Descrizione del progetto
Innovative soluzioni di monitoraggio degli alimenti per ridurre gli sprechi
Quello della produzione e distribuzione alimentare è un settore molto grande, che esercita un significativo impatto ambientale. Per questo, l’UE sta conferendo priorità a soluzioni ecologiche e circolari lungo l’intera catena di distribuzione alimentare. Finanziato dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto SERENADE concentrerà l’attenzione sulla parte finale della catena di distribuzione alimentare, sviluppando soluzioni che intervengano sugli sprechi alimentari nelle abitazioni, nei supermercati e presso i rivenditori. Il lavoro del progetto includerà tre pilastri, ovvero derrate alimentari, sensori e tecnologie dei materiali, e produrrà due innovazioni: un contenitore di alimenti intelligente, sostenibile e basato su sensori che monitori la freschezza del cibo e un analizzatore portatile del deterioramento alimentare basato sull’IA che valuti la freschezza dei prodotti non imballati. Inoltre, SERENADE formerà sette dottorandi in diversi campi correlati agli alimenti e alla tecnologia, creando la prossima generazione di esperti nella produzione alimentare sostenibile.
Obiettivo
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).
Campo scientifico
- 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
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-ID - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Industrial DoctoratesCoordinatore
50197 Zaragoza
Spagna