Operational Groups, key elements in the development of the European Innovation Partnership for productive and sustainable agriculture, are groups of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (farmers, livestock breeders, foresters, agri-food or forestry industries, public or private R&D or training and advisory centers, technology centers, or non-profit institutions) who join forces to achieve an innovation aimed at solving a problem or seizing an opportunity, with a joint and multi-sectoral approach. Each group is associated with its innovation project and remains so until the innovation is implemented.

The National Rural Network publicizes the existence of these operational groups, including the contacts of the different Operational Groups of Extremadura in this link.

The “SIGVIT” Operational Group is established based on article 19 of Decree 94/2016, of July 5, of the Junta de Extremadura, becoming part of the AEI in matters of agricultural productivity and sustainability.

By resolution of the General Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock of the Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Policies and Territory dated February 17, 2017, aid is granted for the creation in Extremadura of the Operational Group with file number GO/37/2016.

This aid, of €10,000, is a subsidy co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) at 75% within the Rural Development Program 2014-2020, of measure 16 “Cooperation” sub-measure 16.1 “Support for the establishment and operation of Operational Groups within the framework of the EIP”, with the remainder being co-financed by the Junta de Extremadura at 21.03% and 3.97% by the State.

Goal

Implementation of a management system for the plots of members of wine cooperatives through an application that allows the collection of information on work carried out, incidents of pests and diseases, inputs used, knowledge of the productivity history, evolution of ripening through hyperspectral image, cost control and control of harvested areas.