is to commercialize the whole production through short channels, local proximity market, trying to bring the product closer to the final consumer, preserving its values, which are clearly agro-ecological, in accordance with the sustainability expectations demanded by today's society.
The company aims at implementing and developing new ecological production techniques, as well as at acquiring the infrastructure needed to expand their facilities dedicated to visits of third parties interested in the project.
Their intention is, on the one hand, to obtain financing to be able to invest in the spaces destined to show the cultivation techniques and the form of commercialization. And, on the other hand, optimize the resources to continue with their activity, make them known in the sector, learn about new production techniques to be used and implement them.
The partner sought must have know-how of new techniques in agricultural development, irrigation systems or specialized machinery.
This technology cooperation or financial agreement is required in order to grow in the sector and to be able to reach most of the nearby commerce. The company believes that international agriculture can bring a different approach to their project. The desired outcome is that the company and partner(s) benefit from sharing their techniques, know-how and machinery to expand in their respective countries´markets. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- IPR description
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The specific and necessary requirements of the partner is that they must be able to provide the company with new techniques related to agriculture, irrigation systems, or specialized machinery known and/or used by them in their country. Any type of technique or machine that can facilitate the development of their activity without losing the essence of the product, can be taken into account by the company.
On the other hand, the company also seeks the obtaining financial aid to be able to develop the projected facilities that will be used for the visits by third parties, in order to see the development of the product and the final result. The company would like to establish contact with partners interested in investing on this or searching for public funds to develop a joint project.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The business profile (in size and turnover) of the partner sought must be similar to that of the profile owner.
The company wants to find a technological cooperation or a financial agreement with partners dedicated to the agriculture sector, or even technology, and collaborating with them in the exchange of production techniques and the development of traditional agriculture and marketing throughout the Valencia area (Spain). More specifically, techniques to access the consumer and ways that allow them to access the physical environment.
Moreover, the company is also looking for a partner who wants to collaborate economically in the project concerning the implementation of areas for the visualization and exposition of the work method and the final product.
Nationality does not matter, but experience in the field of agriculture is a must. It does not need to be the main field of work, but technical and practical knowledge are required. It can be then a university or agricultural research center.
The company must be open to collaborate through a technical cooperation or a financial agreement. - Type and Size of Partner
- UniversitySME 11-49SME <=10SME 50 - 249R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistanceInvestment agreement
Call details
- Coordinator required
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Yes
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 07001005 - Horticulture07001001 - Agriculture Machinery / Technology08001004 - Food Processing07001004 - Crop Production08001005 - Food Technology
- Market keywords
- 09005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Animal Husbandry & Related Products07004006 - Garden and horticultural products07003002 - Health food
- Sector Groups Involved
- Agri-Food
- Targeted countries
- All countries