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CREATION OF THE MONCLOA AGRI-FOOD CORRIDOR

     The cluster has as its objective to constitute the Agri-Food Corridor of Moncloa in a plot of land of about 76 hectares. The land is distributed along the Manzanares River. The main goal is to recover the Corridor in an environmental point of view, and to achieve a fine territorial order. In this way, it represents an environmental reference, being one of the first European, safe and quality agricultural productions of food aimed to health and animal welfare. Tthe fixed objectives are:

1. Improve teaching through better facilities and improved coordination including the exchange of students and teaching staff.
2. Integrate research in order to internationalize research groups.
3. Coordinate the joint use of the infrastructures between the members of the proposal and other collaborative institutions.
4. Run international postgraduate programmes.
5. Transfer research results to industry and recover a deteriorated area of great cultural value for the general public (Moncloa Agri-food Corridor).

Description of the action

     The Agri-Food Corridor within the Agri-Food and Health cluster has unique infraestructures, that are unique in the Community of Madrid and permit teaching staff activities and investigations in some interesting fields of Agro-Food.

     In addition, the creation of a wide range of teaching, entertainment and even therapeutic possibilities for the public in general would allow the recovery of the heritage and the development of the land in the area. 

The creation permits:

1. The recovery of the existing institutions to adaptation at the European legislation.
2. Integrated cooperation between institutions involved through the creation of a coordinating body.
3. The recovery of a poorly conserved area.

Rationale for the action

     The Agri-Food and Health cluster has a series of facilities belonging to the different participants in this proposal. Currently these infrastructures require significant remodeling work in order to adapt to European regulations on Zoonosis, animal welfare and the environment. This work will enable the facilities to be optimally used by the participants of this proposal and by other institutions.

Key planned and impact planned

     These are the planned results of the creation of Agro-food cluster of Moncloa:

Resultados:

1. Establishment of three official Master`s degree courses.
2. Participation in five internationally coordinated and six Spanish coordinated projects.
3. Improvement of the animal welfare in all Agri-Food Corridor facilities.
4. Lower energy consumption.
5. Transfer of research results through consultancy services and patenting.
6. Researcher mobility and international post-graduate courses.
7. Recovery of a deteriorated area with high cultural value and the generation of employment in the facilities.

Impact:

Aerial view of the river through passing the Corridor (Img: madrid.org, Planea)

     With the creation of the Agri-Food Corridor we will have a first-class work area where the interaction of human and material resources will foster quality teaching and research in Agri-food. These facilities will be unique in the field of Agri-Food and will include crop, farming and food production facilities that may be used by the different institutions to carry out their teaching and dissemination activities.

     In addition to this, the experience of the researchers in international spheres combined with the multidisciplinary integration of the Campus will guaranteed the externalization their activities.

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