Park Agrobiotech Lleida

The Lleida agrobiotech park is one of the main scientific and technological platforms in the agri-food and ICT sector at the catalan and national arena. It concentrates an important part of the research infrastructures of the University of Lleida (UdL), especially those related to the agri-food sector. Together with the R&D resources and services of other institutions and entities, the Park constitutes a pole of excellence and innovation.

The Park project began in 2003 as a strategic vision of Lleida City Council and the UdL, which legally constituted the Park Consortium.

The main headquarters of the Park is located on Gardeny's Hill (Turó de Gardeny), in the old military barracks, which since 1707 - after the siege of the city of Lleida by Philip V's troops in the War of Succession - have been installed lat to the Seu Vella. In 1994, the hill became a military center until the end of the 90s, when the army left the military base and the Paeria decided to acquire the land to start the installation project of the Agro-Food Science and Technology Park from Lleida.