Nanomaterials for an environmentally friendly and sustainable handling of perishable products Extending shelf-life of perishable Mediterranean food products by sustainable technologies and logistics and by optimized pest and microbial control Read More
Nanomaterials for an environmentally friendly and sustainable handling of perishable products Extending shelf-life of perishable Mediterranean food products by sustainable technologies and logistics and by optimized pest and microbial control Read More
Nanomaterials for an environmentally friendly and sustainable handling of perishable products Extending shelf-life of perishable Mediterranean food products by sustainable technologies and logistics and by optimized pest and microbial control Read More
Nanomaterials for an environmentally friendly and sustainable handling of perishable products Extending shelf-life of perishable Mediterranean food products by sustainable technologies and logistics and by optimized pest and microbial control Read More
About Nano4Fresh
Most fresh food products in the EU is produced in the Mediterranean countries. To those who have not happened to buy oranges from Spain, grapefruits from Israel or pomegranates from Turkey, Egyptian strawberries or Moroccan mint or Portuguese rocha pear, just to mention some everyday foods on our tables.
It would be a real fortune for humans and a good deal for the environment and the food trade business to solve the problem of the deterioration of climatic products through the control of the atmosphere and the killing of fungi and bacteria in the cold rooms during transport. Even better if some good researcher and ingenious entrepreneur and agricultural distributor sensitive to the protection of ecosystems and sustainable production were able to develop nano-composite materials from agricultural residues, perhaps with pits of olives, peaches or avocados or with nut shells and almonds, very useful for incorporating titanium, zirconium, tungsten and iron oxide nanoparticles, as additives with catalytic activity and MOFs (Metal-Organic Frameworks) of copper and silver with antimicrobial activity.
Five researchers, university professors, farmer entrepreneur distributor from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Morocco have got involved and have conceived a project. The innovative research project in question is called Nano4fresh and has recently won € 665,000 after a tough selection among thousands of excellent research teams from 19 countries in the "agri-food value chain" section of the PRIMA Call 2019, the Innovation Program of the water and agri-food sector in the Mediterranean area.
The international team of researchers is led by Professor Filipa Ribeiro of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal, Professor Francisco Maldonado of the University of Granada, Spain, Professor Fabio Marchetti of the University of Camerino, Italy, Professor Abdelaziz Bacaoui of the Cadi University Ayyad of Marrakesh, Morocco and the industrial Portuguese fruit entrepreneur and distributor Paulo Torres of the Frutus company of Estação Fruteira do Montejunto, the world's largest exporter of the Rocha pear.
Nano4Fresh project consists of 4 countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Morocco) and is coordinated by Portugal. The project involves 5 research units. Meet the teams allocated to each research unit by pressing the institution's logo.
PRIMA Project 27 - Section II - Extending shelf-life of perishables Mediterranean food products Nano4Fresh - Nanomaterials for an environmental friendly and sustainable handling of perishable products
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