Objective
The project aims to introduce indigo-producing crops into European agriculture, tithe long-term benefit of the rural sector and the environment. The current European market for indigo, supplied entirely by the synthetic product, amounts to8, 000 tonnes p.a. By 2005, the project aim is that at least 5% of the European market is met by natural indigo with a purity of >90%, grown on 20,000 hectares providing the rural sector with an income of at least 32 m euros p.a. The project will provide: seeds and an agronomic blueprint for farmers; identify among three different crops which are best for the different European regions; on-farm technologies for indigo extraction and purification; DIN dyeing standards of the product, and an environmental impact assessment. The multidisciplinary team is vertically integrated, drawing on the leading academic and commercial (SME) players from the whole production chain.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
- social sciences economics and business economics sustainable economy
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Coordinator
RG6 6AH READING / SILCHESTER
United Kingdom
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