Acronym of the project: NET-MINI-LAB
THE PROJECT
The project was born with the aim of increasing the environmental sustainability and the profitability of farms.
In the context of the agri-food sector in the Italian and european is the ever more pressing need to equip the chains and operators of the tools to ensure the reduction of the risks from a farmer in the comparisons of biotic and abiotic, the improvement of the quality of agricultural production and of the foodstuffs together with the increase of the environmental sustainability of production processes. Sustainability environmental understood as a lower environmental impact, protection of the safety of the product and saving economic operator in the industry.
The main objective of the project is the integration of knowledge in the field of plant pathology, in particular with regard to viruses and bacteria that affect the solanaceae, with integrated management practices, and early diagnosis together with the computerized approach.
The connection of all these elements leads to the development of a diagnostic method is able to contain the diseases of economic interest is more relevant. The project aim, therefore, is to facilitate the access to the systems of diagnosis and management, developing mobile applications and kit easy-to-use and at a low cost to the companies of the supply chain. All the information gathered through the use of the kit and the mobile app will be stored on a cloud server for the collection and storage of data for the further and further processing by the operators of the research or stakeholders (target groups). The project, part of this Focus Area, wants to make a significant contribution in the field of climate/environmental aiming at the reduction of environmental risks through application solutions aimed at monitoring, management and optimization of different processes related to agricultural production with the aim of improving the quality of the products and reduce the resources used and the environmental impact.NETWORK MINI-LAB
The project aims to create a network of mini-labs managed remotely to achieve the goal of minimizing the impact of diseases on the territory and to reduce to a minimum the environmental impact, through early diagnosis according to the following methods:
– Establishment of a supply chain with particular regard to the tomato sauce made from Hatcheries, Farms, and OP;– ex-ante analysis on the seeds of the tomato in the entry:
– Organization of meetings with the parties mentioned above, to educate them on the actions prophylactic;
– Creation of mini-labs interconnected to a central laboratory, which is accredited;
– Set up and design of diagnostic tools specific, sensitive and rapid based on the test of isothermal amplification, or amplification in real-time genome or part thereof of the major pathogens, on the basis of the results of the investigations and the information of the stakeholders;
– Validation of the diagnostic tool through the ring-test;
– Development of a mobile application for managing continuous data by the accredited laboratory;
– Training course for laboratory technician;
– The protection and enhancement of biodiversity through the creation of a discipline and the possibility of certification of the quality of “biodiversity friend”;
– Diversification of agricultural activities through the transformation of waste products in the tomato sauce.
An innovative approach like the one proposed, developed numerous indicators of sustainability, economic, environmental, social and supported not only from the scientific literature, but also from objective data. Proposed innovation will be able to ensure a greater income for nurseries and farmers, in addition to the undoubted benefits of a social nature and the environment.
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PARTNERSHIP →
9 partners, including nurseries, laboratories and research centres
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