Description du projet
De nouvelles solutions de contrôle des aliments pour réduire les déchets
La production et la distribution alimentaires sont un secteur énorme, dont l’incidence environnementale est considérable. L’UE privilégie les solutions vertes et circulaires à tous les maillons de la chaîne d’approvisionnement alimentaire. Financé par le programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie, le projet SERENADE se concentrera sur la fin de la chaîne d’approvisionnement alimentaire, en développant des solutions qui ciblent le gaspillage alimentaire chez les ménages, chez les détaillants et dans les supermarchés. Les travaux du projet couvriront trois piliers, à savoir les aliments, les capteurs et les technologies des matériaux. Ils produiront deux innovations: un récipient pour aliments intelligent, durable et reposant sur des capteurs permettant de contrôler la fraîcheur des aliments, et un analyseur portable de l’altération des aliments reposant sur l’IA visant à évaluer la fraîcheur des produits non emballés. En outre, SERENADE formera sept candidats au doctorat dans plusieurs domaines liés à l’alimentation et aux technologies, créant ainsi la prochaine génération d’experts en matière de production alimentaire durable.
Objectif
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).
Champ scientifique
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- 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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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-ID - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Industrial DoctoratesCoordinateur
50197 Zaragoza
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