Agriculture – IRIS-INNOVATION

Waste2Fuels

Waste2Fuels Sustainable production of next-generation biofuels from waste streams WASTE2FUELS aims to develop next-generation biofuel technologies capable of converting agro-food 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 [...]

Agrocycle

Agrocycle Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain 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 [...]

Waterbee

Waterbee Wireless sensor network based smart irrigation IOT platform Project: Waterbee Categories: FP7 Call: FP7-SME Grant Agreement no. 315407 The WaterBee Smart Irrigation Demonstration Action is the follow-on phase from the very successful FP7-SME-007-1 WaterBee “Research for SMEs” project (222440) that ended in September 2010, & very convincingly researched, developed & proved the concept of [...]

Mytoolbox

Mytoolbox Digital platform for mycotoxin presence in food and feed products MyToolBox mobilises a multi-actor partnership (academia, farmers, technology SMEs, food industry and policy stakeholders) to develop novel interventions aimed at achieving a 20-90% reduction in crop losses due to fungal and mycotoxin contamination. MyToolBox will not only pursue a field-to-fork approach but will also [...]

Optimalt

Optimalt Monitoring systems for barley harvesting and malting process The EU malting barley industry supplies almost 50% of global malting barley requirements. The sustainability of thousands of EU SME farmers depends on the competitiveness of this industry, as is the quality of our brewing and distilling industries. Malting barley demands a premium at the farm [...]

Agrimax

Agrimax Developing and demonstrating the production of multiple, high-value products from crop and food-processing waste. Around one-third of all food produced each year is wasted. Agrimax will build two pilot biorefineries where leftovers from tomato, cereal, potato and olive will be converted into valuable products for the packaging, food and farming sectors. In addition, [...]