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Influence of orchards fertilization management and post-harvest storage time on...

“Maçã de Alcobaça” is a type of apple from the West coast of Portugal with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). This study evaluated the influence of the orchard’s fertilization and post-harvest storage time on the quality of “Maçã de Alcobaça”, ‘Gala’ cultivar. Five orchards were studied for four years, using three fertilization treatments [Standard, twice Standard (2xStandard) and twice Standard including...

Novas soluções de BIOeconomia para revolucionar a cadeia agroalimentar: projeto...

O projeto "BIOMA - Soluções integradas de BIOeconomia para a Mobilização da cadeia Agroalimentar" reúne um consórcio alargado de 24 entidades empresariais e não empresariais do Sistema de Investigação e Inovação (ENESII) para a investigação e desenvolvimento de um conjunto de soluções inovadoras que promovem a circularidade e a bioeconomia no setor agroalimentar. O consórcio BIOMA é liderado pela empresa Campot...

IoT-based solution to reduce waste and promote a sustainable farming industry

Waste and the necessity to increase sustainability in the farming industry are some of the challenges addressed in the agri-food chain. With the potential of digital technologies, e.g., the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence, to revolutionize agriculture by enabling more efficient and intelligent monitoring, system architecture and IoT nodes were developed to support relevant parameters for co...

Seaweed extracts to control postharvest phytopathogenic fungi in Rocha pear

Fungal infections cause losses amounting to between 20 and 25% of the fruit industry’s total outcome, with an escalating impact on agriculture in the last decades. As seaweeds have long demonstrated relevant antimicrobial properties against a wide variety of microorganisms, extracts from Asparagopsis armata, Codium sp., Fucus vesiculosus, and Sargassum muticum were used to find sustainable, ecofriendly, and saf...

Osmotic dehydration: an emerging technology applied to the fruit and vegetable ...

The current unsustainable production and consumption patterns are one of the drivers for Bioeconomy strategy implementation. The horticultural industry produces quantities of by-products and waste whose valorisation, through innovation, enhances new products and production processes development. The aim of this work was to develop new dehydrated food products from horticultural by-products, pumpkin, and courget...

Desenvolvimento de novos produtos alimentares para valorização de subprodutos d...

Desidratação osmótica: uma tecnologia emergente aplicada à fileira hortofrutícola

Os atuais padrões de produção e de consumo pouco sustentáveis são um dos motores para a implementação de uma estratégia de Bioeconomia. A indústria hortofrutícola produz quantidades de subprodutos e resíduos cuja valorização, através da inovação, potencia a criação de novos produtos e processos produtivos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi o desenvolvimento de novos produtos alimentares desidratados a partir de sub...

Do prato ao prado - a compostagem como estratégia de bioeconomia para as agroin...

Os objetivos ambientais e a ação climática estão atualmente no centro das políticas europeias de desenvolvimento, os quais estão preconizados no Pacto Ecológico Europeu e Plano de Ação para a Economia Circular. A redução de resíduos alimentares na Europa deverá ser de 50% até 2030, como contributo para os ODS. Em Portugal, estima-se uma produção anual de 1,74 x 109 kg de bioresíduos urbanos, à qual acresce a pr...

Natural ingredients obtained from Brassica oleracea L. waste

There is a clear tendency to incorporate natural-based ingredients into food formulations, namely in products from the bakery industry. These type of ingredients have been highlighted as promising alternatives to commonly used artificial ingredients and have been well accepted by consumers due to the associations with beneficial health effects [1]. Natural ingredients, acting simultaneously as preservation and ...

Beyond compost: Using urban biowaste derived compost to produce new fertilizing...

The agro-food sector is a contributor to CO2 emissions and polluter due to its difficulty to deal with waste generation. Using the farm to fork concept we can observe that waste is produced in every link of the food value chain. Nevertheless, efforts are being made worldwide to reduce its environmental impact - from producing food with precision agriculture to sustainable food packaging systems – hoping to infl...