The National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) is an autonomous Public Research Organisation situated in Madrid (Spain). It has a team of nine hundred people, of whom about six hundred are directly involved in research activities. Its priority objectives are to satisfy the new research demands on agricultural, livestock and forestry production, mitigate the effects of global change and contribute to food safety.

INIA executes its research activities through different specialized Centers and Departments. The Forest Research Centre (CIFOR) is one of them which includes the Department of Forest Products, responsible for the generation of scientific and technological knowledge on key forest products and raw materials: wood, cork, pulp and paper but also on related sectors such as construction in timber, cork industry, paper mills, biorefineries or graphic arts.