Predicting optimal harvesting time through integrated thermal crop management
- Type Grupo operativo
- Status Filled
- Execution 2019 -2021
- Assigned Budget 593.991,6 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Canarias; Castilla y León; Murcia, Región de
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://proyectorecolecta.com/about/
Description
Develop an intelligent and autonomous agricultural management system that determines the optimal harvest date for each crop, improving the competitiveness of primary producers in the food chain.
Objectives
- Develop a management system for agricultural holdings using thermal and humidity integration to manage their stock of live and perishable products by scheduling the harvesting process.
- Minimize product loss due to perishability, achieving efficient use of resources and using alternative water for irrigation.
- Conduct a study of pesticide dissipation curves as a tool to optimize the treatments applied to crops and to analyze the evolution of pesticide residues and soil bioremediation.
- Develop new industrial processing techniques that minimise the fragility of vegetables and maximise the shelf life and food safety of the fresh-cut product through vacuum cooling, washing and air drying.
Results
- Increased crop productivity, reduced time to assess crop status, optimisation of phytosanitary/fertiliser treatments and irrigation management.
- Reduction of water consumption and fertilizer use and definition of optimal irrigation water conditions, ensuring the absence of pesticide residues.
- Increasing soil fertility on farms using organic fertilization strategies and biochar amendments.
- Development of a sustainable industrial washing process by searching for chlorine substitutes and optimizing the production parameters of the industrial process.
Contact information
aperezu@vegamayor.es
Coordinators
- Florette Ibérica SL
- Horticola Canarias SL
- Florette Horticola Navarra SLU
- Florette Murcia SLU
- Vegetales de Canarias SL
- Bioagrotech Tech SL
- Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias SA
Beneficiaries
- Florette Ibérica SL
- Horticola Canarias SL
- Florette Horticola Navarra SLU
- Florette Murcia SLU
- Vegetales de Canarias SL
- Bioagrotech Tech SL
- Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias SA
Outsourced
- VEGA MAYOR SL
- ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING SA
- WEBADA INTERNET SL