The UAL - ANECOOP Foundation was established on June 11, 2003 and started operating in 2004, to coordinate the research and experimentation activities, in a common project, of the second grade Agricultural Cooperative ANECOOP and the University of Almeria.

On the one hand, ANECOOP This project is being promoted with the intention and determination to develop a variety of plans and projects oriented towards horticultural experimentationto meet the demands of its partners and collaborators, in the search for the best possible improvement of production processes of the activity that concerns them economically, socially and environmentally.

For its part, the FURNACE OF ALMERIA responds to the demand of student and faculty sectors, in the need to have a appropriate practice field at the disposal of the university community linked to its technical careers in agronomyThe main activities of the company are: teaching at the service of students, or research and development linked to the work carried out by researchers in their corresponding research groups.

The UAL Experimental Farm - ANECOOP has a surface area of 11 hectares, of which 5 ha are occupied by greenhouses for experimentation and research.. It also has two water ponds and three warehouses of 400, 360 and 100 m2 that house the irrigation heado, laboratories, refrigerated chambers, culture chambers, workshop y offices.