F43 Supply Chain Project - Operation 16.2.01 RDP Emilia-Romagna - Call for applications issued under Regional Council decision 227/2017 and amendments

ASIPO participated in the tender of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), earning funds under chapter 16.2.01 “Support for pilot projects and for the development of new products, practices, processes and technologies in the agriculture and agro-industrial industry- PSR Emilia Romagna (F43) “, for the project:

“Experimentation of an Innovative Integrated Holistic Quality System of Industrial Tomato for the distinctive enhancement of high quality regional derivatives”

The project aims to enhance the value of the regional tomato industry supply chain thanks to the introduction of an innovative Integrated Holistic Quality System which can guarantee added value to the “Premium quality” tomato due to the ongoing improvement of environmental, cultural, nutritional and technological and taste specifications already applied in the Emilia Romagna region. The distinctive origin of the raw material, the high environmental sustainability of the production, the use of new bio diverse cultivars suitable for the cultivation area (under conditions of changed climatic scenarios) with low impact cultivation techniques will be enhanced. Chemical quality markers, nutrition and taste will be scientifically evaluated and statistically applied also on processed products.

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As a project promoter, ASIPO is the project leader.

The project partners, besides the member farms, are:

  • SSICA – Experimental Station for the Food Preservation Industry, Viale Faustino Tanara n.31 / A 43121 Parma (PR), provider of scientific consulting.
  • FRA Food Tech Srl Via De Santis n.43 20141 Milan (MI) supplier of consultancy for action 2.3
  • ISI SEMENTI SpA with registered office in Fidenza, Ponte Ghiara 8/A (PR), supplier of the varieties used in the experimental protocol.

EUROFIN SAS –  Consulenza Aziendale Via Egidio Gorra n.55 / B – 29122 Piacenza (PC), supplier consultancy organisation for the Supply Chain project.

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CREA project "Innovative agronomic techniques to increase the dry substance content and the degree brix in industrial tomato

ASIPO participates in an experimental protocol called “Innovative agronomic techniques to increase the dry substance content and the degree brix in industrial tomato”, running in 2019 and 2020.

This project is co-financed by eleven Producer Organizations, associated and coordinated by the Italian Union of Fruit and Vegetables, and by the European Union through the (EU) Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013, Article 34, Operational programmes of CMO in fruit and vegetables.

The research activities are carried out by the CREA (Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economics) through its subsidiary CREA-OF (Research Centre for horticulture) and three OOPPs.

The experimental tests were carried out on farms located in three representative territorial areas in the cultivation of industrial tomatoes and precisely: Emilia Romagna, Campania and Puglia where the following activities were carried out:

  • foliar application to provide additional potassium, in addition to company fertilization (PPE) and use of antiperspirants and bio-stimulants based on active molecules or micro-organisms;
  • controlled irrigation management for an assessment in reducing irrigation;
  • varietal comparison between hybrids both recently introduced or and other references and already widely used.

FIRST YEAR OF RESEARCH

The first year of activity of the biannual applied research project “Innovative agronomic techniques to increase the dry substance content and the degree brix in industrial tomato” has ended collaborating with the scientific management of CREA OF Vegetable and Ornamental Crops of Pontecagnano and coordinated by Italia Ortofrutta Unione Nazionale and co-financed by 11 Producer Organizations of the industry associated with the Union (Italia Ortofrutta, APOPA, AOA, APOC Salerno, OP Terra Orti, Assodaunia, OP Mediterraneo, OP Ortofrutta Sol Sud, Asport, OP Ferrara, AS. IPO, APO Gargano) and by measure 4 “Research and experimental production” of operational programs of CMO in fruit and vegetables

Improve the quality of industrial tomatoes in terms of soluble solids content (degree brix) and total solids (dry residue) through innovations in field cultivation techniques and transfer the results of an ad hoc scientific research to the POs of the industry to increase the company competitiveness on the market and enhance the product value by meeting the processing industry and consumer demands, this is the objective of the applied research project.

The experimental tests were carried out on soils located in three representative areas of the various areas of cultivation of industry tomato, in other words Emilia Romagna, Campania and Puglia in which the following activities were carried out: foliar application to provide additional potassium, using antiperspirants and bio-stimulants based on active molecules or micro-organisms, controlled irrigation management and varietal comparison between hybrids, recently introduced on the market and other references, already widely used, in testing environments.

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