Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. announced Agrobio SL commenced trials of BVT's natural precision agriculture system in December. The trial is a part of Agrobio's participation in the EU-funded ADOPT-IPM project, which is part of the European Commission's Horizon Research and Innovations Actions (Horizon RIA), a major initiative intended to boost the EU's growth and competitiveness in areas such as tackling climate change. The ADOPT-IPM projects is an EU-China joint action that will optimise existing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools and packages and develop new ones.

It will foster stakeholder adoption by surveying what they currently use, what they need, and conducting trials and demonstrations of new tools with industrial partners. The trial will last until the end of the tomato crop cycle, which is approximately eight to ten months. Spain is one of the largest fruit and vegetable producers in Europe and represents the largest market for bee vectoring in the EU.

The country has a strong horticultural market that includes berries, tomatoes and stone fruits, grown outdoors and in greenhouses. Vegetable production in Spain reached about 16.39 million tons in 2021, an increase of about 1.21 million tons over 2020. In 2021, there were over 400,000 hectares devoted to vegetable farming in Spain.