MISION AND VISION OF CEBAS-CSIC

The mission of CEBAS-CSIC is, through its investigation, to contribute to generating the knowledge necessary to improve its competitiveness, developing strategies to attain the sustainability of the scant resources existing in semiarid areas through their correct management, and making possible a quality agriculture which produces healthy and safe plant food products. The increase in knowledge generated by the proposed research will contribute to facilitating the decision-taking process necessary for implementing the political action necessary in this respect. In addition, the research carried out will contribute to coping with specific problems, such as the scarcity of water, create a better environment and contribute to reducing the greenhouse effect through conserving the soil, vegetation and organic matter content. High quality sustainable agriculture producing high quality and healthy foods, will contribute to the socio-economic progress and to an environment safeguarded for future generations.

The singularity of CEBAS in that it is a multidisciplinary centre with three distinct areas of investigation (Agricultural Sciences, Food Science and Technology and Natural Resources), each of which operates separately but within a common context (CEBAS). Doing research work in three areas and in a geographical area with scant resources, such as is the Region de Murcia, generates a bank of knowledge that must be put to work. The Vision of the centre, then, is “To continue being a regional and national reference and to become an international reference for the development of high quality agriculture, and the development of healthy and safe plant foods in zones of scant resources, respecting, particularly, the conservation of soil and water.”
The union between the three existent research areas and their focusing on the particular problems associated with arid zones will undoubtedly be of great importance in the future. CSIC can only reinforce the research lines proposed, which will contribute to solving the mentioned problems, particularly when the research centre in question is physically located in an area of great degradation.

RESEARCH STRATEGY
General Objective

The General Objective is to consolidate CEBAS as “centre of excellence” into CSIC, taking advantage of its capacity to generate and transfer knowledge’s using the research in three key areas: Natural Resources, Agricultural Science, Food Science and Technology. The aim is to attain the conditions necessary for the sustainability of the resources existing in fragile zones, especially soil and water, proposing suitable agricultural practices to produce high quality, safe and healthy plant foods.