Descripción del proyecto
Nuevas tecnologías de vigilancia de los alimentos para reducir los desperdicios
El sector de la producción y la distribución de alimentos es enorme y tiene un impacto ambiental notable. La Unión Europea está priorizando las innovaciones ecológicas y circulares en toda la cadena de suministro de alimentos. El proyecto SERENADE, financiado por las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, se centrará en el final de la cadena de suministro de alimentos mediante el desarrollo de tecnologías que aborden el desperdicio de alimentos en los hogares, los supermercados y los comercios minoristas. El trabajo del proyecto abarcará tres pilares, a saber: tecnologías de los alimentos, los sensores y los materiales. Se crearán dos innovaciones: un contenedor de alimentos inteligente, sostenible y basado en sensores para supervisar la frescura de los alimentos; y un analizador portátil basado en inteligencia artificial del deterioro de los alimentos para evaluar la frescura de los productos sin envasar. Además, SERENADE formará a siete estudiantes de doctorado en varios campos relacionados con la alimentación y la tecnología, lo que dará lugar a la próxima generación de expertos en producción alimentaria sostenible.
Objetivo
Promoting circular economy approaches is critical to decrease the environmental footprint of food production activities. However, there are still inefficiencies at all stages of the food supply chain hindering sustainable food production. In this line, to contribute to sustainability in the last part of the food supply chain, SERENADE proposes a multidisciplinary approach combining three pillars: food, sensors, and materials technologies with the objective of building smart sustainable solutions targeting the reduction of food waste at the end of the food supply chain (households, supermarkets, and food retailers).
Thus, SERENADE’s main goal is to develop sustainable innovations for food quality tracking, while training at the same time a new generation of 7 multidisciplinary Doctoral Candidates (DCs) in the fields of food technology, sensor technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and eco-friendly materials (circular economy) and allowing them to work in team with experts in other disciplines.
These innovations will result in the development of i) a smart and sustainable food container for monitoring food freshness at households and markets, using sensor technology and made of novel food-grade materials (biobased or recycled) and ii) a handheld food spoilage analyzer combining sensor technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) software to determine food freshness in unpackaged food at markets.
To achieve the development of said monitoring solutions, the close collaboration of experts in the three research pillars of the SERENADE project and the training of multidisciplinary researchers in the three fields at the same time, will be needed and will be possible thanks to the international and intersectoral cooperation of the SERENADE partners distributed among 4 EU countries (Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Italy), and to the strong involvement of the industry, with the participation and leadership of industrial partners (SMEs and large industries).
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technology
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-ID - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Industrial DoctoratesCoordinador
50197 Zaragoza
España