Identification & Background:
Project title: Platform for Valorization, Industrialization and Agrifood Innovation
Project code: C644929456-00000040
Main objective:
The VIIAFOOD Agenda to promote the structural transformation of the agrifood sector in line with the objectives set out in the Sectoral Pact for the Competitiveness and Internationalization of the Agrifood Sector, through the creation of a national platform for the development of innovative products and services (project supported under the PRR (www.recuperarportugal.gov.pt).
Region of Intervention: National
Beneficiary(ies): 49 beneficiary(ies)
Approval date: 23/07/2022
Start date: 01/10/2022
Conclusion date: 31/12/2025
Total eligible investment: 113.739.250,88€
Objetives
The VIIAFOOD Agenda aims to create a national platform for the development and industrialization of innovative products, processes and services, materializing in a concerted strategic plan, with joint measures and actions aimed at the sector’s cross-cutting objectives. In effect, the VIIAFOOD Agenda aims to strengthen collaboration between companies in the agri-food industry, companies in other related industries and Research & Development entities to leverage the creation of synergies and the transfer of knowledge and technologies in order to (re)industrialize the Portuguese Agri-Food Sector.
Ativities
The activities to be carried out are described as follows:
WP 1. New formulations for healthier and safer products
WP 2 New process technologies for the production of new healthier and safer products
WP 3. New formulations for new sensory experiences
WP 4. New process technologies for the production of new product varieties
WP 5. New packaging with advanced features
WP 6. New methods for analyzing trends and consumer behavior
WP 7. new and more sustainable/green products and packaging
WP 8. new advanced/digital technologies for efficient food and packaging processes
WP 9. New collaborative infrastructures for co-innovation and pre-industrialization
WP 10. New promotion and internationalization drivers.
Expected results
Develop 130 new innovative products, processes, services and packaging for the national agri-food sector.
