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Forschungsprojekt

Food Heroes – Interreg North-West Europe Project

Improving resource efficiency through designing innovative solutions to reduce food waste

The FAO estimates that each year one-third of all food produced for human consumption in the world is wasted. In recent years several projects looked into this topic with focus on the last parts of the chain: retail and consumers. This project will focus on the first parts of the chain for fish, meat and fruits and vegetables.

Aims

By collaboration agriculture and agrifood sector, creative sector and universities/knowledge institutes will design and test…

Cooperation partners:

  • Provincie Noord-Brabant, Netherland
  • Dutch Design Foundation, Netherland
  • Innovatiesteunpunt, Belgium
  • Flanders District of Creativity vzw, Belgium
  • Association des Chambres d’Agriculture de l’Arc Atlantique, France
  • Technopole Quimper-Cornouaille, France
  • SPESSART regional e.V., Germany
  • Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Ireland
  • Clean Technology Centre, Irland
  • University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • Laval Mayenne Technopole, France
  • In Ovo B.V. (Subpartner of PP1 - GBER Art. 25), Netherland

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Prof. Dr. Barbara Freytag-Leyer

Sozioökologie im privaten Haushalt

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Prof. Dr. Rohtraud Pichner Dekanin

Mikrobiologie • Lebensmittelhygiene

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Prof. Dr. Jörg Hampshire

Nutrition • Food Quality

Project information

Project coordinator:
Zuidelijke Land- en Tuinbouw organisatie, Netherland 

Funding:
European Regional Development Fund

Duration: