Project description
Dynamic network aiding the future of truffles through the exchange of knowledge
Rare, aromatic and expensive – truffles are the delicacies of the fungi kingdom. However, a lack of knowledge on the ecology and management of truffles is challenging their future and leading to a decline in their production and a heterogeneity in the truffle yields in new plantations. Addressing this, the EU-funded INTACT project aims to create a multilateral network of research and innovation staff who are active in the sustainable use of both wild and farmed truffles, including their cultivation, pre-treatment, preservation and processing. The consortium will run for four years, allowing the accumulation and exchange of invaluable knowledge on all levels of the truffle value chain.
Objective
Truffles are esteemed edible fungi and one of the most valuable non-wood forest products that grow in symbiotic association with their host trees. They are of high economic and social value and their cultivation is of significant interest in the development of rural areas in European countries, but increasingly also in other continents. However, it has been observed a decline of wild truffle production and a heterogeneity in the truffle yields in new plantations, mainly due to the lack of enough knowledge about the ecology and management of the fungi. Accordingly, this MSCA-RISE project aims at establishing a multi-lateral network of research and innovation staff active in sustainable use of both wild and cultivated truffles, including the cultivation, but also pre-treatment, preservation and processing of the truffles. Particular attention will be paid at issues related to the juridical and normative framework for a traceability legislation for each country involved and to rules on collecting wild truffles in Europe. The research capacities will be strengthened through the exchange of knowledge and expertise on a shared research and training program providing a stronger transnational cooperation and better connections between actors committed to research and production on the truffles value chain. The involvement of Non-Academic Organisations will ease the sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to all levels of the truffle value chain. The joint Intersectoral and Interdisciplinary exchange program will involve 17 Academic and Non-Academic Beneficiaries and Partners and will be performed through a series of short-and long-term periods of staff exchanges. The program will run over 4 years thus allowing the broad portfolio of exchanges to be performed. The planned program of secondments is extensive and involves a range of scientific activities from technical skills exchange and training, to methodological development and planning of future new research.
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00185 Roma
Italy
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Participants (15)
06123 Perugia
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07100 Sassari
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06026 Pietralunga
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29016 Malaga
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25280 Solsona
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50059 Zaragoza
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11030 Beograd
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33490 Saint Maixant
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75007 Paris
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22430 Graus
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22005 Huesca
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06125 Perugia
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25003 Lleida
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50009 Zaragoza
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33400 Mersin
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Partners (5)
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4810101 Temuco
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C1425FQB Buenos Aires
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10080 Rabat
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9200 Esquel
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8500 VIEDMA RIO NEGRO
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