TRANSDAIRY
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TRANSborder Key Enabling Technologies and Living Labs for the DAIRY value chain

A propos du projet

The Dairy Value Chain (DVC) faces joint challenges at Mediterranean level: the growing market demand for high quality and safe products and the industrialization of farming and globalization. In this context, cross-border cooperation is needed to create the critical mass of research results marketable by spin-offs to address the entire DVC. The TRANSDAIRY project intends to enhance technology transfer among research, industry and SMEs in the fields of Key Enabling Technologies (KET) applied to the Dairy Value Chain. To do so, it will establish 8 cross-border Living Labs, increase institutional capacity through specialized trainings, provide a market analysis for new products and services enabled by KETS. TRANSDAIRY will provide new tools and techniques for a more efficient and sustainable DVC, which will decrease delivery times, waste and logistic costs, increase and improve the quality and safety of milk and dairy products.

Informations clés

TRANSDAIRY
TRANSborder Key Enabling Technologies and Living Labs for the DAIRY value chain
A.2 Support to education, research, technological development and innovation
A.2.1 Technological transfer and commercialisation of research results
Italy, Tunisia, Lebanon, Greece

DONNÉES FINANCIÈRES

3.8 million
Budget total
3.4 million
Contribution de l'UE
%
10%
Cofinancement du projet

Faits saillants

Le projet en chiffres

10
Partenaires
4
Pays
27
Outputs techniques

Durée du projet

Date de démarrage
Date de clôture

Partenariat

Actualités

Evènements

Bibliothèque

Project outputs

Documents

Videos

Objective

To enhance technology transfer among research, industry and SMEs in the fields of Key Enabling Technologies applied to the Dairy Value Chain, through the creation of Living Labs, the increase of institutional capacities, and the development of market intelligence for sustainable and consolidated spin-offs

Qu’est-ce qui sera amélioré?

The regions involved in the project share a Dairy Value Chain based on small farms generally family-run whose younger members tend to flee from such demanding jobs.  This situation is made more challenging by international competition which offers low cost and low quality imported dairy products. These regions are also impacted by the effects of climate change. TRANSDAIRY will modernize some practices and support the transition towards a model more adapted to the reality of today´s globalization. Besides creating jobs, the project will increase the quality and safety of dairy products, improve productivity and small farmers´ revenues.

Qui va bénéficier du projet?

  • Government research agencies and universities
  • Actors of the dairy value chain: farmers, transporters, distributors, etc.
  • Women and younger people working in the sector, seeking new opportunities and jobs 
  • Research entities in ICT and Bio/Nano Technologies
  • Dairy products consumers
     

Réalisations prévues

  • 8 Living Labs set up, 4 in Biotechnologies and 4 in ICT
  • 2 web platforms launched for pre-competitive analysis of products and services
  • 8 training courses implemented with at least 200 beneficiaries
  • 16 vouchers for spin-off establishment
  • 12 vouchers for co-development of patents
  • 28 vouchers for co-publication on KETs
     

Contribution to policy-making

TRANSDAIRY is consistent with most regional and national policies for innovation. In Campania and Piedmont (Italy), the innovation policy network provides multiple initiatives of regional development and agriculture plans. In Mediterranean Partner Countries, the involvement of national public entities from Tunisia and Lebanon is an asset to ensure the outcomes of the project will be supported at policy level. 

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