<p>CTAEX is a private non-for-profit R&D Centre founded in 2001 as the result of a business association between SMEs and co-operatives from the agro-food sector. Today, CTAEX keeps on bringing competitiveness to its associates and collaborators  all along the food chain thanks to its Agriculture, Food Technology, Engineering and Bioanalytical departments</p> <p>In particular, CTAEX´s <strong>Agricultural Department</strong> has at its disposal green houses and 23 hectares of experimental farms (“ECO” certified among them) indicated for pot trials and large scale cultivation. The R&D lines of this Dept. cover a wide variety of experiences. Especially important those regarding: Aromatic and medicinal plants (60 species already domesticated), Horticultural crops (above all processed tomato) and olive grove (both for the production of olive oil and table olives).</p>