Identification & Background
Project Title: PROSPER – Promoting Resilient Orphan Legumes for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Project code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02 (Grant agreement ID: 101181400)
Main objective: The PROSPER project seeks sustainable solutions to promote crop diversification, valuing neglected legumes (“orphan legumes” – OLs) resilient in Mediterranean Europe, Central and the North, targeting various geographical regions and climate conditions. Using a multi-actor approach (MAA), PROSPER will address the needs of stakeholders and end-users and encourage their active involvement in co-creating technical solutions. The participatory services of explicit spatial information (SEIS) will offer personalized information to all PROSPER actors.
Region of intervention: Mediterranean
Beneficiary entity(s):
Università degli Studi di Pavia (coordination)
Benaki Phytopathological Institute
Aarhus Universitet
Innova-Tech S.R.L.
Institut National des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l’Environnement – AgroParisTech
Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
More – Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação – Associação
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Solintagro SL
Innovplantprotect – Associação
Cook.Lab Lda
Università Campus Bio Medico di Roma
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon
Universidad de Salamanca
Nordiskt Genresurcenter
Smart Agro Hub Anonymi Etairia
White Research Srl
Agri Obtention
Agroland A.E. – Afoi Chr Katsi
Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa, Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Asociația Eco Ruralis-In Sprijinul Fermierilor Ecologici si Traditionali
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Sfax University
Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Euro-BioImaging ERIC
Date of approval: 13/12/2024
Start date: 01/09/2025
Completion date: 31/08/2029
Total eligible investment: €4,999,625.00
Eligible investment of MORE CoLAB: 211,000.00 €
The PROSPER project will provide sustainable technical solutions based on the valorization of neglected legumes (“orphan legumes” – OLs), with the following main objectives:
Through a multi-actor approach (MAA), PROSPER will ensure that the real needs of end-users and stakeholders are considered as they will have an active role in co-creating the necessary solutions (techniques/products/services). PROSPER will be implemented in regions of the Mediterranean, Central and Northern Europe, covering different geographical areas and pedoclimatic conditions.
