Rockrose essential oil for the development of bioeconomy in rural areas
- Type Grupo operativo
- Status In progress
- Execution 2023 -2025
- Assigned Budget 599.820,49 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía; Castilla y León; Castilla - La Mancha; Extremadura
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://goesjara.es/
Description
ESJARA promotes the development of the potential for obtaining derivatives from rock rose and, in particular, essential oils through the active management of Cistus ladanifer and Cistus laurifolius thickets, extending the activity to new areas currently abandoned and modernizing their collection to generate economic returns for their owners and contribute to the fight against climate change through sustainable forest management and fire prevention.
Objectives
- Identification of the potential of rock rose forests for the production of essential oils in 5 pilot areas.
- Develop innovative solutions to put new areas into production through resource management using mechanized exploitation.
- Develop new applications for rock rose essential oils and by-products that provide new uses, greater added value and provide circularity to the value chain.
- Generation of a business model focused on end users that incorporates innovation and allows the development of the activity of harvesting rockrose in new areas of the national territory.
- Cooperation, transfer and dissemination of opportunities for adding value to the rural population.
Results
- Precision mapping of rock rose biomass/exudates/essential oils and tool for predicting optimal harvest times.
- Optimization of the logistics chain based on technological solutions for the extraction of essential oils and development of a digital tool for harvest management, logistics and traceability of raw materials, ESjaraQR, to reduce costs.
- Obtaining and characterizing products from waste.
- Associations of landowners and plans for the use of rockrose in the regions.
- Active cooperation and project management as tools for knowledge transfer.
Contact information
raquel.puntero@cesefor.com
Coordinators
- Fundación Centro de servicios y Promoción Forestal y de su Industria de Castilla y León (CESEFOR)
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
- Agresta Sociedad Cooperativa
- Biolandes Andalucía S.A.
- El Jarpil S.L.
- Federación de las Asociaciones Forestales de Castilla y León (FAFCYLE)
- Rooteco Agriculture S.L.
Collaborators
- Junta de Castilla y León
- Dirección General de Medio Natural y Biodiversidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Beneficiaries
- Fundación Centro de servicios y Promoción Forestal y de su Industria de Castilla y León (CESEFOR)
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
- Agresta Sociedad Cooperativa
- Biolandes Andalucía S.A.
- El Jarpil S.L.
- Federación de las Asociaciones Forestales de Castilla y León (FAFCYLE)
- Rooteco Agriculture S.L.
Outsourced
- Asociación Forestal de Zamora
- Asociación Forestal de Burgos
- Federación Española de la Dehesa
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