The creation of the AGROECORAM operational group aims to aggregate scientific knowledge and technological development from Agroecology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Circular Economy and Computing for the development of new products, methods and strategies to promote the valorization of endogenous resources, and mainly, the socioeconomic profitability of regional fruit growing in MPB agricultural systems, promoting the development of sustainable rural territories.
The cooperation between scientific institutions and biotechnology companies achieved within the group will enhance active participation in future scientific projects and the creation of others, as well as promote the transfer of technical-scientific knowledge from the academic and scientific community to the business sector, allowing the technological development of more innovative products and services in the agri-food, biotechnology and circular economy sector of RAM.
This initiative proposes implementing an integrated specialization strategy for valorizing regional endogenous resources in agricultural systems, allowing the introduction of scientific knowledge, technological development, ecological sustainability and economic profitability in the farming sector of RAM and, transversally, the promotion of sustainable territories located in rural areas. On the other hand, it will boost the export of high-value-added products and services, giving prestige to the Region in European and global terms, making Madeira a case study in the agricultural sector, both in sustainable, innovative production and in commercial and scientific terms. Consequently, the operational group executes the BIO-VALOR project - Integrated Specialization Strategy for Sustainable Valorization of Endogenous Resources in Fruit Growing in Organic Production Mode (PRODERAM20-16.2.1-FEADER-02551).
| Project Designation: | AGROECORAM - Grupo Operacional para a Agroecologia na Região Autónoma da Madeira (PRODERAM20-16.1.1-FEADER-02550) | |
| Program: | PRODERAM 2020 / IFAP | |
| Start Date: | 03/05/2022 | |
| End Date: | 31/03/2025 | |
| Total Budget: | 23 422,29€ | |
| Funding: | 23 422,29€ | |
| Coordinator: | ARDITI | |
| Partners: | Agrofood Techis, Unipessoal, Lda., Phytoalgae, Lda., ACOESTE - Associação da Costa Oeste. | |
| Website: | https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common-agricultural-policy/rural-development_pt |
This project is aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goal (SDG):
