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, funded under the NextGenerationEu PNRR Research and Innovation programme “iNEST Interconnected North-East Innovation Ecosystem”, aims to develop an advanced tool to provide users with a new way of viewing real-time weather data, spatialising the information and aggregating it at different scales (field scale, farm scale, municipal, regional and national scale).
The tool will be useful both for individual farmers, who will be able to find out meteorological parameters such as temperature, humidity and precipitation in every area of their farm even in the absence of physical weather stations, and for local administrations, which will be able to view the average and precise temperature for each administrative area and make informed and timely management and intervention decisions.

The Clever project, funded by the Horizon-KDT-JU programme, is developing a DSS for smart orange harvesting using the most innovative artificial intelligence image recognition technologies, supported by edge computing that allows it to be used even in areas with poor internet connectivity. This solution will be able to monitor the quality and quantity of orange development, providing information on production and plant health, as well as 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 – Transparency solutions for transforming the food system is a Horizon Europe project that aims to create a platform for developing a wide range of innovations to support 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 business support system 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, a project funded under the NextGenerationEu PNRR Research and Innovation program “NODES – Nord-Ovest Digitale” (Northwest Digital), aims to promote sustainable and soil-friendly agricultural processes. To achieve this, the project involves the development of a humic balance model capable of providing information on changes in the organic matter content of the soil. More sustainable management of soil resources allows carbon to be sequestered and contributes to climate change mitigation. Farmers will have the opportunity to obtain certification which, based on recognized standards, recognizes the actual increase in 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.