Project: Agrifood quality estimation using spectral techniques
| Acronym | SPECTROFOOD (Reference Number: 862680) |
| Duration | 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2023 |
| Project Topic | One of the most important challenges the modern world is facing is food insecurity, while little progress has been achieved at introducing non-destructive and reliable food quality assesment methods at both pre- and post-harvest stages. SPECTROFOOD aspires to develop digital technology solutions for use in the agri food value chain, combining innovative Hyperspectral Imaging Systems, Artificial Intelligence techniques, analytic tools, and data platform – related solutions. At its core, SPECTROFOOD is formed by four use cases, demonstrated with end-users from the primary production, processing, packaging, and distribution across different high-value and perishable crops, that will exhibit the business case of digital innovations for a number of impactful application areas at each stage of the agri-food value chain. SPECTROFOOD recognises that solutions must be practicable and commercially viable in order to ensure citizen 'buy in' and industry implementation. Therefore, the SPECTROFOOD methodology creates easily adaptable digital technology solutions able to be harmonised with existing quality evaluation systems, as well as widely reusable mechanisms in a variety of environments, while proving the scalability and efficiency of the system proposed. The SPECTROFOOD digital technology solution may potentially lead to the reduction of food waste and the optimal use of production inputs, taking steps for a transition towards resilient and sustainable agri-food value chains |
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| Network | ICT-AGRI-FOOD |
| Call | 1st ICT-AGRI-FOOD Joint Cofund Call |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural University of Athens | Coordinator | Greece |
| 2 | Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy | Partner | Germany |
| 3 | EV ILVO Vlaanderen: Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (EV ILVO), | Partner | Belgium |
| 4 | University College Dublin | Partner | Ireland |
| 5 | Inagro | Partner | Belgium |