1. A public company of the Government of Catalonia, linked to the
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action (DAR), subject
to private law, created by Law 23/1985 of 28 November,
subsequently modified by Law 4/2009 of 15 April.

2. Human Resources
571 staff
Distributed in our 9 centres
Our cooperative system relies
on a total of
47%
men
53%
wom
204
researchers
367
support staff

3. €46.04 million
Total resources in 2011
64.22%
Own funds
35.78%
Contribution
from the
Government of
Catalonia

4. IRTA locations
9 IRTA centres + 9 associated centres mak
up the Research Cooperative System.
26 locations in Catalonia:
• 8 in Barcelona
• 6 in Tarragona
• 8 in Lleida
• 4 in Girona

5. The Centres
Lleida
IRTA work centres
Associated centres
IRTA field stations
Torre Marimon
Monells
Centa
ruit Centre
Lleida Field Station
Mas de Bover
Sant Carles de la Ràpita
Mas Badia Field Station
CReSA
CREAF
CREDA
Corporate Services
Ebre Field Station
Alcarràs Field Station
Semega
CRAG
Cabrils
Llesp
Gandesa
Valls
Gimenells
Mollerussa
Borges Blanques
Ascó
Foundation

7. PLANT PRODUCTION
Pip and Stone Fruit
Olive Production, Oil Processing and
Nut Trees
Breeding of Cereals
Post-Harvest Physiology
Processed Fruits and Vegetables
Post-Harvest Technology
POST HARVEST
FRUIT PRODUCTION
FIELD CROPS
GENOMICS AND
EntomologySUSTAINABLE PLANT
PROTECTION
Field Crops Agronomy
Plant Pathology
Post-Harvest Pathology
In Vitro Cultivation

8. PLANT PRODUCTION
FRUIT PRODUCTION
Genomics Breeding
Cultivar
evaluation

9. PLANT PRODUCTION
FRUIT PRODUCTION
Apple
Varieties
Pear
Varieties
Rootstocks
Peach
Varieties

10. PLANT PRODUCTION
FRUIT PRODUCTION
VARIETY EVALUATION

11. ampus UAB - Edifici CRAG
ellaterra - Cerdanyola del Vallès
193 Barcelona
l.: 93563 66 00
ax: 93 563 66 01
Centre located at UAB campus in Bellaterra.
Greenhouses in the centre and Torre Marimon.
Genotyping platforms, Genomics, DNA sequencing, confocal microsco
and image analysis.
Staff:
Facilities:
Research staff: 42
Support staff: 48
Location: Barcelona, Bellaterra
Associated with the CSIC, UAB and UB
CRAG
Agrigenomics Research Centre
ANIMAL GENETI
BREEDING
GENOMICS A
BIOTECHNOL

12. Fruit Centre
Science and Technology
Park in Lleida (PCiTAL)
Location: Agro-Food Science and Technology Park (Lleida). U
construction.
Facilities:
Staff:
Researchers: 40
Support staff: 80
FRUIT PRODUC
POST HARV
4,000m2 building divided into 3 blocks:
Block 1: Research laboratories. Offices for researchers and technolog
Service rooms.
Block 2. New Fruit Conservation Technology Pilot Plant. Refrigera
Engineering Pilot Plant.
Block 3. Classification pilot plant, fruit processing and packag
Development pilot plant for minimally processed fruit (4th range). Fruit
plant (5th range). Pilot Plant for the domestication of micro-organis
(biocontrol agents).