Novadays has provided technical, financial and legal support to three supraautonómicos operating groups within the framework of the European Association for Innovation in agricultural productivity and sustainability (AEI-AGRI), being its Innovation Broker. The three operating groups have been created under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) and financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
Operative Group for the identification and quantification of dairy components used in the manufacture of mixing cheeses
The operating group "Identification and quantification of dairy components used in the manufacture of blended cheeses"It is led by EURECAT, technological center of Catalonia, and by INLAC, the inter-professional dairy organization. It has been created in order to identify and quantify in an accurate and efficient way, through precision techniques, the different milks used in the elaboration of mixing cheeses.
During the past year, the dairy Interprofessional Organization (INLAC) carried out a wide survey on the current possibilities of identifying and quantifying the different milks used in the elaboration of mixed cheeses in the market. As a result of this study, it was determined that there is no methodology that guarantees this quantification due to the multiple factors that influence the reliability of the results.
In this sense, the correct identification constitutes a guarantee of transparency, fair competition and confidence for the consumer, because, in accordance with the provisions of RD 1113/2006 and the European regulations concerning food labelling, cheeses Made with milk of two or more species must indicate on its label the quantities of each type of milk used at the time of its elaboration, or in the case of using the denomination cheese "of mixture", the minimum percentages of each one of them.
Target of the operating group
The main objective of the Task Force is to establish the theoretical basis for writing the project or R & D projects to design methodologies and analytical techniques suitable to identify and quantify the different types of milk (cow, sheep and goat), through Analysis of regulatory and administrative conditions, available techniques and mapping of problems and solutions that improve existing ones and represent a competitive advantage to producers.
Participants in the operating group
The operating group is composed of a team of companies, associations, organizations and multidisciplinary research centres.
- APLTA, classroom of dairy products and food Technologies (APLTA) of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
- Cetal Foundation Agri-Food Technology Center of Lugo.
- EURECAT, Technological centre of Catalonia,
- INLAC, interprofessional Dairy Organization,
- ZEULAB S.L., manufacturers of reagents and analytical equipment,
- NOVADAYS.
It is planned to expand the consortium, both cooperatives and industries, to transfer knowledge that is developed during the project.
More information on the Web: http://quesos-mezcla.chil.org/
Operating group for the definition of a Toolbox For the reduction of energy consumption in pressure irrigation nets for vineyards
The operating group "Toolbox for reducing energy consumption in pressure irrigation nets for vineyards " It is an efficient irrigation project conceived within the framework of the National Rural Development Programme, financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
The EnerTool project aims to integrate and transfer to the market the computer tools developed by R & D Centers for the reduction of costs associated to the energy in the production of grapes for vinification as well as to carry out the irrigation of the Crops in a more efficient way, from an energetic, economic and environmental point of view.
Several irrigators communities are already integrated in the Integral management program of irrigators communities developed by serine. There are also various tools proposed by research centers, among which, among others, Optired, developed by the cails of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Maeeb, the Regional Center for Water Studies (CREA) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha, or the tool for managing critical points in networks developed by the University of Córdoba.
Target of the operating group
The final objective is to determine the tools that should eventually constitute the toolbox to cover all the needs of pressure irrigation networks and how to approach the market so that the use of toolbox tools is viable under the Economic point of view and accepted by users.
Participants in the operating group
The operating group is composed of a team of companies, associations, organizations and multidisciplinary research centres.
- Narrow Marsh of Peñarroya Sociedad Cooperativa Castilla La Mancha.
- Serine, engineering and architecture services S.L.
- Spanish Federation of Irrigators ' Communities (FENACORE).
- Spanish Association of Groundwater Users (AEUAS).
- University Institute of Research in Water and Environment Engineering (CAILS) – Polytechnic University of Valencia.
- Regional Center for Water Studies (CREA) – Castilla – La Mancha University.
- University of Córdoba.
- NOVADAYS.
In a next phase we will proceed to the drafting of the Innovation project in which the structure and development of the Toolbox elaboration will be considered taking into account the different needs of the irrigators ' communities interested in the implantation of these Tools.
More information on the Web: http://www.geoscopio.net/empresas/enertool/
Operating Group of operational, legal, economic and financial models for the implantation of sustainable and competitive photovoltaic energy in agro-alimentary facilities
The operating group "Operational, legal, economic and financial models for the implantation of sustainable and competitive photovoltaic energy in agro-alimentary facilities " Conceived within the framework of the National Rural Development Programme, financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) within its plan to promote innovation Technology in the primary sector in Spain.
The Solar feeds project aims to develop a framework for the efficient and profitable implantation of photovoltaic energy in the agri-food sector. This initiative will be directed towards the resolution of the main difficulties encountered by the agri-food sector in order to cope with the energy costs, which already make up 30% of the productive costs. This project aims to achieve continuous improvement in energy efficiency and savings. The task force will focus on identifying the operational scenarios and the legal and economic-financial barriers that the project will have to resolve.
Target of the operating group
The objective is to promote by means of an operating model the reduction between 20-30% the energy costs of the companies and to achieve the reduction of the agro-alimentary sector exposure to the fluctuations of the costs of the fossil fuels. This project aims to achieve a continuous improvement in enrgética efficiency. All this implies the possibility of reinvestment of energy cost savings in business strategies that result in greater environmental, economic and/or social sustainability of companies. The task force will focus on identifying the operational scenarios and the legal and economic-financial barriers that the project will have to resolve.
Participants in the operating group
The operating group consists of:
- Spanish Photovoltaic Union – UNEF
- Innovative Business Association nutrition and Health – AINS
- Castilla y León Food Industry Association – VITARTIS
- Agro-food Cluster foundation of the region of Murcia – AGROFOOD business cooperation
- Spanish Federation of Irrigators Communities – FENACORE
- NOVADAYS.
More information on the Web: https://autoconsumo.unef.es/
