This project aims to respond to challenges related to promoting a more competitive national food industry. It will involve promoting new growth strategies based on strengthening technological, innovation and R&D capacity aimed at obtaining new products, services, processes or technologies, acting throughout the entire value chain and reinforcing collaboration between the business sector and not business. The food sector is intended to be sustainable, fully integrated, interconnected, transparent, resilient, safe, efficient in the use of resources and consumer-centric. The aim is to achieve these objectives through the implementation of solutions in three main pillars: “Food Safety and Sustainability”, “Food for Health and Well-being” and “Safe Food and Quality”, materializing in the research and development of new processes, products or services. Co-promotion project.
Reference: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024524.
Total funding: 7,387,591.67€
Funding for CECAV/UTAD: 44,825€
Leading institution: Primor Charcutaria–PRIMA, S.A.
Partner: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) and 43 institutions.
Researchers from CECAV: Alexandra Esteves, Cristina Saraiva, Márcio Moura-Alves (PhD student)
Link: https://mobfood.pt/