project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Optimising agronomic practice at a sea-buckthorn plantation in the Pyrenees
Optimización de la práctica agronómica en una plantación de Espino Amarillo en el Pirineo
Context
Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is a thorny deciduous shrub found on the Eurasian continent. It is farmed to obtain nutriceutical molecules for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The main compounds extracted from it are antioxidants, polyphenols and fatty acids. Its adaptation to cold and its hardiness make it a potentially useful crop for mountain areas. The first crops were planted in the Cerdanya area, and provided good results. However, lack of technical know-how on crop management (pruning, irrigation and other cultural operations) and technology to optimise the nutriceutical compound content have limited their profitability. This operational group aims to generate technical knowledge to improve agronomic practices and use near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) technology to model and predict the content of nutriceutical compounds in fruit.
Objectives
The aim of the “The cultivation of sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) as a tool for revitalising high mountain agriculture: from agronomy to new tools for crop digitisation” project is to implement agronomic improvements and new technological tools in the cultivation of sea-buckthorn as a model crop for revitalising agriculture in high mountain areas. This general objective is divided into three specific objectives:
1. Improve the technical pathway of sea-buckthorn cultivation to maximise production of nutriceutical compounds.
2. Design new convenience food products based on sea buckthorn.
3. Digitise the crop: application of photonic technologies (NIR) to improve crop yields
Objectives
El objetivo del proyecto es el despliegue de mejoras agronómicas y de nuevas herramientas tecnológicas en el cultivo del espino amarillo, como cultivo modelo por la revitalización de la agricultura en áreas de alta montaña. Este objetivo general se ha dividido en tres objetivos específicos:
1. Mejora del itinerario técnico del cultivo del espino amarillo, para maximizar la producción de compuestos nutricéuticos.
2. Diseño de nuevos productos alimentarios de V gama basados en el espino amarillo.
3. Digitalización del cultivo: aplicación de las tecnologías fotónicas (NIR) por la mejora del rendimiento del cultivo.
Activities
Action 1. Agronomic improvements in sea-buckthorn farming in the Pyrenees
Action 2. Development of new processed products
Action 3. Crop digitisation: photonics applied to quality optimisation
Action 4. Dissemination of the results: sea-buckthorn as a crop to revitalise mountain farming
Activities
Acción 1. Mejoras agronómicas del cultivo del espino amarillo en el Pirineo
Acción 2. Desarrollo de nuevos productos transformados
Acción 3. Digitalización del cultivo: fotónica aplicada a la optimización de la calidad
Acción 4. Diseminación de los resultados: el espino amarillo como cultivo para revitalizar la agricultura de montaña
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Location
- Main geographical location
- Girona
- Other geographical location
- Lleida
EUR 171360.9
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Joan Casals Missio
Project coordinator