Periodic Reporting for period 1 - OrchardMan (A novel vision based orchard system to maximize fruit tree yields and Class 1 quality by 20% whilereducing waste by 50%)
Période du rapport: 2015-06-01 au 2015-11-30
This work is relevant to topic SFS-08-2014-1: “Resource efficient, eco-innovative food production and processing”, particularly optimization of current food production systems, in the SME sector, with the aim of reducing water and energy use and waste generation, and improving food quality, through the improving growers’ ability to increase overall fruit yield per tree and the percentage of Class 1 quality reducing quality-reject waste, and reduction of imports, reducing transport CO2.
There are techno-economic uncertainties that we must clarify before investing in a full development project, so we need to carry out a thorough feasibility study, including the business plan for the phase 2 development and subsequent commercialisation.