Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas y Graduados en Ing. Agrícola de Alicante (COITAGRA)

What Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas y Graduados en Ing. Agrícola de Alicante (COITAGRA) does

COITAGRA (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas y Graduados en Ingeniería Agrícola de Alicante) is the official professional regulatory college for agricultural engineers and graduates practicing in the province of Alicante, Spain. Operating under Spanish professional-association legislation and identified by NIF Q-0371002-G, it is a non-profit, member-funded body that makes collegiate registration (colegiación) a precondition for professional practice. Its primary customers are licensed agricultural engineers and engineering students in the province, with secondary engagement of farmers and agribusinesses through plant-health advisory services.

The college delivers its mandate through a portfolio of member services: mandatory membership registration and credential verification; advisory (Asesoramiento); a job board (Bolsa de Trabajo); an electronic certification service for professional documents (Visado-e); an e-learning platform; technical and legislative libraries; insurance brokerage (Seguros); and a single-window administrative service (Ventanilla Única). Underpinning these services is a digital platform covering member management, electronic certification, online training, and virtual collaboration, with delivery supported by a physical headquarters at C/ García Morato 35 in Alicante and a training venue at the Estación Experimental Agraria de Elche. Specialized content is delivered via the Sanidad Vegetal (plant health) service — providing phytosanitary registries, integrated pest management guides, and INTERECO-certified organic-input listings — and the CAPDS research chair on precision agriculture, digitalization, and sustainability hosted with Miguel Hernández University.

Its business model rests on three revenue streams: recurring membership (colegiación) fees, fees for training and certification services (Visado-e and continuing education), and insurance commissions routed through partnerships. Strategic partnerships with MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture), IVIA, INTERECO, EPSO-UMH, ASAJA Alicante, Best4Soil, and regional agrotech vendors (RawData, GrodiTech, PRISMAB) extend the college's reach beyond Alicante into national phytosanitary policy, applied research, and Mediterranean agriculture knowledge networks. Distribution is hybrid — in-person at the headquarters and training venues, complemented by website, social channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram), and email.

Name

Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas y Graduados en Ing. Agrícola de Alicante (COITAGRA)

Legal name

Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas y Graduados en Ingeniería Agrícola de Alicante

Website

https://alicante.agricolas.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

COITAGRA is the official professional college for agricultural engineers in Alicante, Spain. It mandates collegiate registration for practicing professionals and delivers member services including certification, training, plant-health advisory, and insurance, funded primarily through recurring membership fees.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Agribusiness, Farm Management & Compliance (EDAOAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Agriculture & Food Production (EDABALAA)

Keywords

• Professional association
• Agricultural engineering
• Continuing education
• Professional certification
• Phytosanitary advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Alicante

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees (Colegiación): Professional membership fees charged to agricultural engineers for registration and annual collegiate membership, required for professional practice.
2. Training and Certification Services: Fees from training programs, certification services (Visado-e), and continuing education courses for members.
3. Insurance Services: Provision of insurance products to members through partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COITAGRA is the official professional college for agricultural technical engineers and graduates in agricultural engineering in the province of Alicante, Spain. It provides mandatory professional registration (colegiación), continuing education through an e-learning platform, digital certification of professional documents (Visado-e), a job board, insurance services, technical and legislative libraries, and plant health/phytosanitary advisory services tailored to Mediterranean agriculture.

Product overview

COITAGRA operates as a professional association for agricultural engineers in Alicante, Spain, offering a comprehensive suite of member services. The core offerings include professional membership registration, advisory services, a job board (Bolsa de Trabajo), and digital document certification (Visado-e). The organization provides educational programs through its e-learning platform and the Cátedra de Agricultura de Precisión, Digitalización y Sostenibilidad (CAPDS) focused on precision agriculture. It maintains technical and legislative libraries, offers insurance services, and provides a single-window administrative service (Ventanilla única). The organization also focuses on plant health (Sanidad Vegetal) through access to phytosanitary registries, integrated pest management guides, and information on certified agricultural inputs for organic farming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Colegiación
• Visado-e
• Bolsa de Trabajo
• Plataforma e-learning
• Seguros
• Asesoramiento
• Cátedra de Agricultura de Precisión, Digitalización y Sostenibilidad (CAPDS)
• Sanidad Vegetal

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Best4SoilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 November 2018European network project promoting soil health knowledge across 20 countries. COITAGRA participates as a knowledge-sharing partner, providing information on integrated pest management and soil-borne disease control practices to agricultural professionals.
• INTERECOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTERECO is the certification body for agricultural inputs used in organic farming. COITAGRA participates in INTERECO's voluntary certification system for inputs used in organic agriculture, providing members access to certified products and supporting sustainable agriculture practices.
• IVIA (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOITAGRA collaborates with IVIA on plant health research and education. IVIA coordinates plant protection and biotechnology research, and COITAGRA participates in joint events, training programs, and information sharing on citrus diseases and phytosanitary topics.
• MAPA (Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOITAGRA maintains formal relationship with the Ministry of Agriculture for phytosanitary product registration (ROPF), integrated pest management guidelines, and plant health policy implementation at regional level.
• ASAJA AlicanteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint organization of the IV Citrus Day with ASAJA Alicante, combining agricultural association and professional college expertise for the citrus sector.
• EPSO-UMH (Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOITAGRA partners with the Miguel Hernández University agricultural school for training events, seminars, and professional development programs. The EPSO campus hosts many COITAGRA events and training sessions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• INTERECO: National organic-input certification body in which COITAGRA participates as a member — adjacent infrastructure that connects the colegio to organic-agriculture certification revenue.
• Universidad Miguel Hernández — Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO-UMH): The university faculty that trains the agricultural engineers COITAGRA registers — comparable as the upstream educational pipeline feeding the profession and a co-host of training events; not a competing professional body but a tightly complementary institution.

Direct peers

• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas de España: National umbrella body coordinating all provincial Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas colleges including COITAGRA — comparable in statutory role, member services, and scope, but operating at national rather than provincial level.
• Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Levante: Professional college for Ingenieros Agrónomos in the Levante (Valencia/Murcia) region — the closest functional analogue to COITAGRA, differing only in the specialty of agronomic vs. agricultural engineering and serving overlapping regional agricultural professionals.
• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Andalucía: Mirror professional college for agronomists in Andalucía — directly comparable statutory role and member service mix, demonstrating the model COITAGRA operates adapted to a different specialty and region.
• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas de Cataluña: Regional peer in the same professional college category (agricultural technical engineering) but serving Catalonia — same business model of mandatory registration, advisory, training, and job board services.

Regional players

• Cámara Agraria de la Provincia de Alicante: Provincial chamber representing agricultural interests in Alicante — overlapping regional agricultural constituency and some advisory/training services, though organized for farmers rather than engineers.
• ASAJA Alicante: Provincial agricultural employers' association and active COITAGRA partner (joint Citrus Day). Comparable regional agricultural ecosystem player but organized around farmer representation rather than the engineering profession.
• Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Alicante: Another mandatory-membership professional college based in Alicante for veterinarians — highly comparable operating model (colegiación, advisory, training, job board, single-window service) targeting a different regulated profession in the same geography.
• IVIA — Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias: Public agronomy research institute that is one of COITAGRA's core strategic partners — comparable as a Valencia-Community-focused plant-health and phytosanitary knowledge node, but operates as a government research body rather than a professional college.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Coitagra_org
• Facebookfacebook.com/Coitagra-513810555763945
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colegio-oficial-de-ingenieros-t%C3%A9cnicos-agr%C3%ADcolas-y-grados-de-alicante-coitagra
• Instagraminstagram.com/coitagra

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