Descrizione del progetto
Una tecnologia innovativa per la coltivazione sana delle piante
La crescita ottimale delle piante richiede la giusta quantità di aria e acqua, la cui fornitura adeguata e bilanciata rappresenta una sfida per i mercati dell’agricoltura e dell’orticoltura. I substrati attualmente utilizzati sono numerosi ma presentano notevoli limitazioni, mentre le nuove pratiche, quali la coltura idroponica, sono costose. Il progetto Hollandplug, finanziato dall’UE, propone un substrato innovativo costituito da un tappo compostabile al 100 %. La tecnologia si basa su una miscela di iuta e di pionieristici bio-fiocchi per l’immagazzinamento dell’acqua brevettati, i quali vengono spruzzati con un polimero superassorbente brevettato, al fine di rendere ottimale l’equilibrio umidità/aria per la crescita delle piante, dei fiori e dei semi. Il nuovo substrato presenta una produzione superiore del 15 %, una migliore qualità nutrizionale e una riduzione dei consumi energetici. Il progetto, con un investimento di fase 2, preparerà la soluzione per la commercializzazione.
Obiettivo
High fertility of land and proper water disposal in the soil are recognised as essential requirements to grow healthy plants. The agro & horticulture markets demand a cultivation base with an optimal air/water balance which can be controlled to ensure a regular growth of the roots across the soil or block. At the moment, there are numerous substrates such as coco coir, peat coir, stone wool and foam, used in the industry, in an effort to cover these needs. However, all these solutions present important issues, as substrates remain completely wet, are not safely recycled/reused and the water and air content is not equally spread into the entire growing medium. In addition, new practices like hydroponics which emerged for the purpose of controlling the water/air uptake by plants, are mostly expensive systems, not suited for all agriculture uses and require installations with high return on investment. HollandPlug International BV, is a SME founded with the sole purpose of developing, exploiting and commercialising HollandPlug. HollandPlug consists of a 100% compostable plug made of a mix of patented pioneering water storage bio-flakes sprayed with a proprietary Super Absorbent Polymer and jute to optimise the moisture/air balance for plants/flowers/seeds to grow inside. With this new substrate the customers can choose the water level of the plug depending on plants’ needs, which results in 15% higher yield production, better nutritional quality and energy reduction. Our technology reduces the fertilizers needed (35%), the water consumption (60%) compared to conventional soil based farming solutions, the dropout rate to 2% and increase life expectancy of the crop by 15%. The successful commercialization of our project will help us reach annual revenues of €34.28 million and profit of €8.57 million in 2025. With a Phase2 investment of €2.87 million, this would imply a ROI of 7.56We will also create a total 43 new job positions after five years of commercialization.
Campo scientifico
- social sciencessociologydemographyfertility
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulture
Programma(i)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.4. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy
- H2020-EU.3.2.1. - Sustainable agriculture and forestry
- H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
- H2020-EU.3.2.2. - Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet
Invito a presentare proposte
Vedi altri progetti per questo bandoBando secondario
H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017
Meccanismo di finanziamento
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinatore
2491 BW 'S-GRAVENHAGE
Paesi Bassi
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