ESJARA Operational Group: Rockrose essential oil for the development of the bioeconomy in rural areas
- Type Operational group
- 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 rockrose derivatives 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 its collection to generate economic returns for its owners and contribute to the fight against climate change through sustainable forest management and fire prevention.
Objectives
- Identification of the potential of rockroses for the production of essential oils in 5 pilot areas
- Develop innovative solutions for bringing new areas into production through resource management using mechanized resources.
- Develop new applications for rockrose 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 rockrose harvesting activity in new areas of the national territory
- Cooperation, transfer and dissemination of opportunities to enhance the value of rural populations
Results
- Precision mapping of biomass/exudates/essential oils from rockroses and a 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
- Owners' associations and rockrose utilization plans in the regions
- Active cooperation and project management as knowledge transfer tools
Contact information
- Name of the coordinator/entity: Foundation for the Center for Services and Promotion of Forestry and its Industry of Castilla y León (CESEFOR)
- Coordinator/entity email: raquel.puntero@cesefor.com
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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