Project description DEENESFRITPL New framework to boost the performance of agri-food systems From production to consumption and waste, the agri-food system significantly impacts the environment as well as our health and food safety. The Catholic University of Portugal aims to gain a deeper understanding of how to achieve sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. Along these lines, the University will become a centre of excellence in the use of sensors, multiomics and plant phenotyping technologies. The EU-funded STARGATE project will ensure this by focussing on the environment and its resources, food and nutrition, and biobased/biomedical products. It will develop a framework for measuring the impact of genetic resources and biodiversity in order to increase resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, reduce the use of fertilisers/herbicides, improve the nutritional value of crops and extend shelf life. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective STARGATE will enable UCP to become an established centre of excellence on the use of sensors, multi-omics and plant phenotyping technologies as tools to gain a deeper understanding on the management of desired traits that enable sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. For this, it is essential that UCP increases its competencies in data management and data analysis. STARGATE will boost the level of excellence of UCP in a topic of extreme relevance to the centre’s core activities within its three pillars of research: Environment and Resources; Food and Nutrition; Biobased and Biomedical Products. The project will establish a framework upon which the Consortium will build to understand the potential impact of genetic resources and biodiversity on the final food, and to modulate plant phenotypes aiming to select the best raw material to generate the Premium food product (nutritious, healthy, safe and sustainable) by increasing resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, reduce the use of fertilizers/herbicides, improve nutritional value of crops and overall quality, extend shelf-life and reduce losses. STARGATE will facilitate structural changes at UCP and maximize its high potential for research excellence by creating a synergic research environment with internationally leading institution in this area: INRAE, IPK and WR. These partners cover gap areas of UCP (sensing technologies, multi-omics, phenotyping, data analysis, predictive modelling). These centres have the infrastructure as well as the capacity to manage and analyse data generated by phenomics, metabolomics, diverse sensor data, and build predictive models for selected scenarios, being ideal to support UCP in acquiring such knowledge at international excellence levels. In the long term, STARGATE will enable UCP to expand these tools to other stages of the agri-food system and to develop a centre of excellence in high-performance agri-food systems. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencemedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Keywords Agri-food systems Sensor technology Phenotyping Phenomics Metabolomics IoT Farmers Modelling Machine learning Sustainability Programme(s) H2020-EU.4.b. - Twinning of research institutions Main Programme Topic(s) WIDESPREAD-05-2020 - Twinning Call for proposal H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA Net EU contribution € 445 342,50 Address PALMA DE CIMA 1649 023 Lisboa Portugal See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 445 342,50 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT France Net EU contribution € 146 778,75 Address 147 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE 75007 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 146 778,75 LEIBNIZ - INSTITUT FUER PFLANZENGENETIK UND KULTURPFLANZENFORSCHUNG Germany Net EU contribution € 143 618,75 Address CORRENSTRASSE 3 06466 Seeland Ot Gatersleben See on map Region Sachsen-Anhalt Sachsen-Anhalt Salzlandkreis Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 143 618,75 STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Netherlands Net EU contribution € 163 481,25 Address DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 163 481,25
