Project description
A Sustainable Innovation Framework to rebalance agri-food value chains
Agri-food value chains include many interlinked challenges which jeopardise their sustainability, including productivity pressures, environmental and social pressures, and skewed chain power. Data-driven technological advances have contributed to the growth of agricultural production, but can also have negative effects. The EU-funded Ploutos project brings together farmers, food industry companies, scientists, ICT specialists and policymakers to ensure that the value chain meets societal and environmental demands. The project will develop a Sustainable Innovation Framework based on behavioural innovation, sustainable collaborative business model innovation and data-driven technology innovation. Innovations will be validated in Sustainable Innovation Pilots across 13 countries, covering a range of agri-food ecosystems. The Ploutos Innovation Academy will be established to support co-design and implementation, as well as to disseminate know-how and best practices.
Objective
The Ploutos project focusses on rebalancing the value chain for the agri-food system, transforming it into one that works for the benefit of society and the environment. The project will develop a Sustainable Innovation Framework that follows a systemic approach to the agri-food sector, building on three pillars: Behavioural Innovation, Sustainable Collaborative Business Model Innovation and Data-driven Technology Innovation. Exploiting a history of significant agri-food projects and the respective ecosystems around these, the project will deploy 11 innovative systemic Sustainable Ιnnovation Pilots, where using a Multi-Actor Approach new innovative solutions and methodologies will be implemented, tested, assessed and derive practical lessons learned. The pilots cover a large range of agri-food ecosystems, across 13 countries, covering arable, horticulture (both open fields and greenhouses), perennials and dairy production among other. In each case, behaviour change, collaborative business modelling and data driven innovation will be integrated to deliver the most environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable solution. A Ploutos Innovation Academy will be established to as a vehicle for integrating the know-how, best practices and assessments developed across the project and derived from the Sustainable Innovation Pilots. Ploutos includes 33 partners, 23 of them being end-users, representing all relevant actors in the food system, including farmers, food industry companies, scientists, advisors, ICT specialists and policy makers.
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2595 DA Den Haag
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18545 Peiraias
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R93 Carlow
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20133 Milano
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04131 Almeria
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551 33 THESSALONIKI
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11855 Athina
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3011 XZ Rotterdam
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2 Dublin
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V92 P9NX Dingle
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5465 PR Veghel
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6701 CP Wageningen
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58100 GIANNITSA
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5800 SKYDRA
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29122 PIACENZA
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43122 Parma
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71100 Foggia
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20123 Milano
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75009 Paris
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14564 KIFISSIA
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04131 ALMERIA
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9000 Murska Sobota
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9000 Murska Sobota
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2000 Maribor
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1417 Nicosia
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4760 Omodos
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21000 Novi Sad
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1000 SKOPJE, KARPOSH
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07010 Palma De Mallorca
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07320 SANTA MARIA DEL CAMI
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07007 Palma
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5223 DE S Hertogenbosch
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04131 ALMERIA
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