Daniel Oliach

Responsable de grupo

PROGRAMA / Bioeconomía, salud y gobernanza

I am currently the head of the Mycology Group at CTFC. I have 25 years of experience as an extension agent in truffle cultivation. The most remarkable thing about my career has been my constant and continuous commitment to the transfer of knowledge to society. From scientific knowledge and management practices to promote truffle cultivation, help truffle farmers solve the problems and challenges of their truffle plantations, to promote truffle consumption at all truffle chain levels through the creation of different national and international events aimed at connecting the entire sector. Proof of this is, I led the Action Plan for the development of the truffle sector in Catalonia, for the Government of Catalonia. With the aim of promoting black truffle production, boosting the internal and external market and fostering governance and sectoral structuring; Also, I am the Director of the international event Trufforum Vic in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the aim of promoting truffle cultivation, consumption and tourism; My membership as secretary of the Truffle Growers Association of Catalonia (since 2000) and the Spanish Federation of Truffle Growers Associations (FETT) (since 2006).
My scientific career has developed in the Mycology Group of the CTFC and in the Forest Pathology Laboratory of the University of Lleida led by Dr. Carlos Colinas. In total, I have published 20 scientific articles. The articles derived from the completion of the thesis (3 as first author and 1 as second author) have provided an advance in the knowledge of: i) the current situation of the truffle sector in the Mediterranean area (Forests; 2021; IF: 3.282); ii) the dependency of T. melanosporum productivity on rainfall variability (Environmental Research Letters; 2019; I.F.: 6.947); iii) the interactions of T. melanosporum with other soil fungi in plantations (Forest Ecology and Management; 2020; I.F.: 3.558; and Soil Biology and Biochemistry; 2022; IF: 7.609); iv) the mating types diversity in T. melanosporum plantations (Soil Biology and Biochemistry; 2022; IF: 7.609). I have made several visits and stays abroad, including in France at INRA-AGRO Montpellier, focusing on truffle plantation management; in Sweden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, focusing on truffle diversity studies; and in Australia, focusing on Agricultural Extension Service for The Australian Truffle Industry Association.