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MIRRA and AIMPLAS in Partnership with PIC, the Packing Industries Company, Collaborate to Pilot and Integrate Innovative Natural-based Biodegradable Plastic Mulch in the Jordan Valley.

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MIRRA and SMARTWALL Collaborate to Pilot and Integrate Innovative Semi-transparent Photovoltaic Modules into Greenhouse Agriculture in Jordan.
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Bernardo Rios, the main researcher of the AZMUD project from AIMPLAS, presented the AZMUD project on the Onda Agraria program of Onda Cero radio.

AZMUD Consortium is visiting IDAI facilities, in order to validate the developments in the experimental field Naturalia.

The main objective of the research is to reduce the use of energy, water, nutrients and pesticides whilst promoting the use of wastewater in irrigation & soils for agro-food systems.

The project will improve the performance of Mediterranean greenhouses through the use of innovative plastic materials, natural additives and novel irrigation techniques.
AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics - Tabit - IDAI NATURE - Methods for Irrigation and Agriculture (MIRRA) - National Research Centre (NRC)
#Azmud #Prima #Horizon #Greenhouses #agriculture

The AZMUD 31M GA Meeting was held at AIMPLAS facilities in Paterna (Valencia), Spain. It was a “face to face” meeting with all the partners of the consortium. We discussed each action for next six months ahead and shared points of view. The AZMUD PROJECT will improve the Mediterranean greenhouses performance using innovative plastic materials, natural additives and novelty irrigation technologies.

#AZMUD aims to reduce water, energy, nutrients and pesticides, whilst promoting the use of wastewater in irrigation & soilless for agro-food systems.

AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics - Tabit Ak?ll? Tar?m Teknolojileri A.?. / Smart Village - Agricultural Information and Communication - IDAI NATURE - Methods for Irrigation and Agriculture (MIRRA) - National Research Centre (NRC)

#Azmud #Prima #Horizon #Greenhouses #agriculture

AZMUD’s 26th month meeting was the last session held online and was carried out on the 19th of July 2022. Noteworthy outcomes of the meeting included the completion of AZMUD’s technologies at the laboratory level and the determination of greenhouses’ types, dimensions, locations, and the corresponding technologies to be implemented. Furthermore, extensive deliberations were held among all partners regarding the scale-up methodologies.

Additionally, the meeting focused on strategic planning related to exploitation methods, dissemination, and communication. It is worth mentioning that the subsequent meeting is scheduled to be conducted in person in Spain.

AIMPLAS attended to CNMAT Congress on 1st July 2022 in Ciudad Real, Spain. AZMUD results obtained in the WP3 were exhibited.

AZMUD 18th month project meeting took place online on the 26th and 27th of January 2022. During the meeting, it was highlighted that the development of AZMUD's technologies at a laboratory scale has progressed significantly and is nearing completion, considering that several work packages have ended. The primary focus of discussion was centered around the installation and scale-up of AZMUD's technology. Additionally, the next step identified was the validation of the selected greenhouses for the implementation of the technology.

An info session organised by PRIMA to learn how to benefit from the Horizon Result Booster EC initiative (https://www.horizonresultsbooster.eu/).

The Horizon Results Booster (HRB) provides, free-of-charge, tailor-made services to R&I projects funded with EU, aiming:

- to strengthen their capacity to disseminate research results

- to get support to increase project results exploitation potential

- to take project results to Market

AZMUD’s 12th month Consortium meeting took place online from April 15th to 16th, 2021. The focus of the session was to provide information of the latest advancements on the AZMUD’s technologies, focusing on providing updates on the work status, sharing the achieved results, and outlining the next steps to be taken. Additionally, a comprehensive discussion regarding the Greenhouses Pilot plants was carried out.

Last thursday 12th Nov, our consortium was summoned together in order to arrange the M06 GA meeting of AZMUD project. The meeting started at 11:00 am (Brussels time) and completed at 17:00 pm. During this meeting, technical information was given by our partners, having as a main remark the conclusion of the first step of the project, which is on behalf of setting the requirements of the different technologies that AZMUD will be dealing with, together with the cultural, social and economical barriers that might be encountered during the project's life.

Our project continues at full speed with intensive work. Keep in touch for news.

AZMUD AIMPLAS · Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico Tabit Ak?ll? Tar?m Teknolojileri A.?. / Smart Village - Agricultural Information and Communication
IDAI NATURE
National Research Centre (NRC) (NRC)
#ecofarm #pic #smartwall #mirra
#azmud #technology

On the last 22nd September, it has taken place in AIMPLAS facilities the 2nd Edition of the Plasticulture Days. This time, several projects have been presented such as #GOOliva, #Agro+, #AGROVALOR, #Agrimax & #AZMUD.

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AZMUD project was presented by Teresa Yusta from IDAI NATURE at the II edition of Plasticulture Day organised by AIMPLAS, where a dozen experts offered a global vision of the advantages of using plasticulture products in culture. For more information: link.

En el programa Mundo Rural del 9 de septiembre hablamos de agricultura ecológica en Europa, con la portavoz comunitaria Miriam García Ferrer; de la industria láctea, con el director general de la Federación Nacional de Industrias Lácteas (Fenil), Luis Calabozo; y de un proyecto de rendimiento del plástico en invernadero, con Javier Peña, del Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico (Aimplas). Enlace.

Mapi Diego from AIMPLAS presented the AZMUD project on the La Brújula Comunitat Valenciana radio: Link

The innovations proposed by the AZMUD project will help reducing water, energy, nutrients and pesticides, and will promote the use of wastewater in irrigation and soilless systems. Optimization of Mediterranean greenhouse performance by synergic combinations of the different technologies proposed will reduce production costs by as much as 15%.

We are glad to announce that, during this past 22nd of April, it has been launched AZMUD project, by conference call due to the current COVID19 restrictions. AZMUD aims to reduce water, energy, nutrients and pesticides, whilst promoting the use of wastewater in irrigation & soilless for agro-food systems. Synergic combinations among the different proposed technologies in Mediterranean greenhouses will reduce the production cost up to 15%. To comply with this objective, AZMUD project will account with 42 months of total duration. AZMUD consortium is composed of: AIMPLAS, IDAI NATURE, Smartwall (SW), Packaging Industries Co. (PIC), Methods for Irrigation and Agriculture (MIRRA), National Research Centre (NRC), The Egyptian Russian Company for Advanced Agriculture Eco Farm (ECOFARM) and TABIT.

Thank you to all the partners and to Prima Foundation for making this Kick-off meeting run efficiently!!

The project is part of the PRIMA Secretariat, official programme supported under #H2020, the European Union’s framework programme for research and innovation EU Science, Research and Innovation.
 

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