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Sentinels Synergy for Agriculture (SENSAGRI)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

In the emerging Copernicus Earth monitoring era, Europe provides Earth Observation (EO) data from Sentinel-1 (S1) and Sentinel-2 (S2) on a free and open data policy basis. In response of the EO Work programme ‘EO-3-2016: Evaluation of Copernicus Services’, Sentinels Synergy for Agriculture (SENSAGRI) aims to exploit the unprecedented capacity of S1 and S2 to develop an innovative portfolio of prot ...
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Development of membrane devices to reduce ammonia emissions generated by manure in poultry and pig farms (LIFE AMMONIA TRAPPING)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

... and construct two mobile prototypes that absorb ammonia using gas-permeable membranes, a pioneering technology developed and tested at laboratory scale by the Universidad de Valladolid (UVA) and the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACYL); Determine the environmental, technical and economic viability of the prototypes; Characterise the concentrations of purified streams (gas ...
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Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain (AgroCycle)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

Continuing population and consumption growth are driving global food demand, with agricultural activity increasing to keep pace. Europe has a major agricultural waste problem, generating some 700 million tonnes of waste annually. There is an urgent need and huge opportunity to address the efficient use of agricultural wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCB) towards delivering sustainable value ...
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Sustainable production of next generation biofuels from waste streams (WASTE2FUELS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

WASTE2FUELS aims to develop next generation biofuel technologies capable of converting agrofood waste (AFW) streams into high quality biobutanol.Butanol is one of the most promising biofuels due to its superior fuel properties compared to current main biofuels, bioethanol and biodiesel. In addition to its ability to reduce carbon emissions, its higher energy content (almost 30% more than ethanol), ...
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Evaluation of manure management and treatment technology for environmental protection and sustainable livestock farming in Europe (MANEV)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background The negative environmental impacts on areas of intensive pig farming areas are considerable and well-known. They include air, water and soil quality deterioration, as well as social nuisance and health impacts. Efforts to recycle nutrients in livestock manure must be adapted to local characteristics. Environmental technologies and management ...
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Red transfronteriza España Portugal de experimentación y transferencia para el desarrollo del sector agropecuario y agroindustrial (0671_RED_AGROTEC_6_E)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

Establecimiento de una red transfronteriza de experimentación y transferencia de tecnología en el sector agropecuario y agroindustrial. Creación de una plataforma digital de transferencia de tecnología a través de las TIC en el sector agropecuario y agroindustrial. Fomento de la diversificación y la diferenciación de las producciones agropecuarias y agroindustriales para mejorar la competitividad ...
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Mejora de los sistemas agrícolas y racionalización de cultivos para optimizar la competitividad y sostenibilidad de las explotaciones agrícolas. (0450_AGRI_SOS_6_E)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

OBJETIVOS: Rentabilizar el sector agrario, pilar básico, económico, social y ambiental de las zonas rurales, mediante la implementación de nuevos cultivos, nuevos usos de cultivos, nuevos sistemas agrícolas, nuevas alternativas de cultivo para promover una agricultura empresarial competitiva en zonas productivas y sostenible, que garantice la seguridad y calidad en la alimentación, la protección d ...
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Selection and improving of fit-for-purpose sampling procedures for specific foods and risks (BASELINE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"Food Safety Objectives (FSO) and Performance Objectives (PO) are new criteria complementing the existing concepts of microbiological criteria and MRL for many chemical contaminants. However, to achieve these objectives it is critically important a harmonisation of food safety control procedures.BASELINE project intends to obtain the following objectives: 1) To review the sampling schemes currentl ...
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Mejora de la competitividad del sector agrario de Castilla y León y Norte de Portugal a través de la innovación y el desarrollo de productos diferenciados de alto valor (0452_AGRINNDIF_2_E)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 11, 2012,

OBJETIVOS: 1. Prospección y caracterización de material vegetal tradicional de Castilla y León y Alto Tras os Montes, así como evaluación de sus posibilidades comerciales. / 2. Definir y proponer en base a sus características y a su adecuada adaptación a las zonas objeto del proyecto la utilización de nuevas especies y/o variedades agrícolas para la obtención de productos de alto valor añadido. De ...
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Integrated Approaches for Sustainable European Wine Production (SUSTAVINO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"About 65% of the world’s wine production is managed by European winegrowers. Wine production in Europe is traditionally performed by small and medium sized, family owned companies and co-operatives. Solid and liquid residues are not treated in an appropriate way what has a serious impact on the environment. Wine production is known to produce high amounts of wastewater with sometimes extremely hi ...
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Integrated Monitoring and Control of Foodborne Viruses in European Food Supply Chains (VITAL)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"The concept of VITAL is the integrated monitoring and control of contamination of the European food supply chain by pathogenic viruses. VITAL will use advanced methods for virus detection throughout selected food supply chains from farm to market, to gather data on virus contamination of food and environmental sources suitable for quantitative viral risk assessment. Supply chains will be monitore ...
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Sustentabilidade da Viticultura de Encosta nas Regiões do Douro e do Duero (0216_SUVIDUR_2_P)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

OBJECTIVO: pretende-se efectuar a zonagem e o ordenamento da cultura da vinha nas regiões do Douro e dos Arribes, e produzir orientações para a qualidade vitícola e gestão sustentável da viticultura de encosta, de modo a minimizar os impactos no meio ambiente.ACÇÕES: Levantamento de dados do solo, clima, geologia, relevo e integração em SIG; definição e validação da Unidades Homogéneas do Meio (UH ...
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Transferencia de tecnología y experimentación de cultivos de cereales y leguminosas para usos energéticos y de alta calidad alimentaria en sistemas de regadío y de agricultura sostenible (0186_AGROCELE_3_E)

Start date: Jan 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

OBJETIVO: Rentabilizar el sector agrario, pilar básico, económico, social y ambiental de las zonas rurales, mediante la implementación de nuevos sistemas agrícolas, nuevas alternativas de cultivo y nuevas variedades para promover una agricultura sostenible.ACCIONES: Biocombustibles y cereales: producción de etanol a partir de biomasa. Recuperación de variedades locales de trigo; Leguminosas y marc ...
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Evaluation of microbial food hazards and study of the effect of novel food processes on the virulence of foodborne pathogens (FOODPATH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2007, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

"The guarantee of Food Safety and Quality along the food chain is the principal demand of the European citizen. To establish effective control measures that guarantee Food Safety and Quality “from farm to table”, it is necessary to identify and resolve the problems originating from different microbial hazards, which have been creating continuous food alerts. Consequently, there is a need to unders ...
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Development and implementation of improved molecular diagnostic tools for evaluation of microbial food hazards and study of the effect of novel food processes on the virulence of foodborne pathogens (FOODPATH)

Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2008,

The guarantee of food safety and quality along the food chain is the principal demand of the European citizen. To establish effective control measures that guarantee food safety and quality 'from farm to table', it is necessary to identify and resolve the problems originating from different microbial hazards, which have been creating continuous food alerts.Consequently, there is a need to understa ...
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FROM FARM TO FORK EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY LEGISLATION

...e students from relevant departments The partners of the project are:P0- Kalite Sistem Laboratories Group –TurkeyP1- The Slovak University Of Agriculture in Nitra –SlovakiaP3- Instituto Tecnologico Agrario de Castilla Y Leion –SpainP4- Ofis Consulting & Business – TurkeyP5- Turkish Food Safety Association – Turkey (Auditing Partner)P6- Accent Consulting Ltd. – BulgariaP7- Sistem Kalite Man ...
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F4ST - From Farm to Fork Food Safety Specialist Training Program

This project gives priority to consumers' demand and right for high quality and safe food: in the frame of the project an integrated vocational training material on food safety, on EU regulations and on total quality management in the whole food chain will be created, and transferred into an e-learning environment. The results will be available in the languages of the partner countries. The target ...
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