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QUARC – Quality of local food production in Campania and its area (Qualità delle Produzioni Tipiche Campane ed il suo Territorio): Innovative and integrated approaches to reinforce competitivity in the agriculture and food sector

Scientific Coordinator

Marcella De Martino

Objectives and contents

The QUARC project aims to analyse the need to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the most important agriculture-food chains in the  Campania Region: wine, pasta, olive-oil, dairy products and chestnuts. To this end, prototypes of highly innovative systems have been developed, combining both quality improvement (extended to food safety) and the genetic and environmental origin of the products. Of particular significance is the testing of a framework for analysing the innovation capacity of the agro-food businesses in Campania, inspired by the logic of Open Innovation, which involve both the technological and the cultural dimension. The project is part of a public-private partnership with Mastroberardino SpA, De Matteis Agroalimentare, Aziende Agricole Associate S.r.l, Basso Fedele e figli Srl, Perrotta Gigliola-Impresa Individuale, and various CNR (National Research Council) institutes (IRAT, IPP, ISA, IBAF, IBP, ISAFoM, IGV, IGB and  ISPAAM) and the Department of Economic Studies at Parthenope University of Naples. The design proposal is divided into in eight Work Packages (WP). IRISS assumed the scientific responsibility for WP1 Domain and Technology Analysis.  In addition to coordinating and managing project activities, WP1 also verified conditions for the applicability of the innovations identified and implemented throughout the project, in order to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural food system in Campania.

Research Group IRISS

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Collaborations

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Featured scientific publications

In progress

Duration

Start marzo 2013 | End dicembre 2015

Amount and source of financing

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Administrative reference

Bando per la concessione di aiuti a progetti di ricerca industriale e Sviluppo sperimentale per la realizzazione di campus dell’innovazione in attuazione delle azioni a valere sugli obiettivi operativi 2.1 e 2.2. del POR Campania 2007/2013

Administrative manager

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