Descripción del proyecto
Asesoramiento por internet para los productores de cítricos
El cultivo de la naranja y el limón es un negocio de gran volumen. Tanto es así que, en el contexto del comercio internacional, los cítricos son las frutas de mayor valor. Un 70 % de la producción total de cítricos a escala mundial se encuentra en el hemisferio norte, y sobre todo en la zona mediterránea y los Estados Unidos, aunque Brasil es el principal productor. Sin embargo, las cosechas de cítricos están amenazadas por patógenos durante todas sus etapas. El proyecto CITRUS-PORT, financiado con fondos europeos, está desarrollando la primera plataforma internacional de asesoramiento digital para este tipo de cultivos. El sistema ofrecerá recomendaciones personalizadas sobre cómo y cuándo aplicar un tratamiento contra enfermedades y plagas, a fin de reducir el uso de plaguicidas. Los investigadores han desarrollado algoritmos de causalidad, y CITRUS-PORT espera convertirse en una innovación revolucionaria que se pueda aplicar a escala mundial gracias al SaaS («software» como servicio) basado en la nube.
Objetivo
European commercial fruit orchards are faced with critical issue: 20-25 chemical sprays performed every season only against fungal pathogens translate into 200-250 kg of toxic chemicals per hectare, polluting the environment and financially burdening producers. EU Member States seek to reduce reliance on pesticides while ensuring the competitiveness of this sector. There is a high demand for IPM innovations and Decision Support Systems that would aid producers in protecting their crops.
Drawbacks of currently available solutions create immense business opportunity for our project, which aims to revolutionize the field of IPM with its disruptive innovation - advisory platform CITRUS-PORT. It will become the first global digital advisory platform for citrus fruit segment, as market is currently missing any comprehensive solution for this crop. It will provide citrus growers with personalized advice on when and how to treat their orchards against diseases and pests, in order to increase efficiency and decrease pesticide use by 30-40%. Enabling our customers to conserve resources, while minimizing negative environmental consequences, significantly contributes to sustainable agriculture. The quality of produced fruits increases, as the toxic residues are reduced by 60%, contributing to safety of the EU food chain.
CITRUS-PORT has potential to be global disruptive innovation as it is universally applicable not only within the whole EU, but worldwide, thanks to state-of-art technical solution (Cloud Software as a service - SaaS application) and unique causal algorithms developed during more than 20 years research work. Our solution is unparalleled as its algorithms are based on novel approach to understanding development cycles. That is why our customers can take measures at specific time, before disease symptoms become visible, at which point treatments becomes more costly and complicated.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
811 02 BRATISLAVA
Eslovaquia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.