II GO BIODIF WEBINAR: Biofunctionalization of strategic national crops to improve their competitiveness in the market

The BIODIF Operational Group: Biofunctionalization of strategic national crops to improve their market competitiveness arises in the context of the 2023 Supra-regional Operational Groups call . This project aims to biofunctionalize three strategic national crops used as food matrices (tomato, corn and olive) for the production of table olives and oil with essential micro/macroelements through the application of nanotechnology (nanofertilizers).

In this context, the second GO BIODIF Webinar will be held on April 22, 2025 : Biofunctionalization of strategic national crops to improve their competitiveness in the market , which will be dedicated to the presentation of the project and its members.

11:00 a.m. Opening and welcome

• CELLBITEC FOUNDATION. Antonio del Saz
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. María Teresa Ambrós. (pdc)
• BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna

11:10 a.m. General presentation of GO BIODIF

• CELLBITEC FOUNDATION. Antonio del Saz

11:20 a.m. Presentation of the progress in the different activities of GO BIODIF

• Biofortification of crops through the use of nanofertilizers.
  • NANOINTEC : José M. Jiménez
  • TOMATO : IBMCP-CSIC. Clara Pons and UNICA. David Romera
  • CORN : MBG-CSIC. Rosana Malvar, ICTAN-CSIC, Gracia P Blanch, and DACUNHA. Roberto Lopez
  • OLIVE : EEZ-CSIC. Juan de Dios Alché, and SAN SEBASTIÁN. David Manuel Ortega
  • Producers and cooperatives, future prospects …: UPA. Paula Sánchez

13:00 h. Colloquium and questions

13:15 h. Interaction with other Operational Groups

• GO PITAMED. Vanesa Raya. Canary Islands Institute of Agricultural Research (ICIA)

1:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing remarks

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