Project: DeveloSMEnt of a blockchain-based ecosystem that allows an improved positioning of small producers of honey on local and international markets

Acronym	TECHONEY
Project Topic	TECHONEY’s main objective is to identify strategies and establish lines of resilience to the new challenges determined by the COVID-19 pandemic for beekeepers in the Mediterranean agricultural systems through the implementation, definition, enhancement and transfer of competitive, profitable, efficient and trustful honey supply-chain alternatives that address beekeepers capacities and attractiveness to fulfil consumer needs on unexpected food market changes. TECHONEY proposes the creation of a traceability system to guarantee the quality and safety of honey within the supply chain for more effective communication to consumers. This approach will be unfolded by the joint creation of two levels of interaction: a physical one through the characterization of honey, and a “laboratory” one through the creation of a Honey living lab (HILE) that will be the arena to collect information from beekeepers, stakeholders, and consumers to transfer and apply the new optimized models. The specific objectives (SO) are the followings: SO1: Map the current added-value chains and complexity level for honey products in six case studies SO2 Increase the competitiveness and power of the beekeeping supply chain by understanding consumers’ and retailers’ opinions and acceptance through hypothetical and no-hypothetical methods. SO3: To promote the traceability to differentiate local honey and guarantee food safety of honey produced in the Med. area by characterising it in a reliable, certifiable and documentable manner. SO4: Development of a new “Multichannel distribution” e-commerce platform implementing new business model as well as integrating and scaling up the outcomes from WPs 1, 2, 3. Explore the feasibility of a new traceability ecosystems and effective business models across different stakeholders. SO5: Maximize the exploitation and transference of the findings through the creation of a website ITC Tool. SO6: Maximize outreach and beneficial influence of the project results and reach the target users (beekeepers, small-scale food manufacturers and local distributors, canteens and retailers, authorities) through an effectively established communication and dissemination plan, including innovative training capsules TECHONEY is structured in 4 main technological pillars: 1) creation of a consortium IoT blockchain platform that involves various actors in the honey supply chain to ensure transparency and traceability, in addition to reducing costs and ensure the traceability in the honey supply chain; 2) creation of a transformative learning community to ensure a smart-short-resilient shared supply chain; 3) characterization of the quality of honey to guarantee its traceability within the blockchain directly by consumers; 4) develop ICT tools for honey supply chain participants and consumers.
Network	PRIMA
Call	Section 2 – Multi-topic 2021

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGON	Coordinator	Spain
2	Centro de Investigación en Economía y Desarrollo Agroalimentario	Partner	Spain
3	Mouloud Mammeri University in Tizi Ouzou -	Partner	Algeria
4	Laboratoire d'informatique Gaspard-Monge	Partner	France
5	JASSP	Partner	France
6	University Federico II of Naples	Partner	Italy
7	Sapienza - Università di Roma	Partner	Italy
8	Luxemburg Institute of Science and Technology	Partner	Luxembourg
9	National School of Agriculture NSA	Partner	Morocco
10	University Sultan Moulay Slimane, UNSU Beni-Mellal of Morocco	Partner	Morocco
11	Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	Partner	Tunisia
12	National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia - INAT	Partner	Tunisia
13	Ordu University (UNOR)	Partner	Türkiye