About us
INNOVACAL is an initiative promoted by Tecnova, which brings together companies, research centers and startups with the aim of promoting the development of technological solutions applied to agriculture and fostering collaboration between the different actors of the agritech ecosystem and positioning the sector.
Our industry
The association will promote the dynamization of innovations such as the use of artificial intelligence for crop monitoring, automation of irrigation systems, and sustainability.
Challenges and objectives
“Our goal is to make visible, not only in Almeria and Andalusia, such a key sector as the agro-industrial one, which has been at the side of the agri-food industry, offering innovative solutions that allow it to increase its competitiveness, helping producers to improve their performance and reduce the environmental impact of their activities.”
Pillars to achieve it
Internationalization
It will play a key role in facilitating companies' access to new global markets by organizing trade missions.
Innovation and sustainability
They will play a central role, promoting R&D&I projects, fostering the culture of innovation and facilitating the transfer of technology to the market.
Cooperation
Between companies, universities, technology centers and other national and international clusters, it will be essential to generate synergies, promoting networking events and knowledge exchange.
Organization
General Assembly
Board of Directors
The board of directors consists of the following members:
David Iglesias Hernández
Chairman
of BIORIZON BIOTECH S.L.
José Luis Estrella Herrada
Vice chairman
of HISPATEC GROUP BUSINESS IT, S.A.
Mari Carmen Galera Quiles
Secretary
of FOUNDATION FOR AUXILIARY TECHNOLOGIES FOR AGRICULTURE (TECNOVA)
Elena Peregrín Morales
Treasurer
of RIEGOS Y TECNOLOGÍA, S.L.
Carmen Román Reche
Board Member No. 1
of BIO CRISARA, S.L.
María Zamora Cervantes
Board Member No. 2
of VELLSAM MATERIAS BIOACTIVAS, S.L.
Organizational structure
Management and technical team
Rafael Coca Huertas
Director
INNOVACAL Cluster Director
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