The program operates on four platforms: promotion of partnerships; strengthening of the business base; market diversification; and generation of networks and alliances, said Jorge Munoz, PTI manager.

One of the key PTI projects is technology intermediation, he said.

“We’ve been working hard on an initiative of a technology intermediation structure (called INTEMIT), which will consist of an organization that works with the main innovation, scientific and technological needs of the sector, and the development and transfer of results to the domestic mussel farming industry," said Munoz.

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