Industrial research

The project, funded by ESA under the ESA Incubed programme, aims to create an advanced decision support system: the Full DSS, capable of combining modelling and historical information from satellite remote sensing to identify critical areas within the field and diagnose possible causes.

The project aims to overcome the limitations of current decision support tools by spatialising the results of the different models. In fact, traditional DSS are able to identify specific problems, but currently they are unable to provide precise information on what is happening in the field at a specific time.

With the Full DSS all information can be integrated, providing the user with feedback on where and what is happening in the field.

The Meteo_Map project aims to develop an advanced tool to provide users with a new visualization of real-time weather data, spatializing the information and aggregating it at different scales (field scale, company scale, municipal, regional and national scale).

The tool will be useful both for individual farmers, who will be able to know the meteorological parameters such as temperature, humidity and precipitation in each area of ​​the company even in the absence of physical weather stations, and for local administrations, which will be able to view the average and punctual temperature for each administrative area and make make informed and timely management and intervention decisions.

The project is developing a DSS for smart orange harvesting using the most innovative AI image recognition technologies, supported by edge-computing that allows use even in areas with poor internet connection.

This solution will be able to have qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the development status of oranges, providing information on the production and health status of the plants, also providing an intelligent harvesting plan.

VALPRO Path is a Horizon Europe project involving 22 partners from 9 countries.

The aim is to improve the production of vegetable proteins for food and feed in the EU, by exploiting innovations beyond the state of the art, demonstrating and evaluating the potential of the project through 5 multi-stakeholder “living labs”, and with Innovation Production Systems (IPS).

TITAN aims to create a platform for the development of a wide range of innovations aimed at supporting transparency in the food sector, addressing the key challenges identified in the European Green Deal (EGD). This will be achieved through the implementation of a dedicated support system for businesses and a €1.5 million call for innovative ideas submitted by SMEs.

Through a co-creation approach, 15 innovative solutions will be developed and implemented, to provide transparency solutions in the areas of food safety and authenticity, traceability, health, sustainability and improved consumer information.

CEBUS aims to promote sustainable and soil-friendly management of agricultural processes. To achieve this, the project involves the development of a humic balance model capable of providing indications about the variation of organic matter content in the soil. A more sustainable management of soil resources allows carbon sequestration and contributes to climate change mitigation.

The farmer will have the opportunity to obtain a certification that, based on recognized standards, values ​​the actual increase of organic matter in the soil.

Action for Children in Conflict is a project implemented in Kenya in collaboration with the NGO AfCiC that involves the use of AgriTech tools for rural agriculture in the country.