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Towards Energy Efficiency in AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in China
Date: 2022/09/27
The eECHO Project, leaded by INKOA, started in March 2022 with the aim of enhancing the resource-efficiency and sustainability of AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in Tibet, Jingjinji and Shandong by providing MSMEs involved in Cold Chain Logistic with mechanisms to reduce energy use and GHG emissions of logistic services, while ensuring food quality and safety and reducing food wastage.
URETIK Project
Date: 2022/08/16
Self-powered sensor nodes for optimizing the energy efficiency in greenhouses
New technologies to avoid food waste generation
Date: 2022/07/19
In the EU, 20% of the total food produced is lost or wasted (88 million tonnes/year). The distribution of food waste generation among stakeholders of the complete value chain is: primary production (11%), food processing (19%), wholesale and retail (5%), food services (12%) and households (53%). The avoidable portion of food waste represents a waste of resources, as food production demands land-use, energy, chemicals and water to be produced and then, delivered to the actors involved in the supply chain. Such a loss of resources inevitably translates into considerable environmental impacts that ideally may be avoided by prevention or mitigated by implementing new technologies and practices.
Towards a circular system in intensive horticulture
Date: 2022/03/08
INKOA leads HortiMED project "Towards circular horticulture: closing the loop on Mediterranean greenhouses”, part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The project, coordinated by INKOA, counts with the participation of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-NIOF (Egypt); the University Mohamed Khider, Biskra (Algeria) and the University of Deusto (Spain).
Promoting circularity in the European agri-food sector – UNLOCK
Date: 2022/01/24
The European poultry sector generates 3.6 million tonnes of waste feathers each year, of which only around 25% is collected separately and valorised. This waste stream contains nearly 90% keratin, a valuable protein that can be a source for biodegradable materials, these residues thus having a great potential to obtain new applications for the agricultural sector. With the aim of developing new products from this feathers waste streams, Inkoa participates in the European UNLOCK project funded by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) within the Horizon 2020 Program.
USE OF ROBOTS IN GREENHOUSES
Date: 2022/01/20
La agricultura en general y la europea en particular tienen que enfrentar importantes desafíos, principalmente el crecimiento de la población, el cambio climático, la escasez de recursos o el aumento de la competencia en el sector. La mejora de la productividad y la calidad pueden permitir el mantenimiento de la rentabilidad, siendo la tecnología parte esencial de este proceso, especialmente la utilización de la automatización y robótica para la monitorización y control de las condiciones climáticas y del propio cultivo.
