BioTech2Agri
Policy objective: PO1 - A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity
Specific objective: SO1 - Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
Typology: Standard project
project addresses a common challenge in the programme area related to enhancing innovation and competitiveness in the agro-food sector through biotechnological solutions and collaboration between different actors and synergetic and complementary competences.
- The objective of project is to strengthen European competitiveness through the advancement of innovation in the agri-food sector. We intend to achieve this objective by adding value to the Italian-Slovenian agri-food chains through the transfer of biotechnological solutions activating cross-border collaboration between the public and private partnership and to create synergetic developments throughout the duration of the project and certainly beyond by setting up medium and long-term development.
- The main innovations of the project lie in the use of biotechnology to improve processes in the agri-food sector and in the methodology of activating new products and enterprises resulting in numerous benefits such as increased production efficiency, development and stimulation of local economies, as well as a trend towards greater environmental sustainability through the decrease in the use of water, soil, pesticides and energy
- exchange of knowledge, technologies and best practices.
- implement innovations in the agri-food sector and promote sustainable economic growth in the region, which has a very high potential in the agri-food and nutriceutical production sector
The project will have a direct impact on the advancement of research and innovation in the sector and its environmental sustainability, as well as the establishment of farm networks and innovative ecosystems that cross borders.
This video presents the main results of BioTech2Agri – Biotechnological Innovation for a Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture. Through the mapping of biotechnologies available in the Italy-Slovenia cross-border area, the project promoted the adoption of innovative solutions for the agri-food sector, supporting SMEs through a pathway that included technical feasibility assessment, business and financial guidance, and cross-border networking opportunities. The project also developed a Biotechnology Value Chain Accelerator, a replicable model designed to connect companies, experts, research centres and innovation support organisations, fostering the uptake and transfer of biotechnological solutions in the agri-food sector.
