Innovation Inventory
ABUNDANT Robotic apple picker Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: Abundant Robotics in California has built an automated apple picker, that uses a vacuum system to suck the fruit straight off of the trees. The robots are robust, fast and gentle when picking... |
AGPFGA - Quality schemes Country: France Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Policy Maker Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): unknown Website: unknown Summary: The product must have: - ability to define which product attributes/levels and augmented services represent an added value for the target segments of consumers |
AgriAware System Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: The AgriAware is a unique system made up of core logic, web interfaces and two different mobile apps, named TrustLabel and FarmerAssistant, for improving awareness of consumers and producers, and... |
AGRiDEE vending machines Country: Germany, Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen (Chamber of Agriculture Lower-Saxony, Germany) is implementing vending machines for agricultural fresh food products. This type of vending machines can be... |
Agro-tourism chain Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: In the Agro-tourism, where there is a historic sight, the manufacturing places of the local food products are shown as a tourist sight of the certain region/place to the tourists. In a frame of... |
Agrobot berry harvester Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: A machine developed by a Spanish entrepreneur automates the process of picking small produce like strawberries. Many farm owners hope it will help alleviate the impact of labor shortages. Agrobot... |
AgroNET platform Country: Serbia Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: There are many options to choose from when implementing a sensors network for a farm. This platform provides integration between sensor systems from various vendors as well as offering their own... |
AirSolution - Packaging disinfection systems Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Packaging and sealing are the last step of fresh food processing, which affect the hygiene and with that the microbiological stability of the final product. The requirement is that food (... |
Alce Nero - Lead user approach Country: Italy Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: The company intends to offer two new products, but it is not clear whether there is any demand for such products on the market. The products in question are of high quality at a corresponding... |
Alce Nero - Marketing tools Country: Italy Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: Effective promotion needs efficient and innovative sales methods. The first step is to understand the customer’s needs, after that to organize the logistics and sales efficiently with the help of... |
All-in-one packaging Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: All-in-one packaging is an innovative distribution strategy, feasible and acceptable throughout the whole food production and food chain. The aim is to develop and sell a convenience traditional... |
Allotropon - Transformational activities Country: Greece Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Consumer Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The non-profit co-operative Allotropon is premised on and supports the concepts of solidarity economy and community development. Allotropon members habitually engage in practices that develop the... |
Association Gersoise - Multi-channel sale Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: In the case of SFSC's, accessibility of the product and logistics, are widespread technical problems. Multi-channel sales mean that consumers can obtain the product through three different... |
Austrian Small Farm Taxation Country: Austria Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Agricultural activity is carried out on small family farms in most European countries, we therefore consider it a best practice that in many Member States taxation is related to the economic size... |
Babbler sensor Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: Babbler is a sensor that seals containers with a digital encryption, it logs temperature inside containers and enables tracking and tracing of containers. The sensor allows advance warning to the... |
Bakon - Tuna loins ultrasound cutting Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: In the canning industry, and especially in the process to manufacture/cut pieces of tuna loins canned in crystal bottles, the productivity can be improved by increasing the yield (by reducing... |
Biodegradable active packaging Country: Stakeholder type(s): Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: One of the today’s biggest problem is the nascent waste and littering worldwide. That’s why the reduction of food waste and plastic accumulation, and the change of traditional food packaging... |
Biofruits - Fruit press Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: In a competitive environment, offering final products to the consumers that are regular in shape, color, taste and size is essential. Thus, the fruits and vegetables that do not respect these... |
Biofruits - Juice production Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The valorization of fruits and vegetables is a strategy for small firms and producers in order to diversify their products and differentiate from the competitors. Using the second-class products... |
Biofruits - Social media marketing Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: The company is in competition with strong and established companies. From a marketing point of view, the major problem is to establish a trustworthy company identity. It would be desirable to... |
Biosensor system Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: Biosensor system (lactate biosensor) is an efficient sensitive early warning system, which indicates a critical undesired bacterial spoilage during fruit juice production. The methodology was... |
Check Organic - The Integrity Platform Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link Summary: It is very difficult to be sure that truffle from other origins is not sold as local product. There are no labels. The cooperative must strengthen the marketing strategy and trade capacity and... |
CHERRY - perishable goods market Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider, Policy Maker Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: CHERRY is a software platform for the creation and management of perishable good markets at the local scale. It provides traceability of products and producers by applying QR-Code to the shop... |
Chèvrement bon - Cheese products Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Consumer Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Diversification of products is a strategy for small firms and producers in order to satisfy consumers’ needs that are increasing and becoming complex. Besides, diversification can help in... |
Chèvrement bon - Goat cheese production Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The diversification of products is a strategy for small firms and producers in order to satisfy consumers’ needs that are increasing and becoming complex. Besides, diversification can help in... |
Collaboration – Joint distribution Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The strategy of working with collaboration aims at bringing the local food producers together and share their financial resources to join e.g. the transportation, the rent of a store, the rent of... |
Collection of rules and regulations Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III, GAIN IV Website: unknown Summary: Doing business requires a complex capacity and activity to comply with standards of production and processing but also to fulfil all administrative, tax and social security obligations. In... |
Collective Selling Points Country: France Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Farmers are challenged by the necessity of the multiply activities, i.e. beside farming activity a farmer has to make administration, selling products and make the marketing by him/herself.... |
Cooperating Balaton-Uplands Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: Scattered local producers and service providers, make high quality products, but with low level of marketing, no cooperation, no connection with local/rural development programs and actors. The "... |
Cooperative Supermarket Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: In collaborative supermarket sellers and buyers are in direct contact by means of a supermarket that have local, fair and ecologic products. |
Couleurs Paysannes - Producer's shop Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological, Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: The direct contact between producer and consumer is one of the most effective ways to build up the trust to the local products. Individual growers and producers do not have enough human resources... |
Crowdfunding Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: A customer base is time and money intense, but essential for marketing meat which is not sold in bulk. - The customers’ willingness to pay is too low. A reason could be that the customers are not... |
CSA in Germany Country: Germany Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Consumer Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link, Link Summary: The concept of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is innovative in itself. CSA are partnerships of mutual commitment between a farm and a community of supporters that provide a direct link... |
Dapper Texel initiative Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Consumer, Other Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link Summary: Dapper is an initiative on the island of Texel. It's aim is to contribute with its products to nature-inclusive and circular farming. They are turning locally grown animal feed, like oats and peas... |
Deák Mansion - local traditional products Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: This is a romantic, traditional country house in a small village, established by the Deák family. It is important to preserve the traditional values of a country, otherwise there is a need, it is... |
Disinfections systems Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: These systems can be used for the disinfection of indoor air, surfaces and water – for the industrial use in the FOOD sector. Innovative solution is a compatible, antimicrobial liquid that... |
Ecobiocap - Biodegradable composit packaging Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Policy Maker Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: Ecobiocap developed ecoefficient biodegradable composit advanced packaging solutions for fresh perishable food products optimized in for food quality and safety. The problem of the food chain is... |
EnWave - Dehydration technology Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The traditional drying process on high temperature negatively affects nutritional properties and sensory properties of products such as flavor and color. Vacuum-microwave technology is a rapid,... |
Exposition of products Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: Producers should be given the opportunity to regularly present their products at special events. The purpose of the event is to present the French and international cheese offerings to consumers... |
Fast food chains Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The strategy of the fast food chains of traditional, local products is to make desirable the eating of local fresh/processed products with the "mass-market" logic of fast food eating. There are... |
Filbing - Automatic distributors of farm products Country: France Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: Consumers are more and more calling for local products. However, they also want convenience and ease to access to these products. Moreover, on-farm sales require a lot of time and organization for... |
Food radar system Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The detection of foreign bodies is one of the main issues of food safety. The new food radar detection method is able to detect even small plastic pieces or fruit stone fragments. This new food... |
Foodhub.hu Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Consumer Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Foodhub.hu reconnects small-scale farmers directly with businesses looking for local, high-quality fresh ingredients, be they restaurants, farmer’s markets or food retailers. |
FOOODER - Multi-channel sale Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: FOOODER is a fine food product discovery app for mobile, changing the way people discover fine food products near their locations. It’s like Tinder for fine foods. Looking for fine food products... |
Fresh Produce Trade App Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: Agriculture, IT, Order management, Invoicing. The Fresh Produce Trade App supports agricultural cooperatives, producer groups and specialized brokers to facilitate the entire range of transactions... |
FreshSense meat sensor Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Testing food safety with a patented optical chemical sensors system, determination of meat freshness. IOS (Institute for Environmental Protection and Sensors) has developed a new, innovative... |
FRISBEE Tool Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The FRISBEE tool is a software for assessing cold chains with respect to quality of products, energy use and the CO2 emission (environmental) impact of the refrigeration technologies involved in... |
fTRACE service Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: A cross-sector traceability solution based on GS1 standards. fTRACE is a service that enables consumers to trace products. All the information is provided by the manufacturers themselves about... |
Gaia - Educational seeds Country: Greece Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: "Gaia" is a retail co-operative founded in Chania, Crete, back in the summer of 1996. The founding members consisted of a small group of organic farmers, agronomists, ecology enthusiasts, and... |
GROUNDED festival Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Other Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: GROUNDED festival is organized by sustainability students in collaboration with a short food supply chain company Local2Local, a local beer brewery de Leckere and event production management... |
Group Integrity - Internal Control System Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: There are challenges such as meeting internationally agreed standards on production and processing, and other requirements related to food safety and quality. Private food safety standards such as... |
Hermeneus marketplace Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link, Link Summary: Hermeneus is a free and responsible consumption community, in which sellers and buyers contact directly to buy and sell products and services without any intermediation using the application. This... |
High Hydrostatic Pressure Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The problem represents the preservation of food without any additives, which are at the same time full of nutrients sensitive to high temperature. Traditional thermal pasteurization technology... |
High-pressure processing Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link, Link, Link Summary: The novelty proposed is the non-thermal food processing technologies as alternative to conventionally heat treatments in high quality foods with fresh-like sensory and additive-free... |
Home compostable packaging Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: The accumulating waste and environment pollution are some of the wold’s biggest problem today. Using biodegradable material the volume of the produced waste can be reduced. With the use of... |
House of Hungarian Pálinka Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: Specific measures required to promote the Hungarian traditional fruit spirit: presentation of the manufacturing, promotion of good habits in the consumption, the gastronomy and the knowledge in... |
House of Hungarian Wines Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: There are a wide range of the products on the market in different quality. High quality product’s need is to supply them as a special order in a worthy milieu, not as a mass product in a huge... |
Hungarian wine orders and trails Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The aim of the strategy is the protection and enhancement of the Hungarian wine's quality and to protect and enhance the reputation and quality of Hungarian wine regions, regions of production and... |
Hyperspectral analysis Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: In food manufacture, rapid methods are required to monitor and control production, to ensure consistent quality and to provide safety assurance. Thus, the food production process control has to... |
Implementation of vending machines Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: The products accessibility is the need of consumers, it's a neet to be able to pick up the products at the right place in the right time and under high hygiene conditions. The implementation of... |
IntelliFood Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Applying intelligence in the food industry the objectives of the project are the next: providing controlled/monitored storage/processing for commodities/mixes/products through objective measures;... |
Intelligent Food Safety Control (IFSC) Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Intelligent Food Safety Control is a continuous performance monitoring app for meat supply chains. Meat producers measure and submit quality performance data via a secured connection to the... |
INTOFOOD system Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: INTOFOOD is an intelligent system that monitors the energy costs of the agri-food companies mainly characterized by perishable and/or fresh products: organic food, Zero-Km food, certified products... |
Invivo PS PP Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Perishable products like cut flowers, fruits, and vegetables have a limited shelf-life. At the moment there exists no objective tool to predict the shelf-life of the processed products in the... |
Involvement of the consumers Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The aim is to involve the customers into the production process. The customers can be informed about the product, where it is coming from, how is it produced, how was it processed. Increasing the... |
ISPC - One-stop shopping Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: If the customers’ business is located in the center of Ghent, Kortrijk, Brussels or Liège, ISPC offers an additional delivery service. Customers can place an order and have the products delivered... |
KisanHub Platform Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: True Agricultural Intelligence - KisanHub is an Enterprise SaaS platform providing actionable insights across the supply chain for the agri-food industry. It provides complete visibility of the... |
La Charrette CarsharingCountry: France Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: 1. **Scenario 1: A producer (called "producer A")** needs to deliver his products and has some space in his car/truck: - He joins the platform (free registration); |
Landpack - Green packaging solutions Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: More and more consumers choose to order online fresh bioproducts. The delivery of these products requires eco-friendly packaging that provides the desired and needed insulation and damping... |
Lely Qwes - automatic milking system Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: Automatic milking introduces a new routine. Robotic milking and grazing: The Lely Grazeway cow box supports efficient grazing. The cow decides whether she wants to go outside and the Grazeway... |
Liliomkert Farmers’ market Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Local farmers and small producers usually have the problem, that on which way, in which distribution channel they can sell or promote their products. Actually, small enterprises have the... |
Liquid ultrasound application Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: In the food production it's a significant, existing expectation to reduce the microbe’s cell number on the surface or in the bulk of the food to extend the shelf life and ensure the quality, for... |
Local2Local - Demand-driven supply chain Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The unsold overripen fruits cannot be stored for long time so it must be processed. Apple/pear juice production is a good way to keep the quality of the good quality fruits. To deal with loss of... |
Local2Local Talents Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Other Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link Summary: L2L Talents connects young talents to meaningful work and thereby empowers them to take part in transforming the food system. By putting young people to work within the network of Local2Local, we... |
Local2Local's FDSCountry: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Other Type: Technological, Organizational GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link Summary: L2L offers its Food Distribution Software (FDS) for SFSC-initiatives and vendors, Smart City logistics, customer support and product-market concepts as plugin-services. The L2L-format is set up to... |
Logiqs rolling bench systems Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: This solution introduces new flexibility and potential for making a more efficient greenhouse, compared to growing on fixed tables or on the ground. Logiqs rolling bench systems is a system of... |
Logistic based on regional network Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: For SFSC's the limited possibilities for the logistics of goods is one of the main obstacles, especially if products are perishable and have a short shelf-life, as in the case of meat products.... |
Mackerel gender assessment Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: There are tons of fish in a short period. The differentiation of mackerel`s sex without opening it is a solution to give added value to this fish species as the price for both sexes are different... |
Macroom Buffalo Farm diversification Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: Macroom Buffalo exemplifies a novel approach to farm diversification. Macroom Buffalo has Ireland’s first and only herd of milking water Buffalo. It produces a variety of cheeses including... |
Market on click solution Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological, Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: "FaaS" is a cloud based, mCommerce platform that takes "software as a service" paradigm to the local food supply chain and enables creation of a "food as a service" (FaaS) model. It acts as a... |
Meat ultrasound application Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Meat quality depends on aroma, taste, texture, appearance, and juiciness. During the traditional pickling method, the curing time (the time of diffusion of salt and pickle liquor) takes a... |
Mini kiwi fruit plantation Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: This type of fruit was unknown in the consumers layer in Hungary, but consumers are already enjoying the exotic tastes and the healthy eating of the little kiwi berries around the world. They have... |
Mobile juice trailers Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Fruit and vegetable processing is a reasonable possibility but the technology should be simple enough for small-scale producers to apply. Mobile juice trailers are compact, flexible and easy-to-... |
Mobile poultry coops Country: Germany Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link, Link, Link Summary: Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen (Chamber of Agriculture Lower-Saxony) supports the mobile poultry farming (organic and conventional). In Lower Saxony, mobile coop systems for poultry are free... |
Mobile processing Country: France Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link, Link Summary: It exists several types of trucks depending on the type of expected final products. - **Truck for canning**: implementation of all equipment required to achieve canned products in one... |
Mobile Slaughterhouse Country: Latvia Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Mobile slaughterhouses provide flexible processing facility with a minimized cost for small-scale producers. EAFRD support via LEADER enabled to buy a mobile slaughterhouse and the necessary... |
Moving outlets Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: With the installation of moving outlets (wagons) areas can be reached, where the fix, stationary available outlets are not profitable. The seasonable sale is applicable, strong and scattered... |
Naaber online marketplace Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological, Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Social Logistics ("Naaber" (neighbour, /ˈneɪ.bər/)) brings together producers, carriers, retailers and consumers by offering collaboration platform and operating software. Naaber operates on two... |
Natural indicator biodegradable packaging Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: Increasing demand for intelligent packaging materials are "materials and articles that monitor the condition of packaged food or the environment surrounding the food". Curcumin, as well as the... |
Natuurlijk Vleespakket Webshop Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The NV runs its own webshop (B2C) and supplies restaurants (B2B) as well. Its main target group is Flexitarians, people who eat less but better meat, and be aware of the origin of the meat. VN was... |
Negotiation power of farmers Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: As a small player in a niche market, they do not have a lot of power in negotiations. So far our focus is mainly on volume growth, and less on maximizing the profit (last cents), because they... |
New packaging for fruit juices Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: There is a need from part of the consumers for more natural and less processed products. A new packaging which fulfil consumers' needs and extend the shelf life of the product before and after... |
New ways to sell too ripe fruit Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: Selling too ripe products is very difficult, because their shelf life and quality properties are not appropriate for a long time, otherwise in the most cases the appearance and the sensory... |
NIRvascan™ Portable NIR scanner Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Portable, battery-operated smart spectrometer. It covers many field applications and its configuration is optimized for diffuse reflectance, transmission and fiber input detection for spectral... |
No-Waste biodegradable packaging Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The agricultural by-products are a huge pool of untapped biomass resources. The aim of the No-Agricultural Waste (NoAW) project is to turn agricultural waste into resources. This is one of the key... |
Nutraid - Labeling and nutritional analysis Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Food Labeling as an effective tool to protect consumer health in terms of food safety and nutrition. Food labels convey information about the product’s identity and contents, and on how to handle... |
Operation Food Freedom Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Policy Maker, Farmer & Cooperative, Other Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link, Link Summary: Operation Food Freedom wants to reconnect citizens with the farmer, the horticulturist, the fruit grower, the history of the landscape of the Stelling van Amsterdam (UNESCO World Heritage site)... |
OrganicNet marketplace Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: OrganicNet is an online social marketplace connecting people who produce organic food with those who are looking for organic food to buy in the local area and wider. Through their experiences on... |
Participatory Guarantee Systems Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: The innovative solution suggested for enhancing trust is to directly involve consumers into the oversight of producers that are delivering products. Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) are... |
Penguin Lockers - Refrigerated pickup station Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Consumers just want to pick up their purchased products even on Sundays, on public holidays or in the middle of the night. |
PerishABLE technology Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: Perishable food needs to be handled in accordance to its specific temperature and humidity, aiming at an optimal shelf-life to reduce waste, optimise energy consumption for correct transportation... |
Pick-Your-Own online platform Country: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: A website provides local listings of pick your own (also called U-pick or PYO) farms in the area, and additional useful information: crop calendars for each local area to tell you what is... |
Plant on Demand Platform Country: Greece, Spain Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: *Digitize Your short food supply chain AgriFood Business.* Plant on Demand is a platform that digitalizes and optimizes the trading processes and operational flow for the agrifood supply chain, as... |
PlayLocal2locaL Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Consumer Type: Technological, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: PlayLocal2locaL is a pervasive game that is played on a digital device, but that leads to actions and transactions in the real world. The aim of the game is to connect consumers and farmers,... |
Post service cold chain Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: The logistics was completed from own sources before, which was not effective enough. A new method of the fresh meat delivery has been applied through the post office service. The post office... |
Post-harvest fungal contamination Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: During the storage, vegetables that have an important period of storage in the cold store after the harvest (fennels, chicory and cabbage head), are perishable and fungal rots shorten their shelf... |
Predictive analytics of orders Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Schedule for the production of fresh products e.g. fresh juice squeezing and vegetable packaging could be scheduled depending on expected orders. Predicative analytics to predict a density of... |
Private umbrella brand Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Development of a private umbrella brand for Hungarian traditional food products to highlight the special characteristics, origin and authenticity of the product and to build consumer trust. The... |
Qifresh Agrostis Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Quality inspections are ordered by fresh product retailers to be performed before shipment from the suppliers (e.g. cooperatives, groups of producers, packaging companies). Retailers, suppliers... |
Qualivita project Country: Italy Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III, GAIN IV Website: unknown Summary: Italian agri-food products are a great heritage of Italian national identity, hand in hand with rich culture, landscape and art. An ancient cultural heritage and huge economic resource that needs... |
Regional corner in the supermarket Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Regional corners can be a temporary or permanent display featuring a range of local food products of a given territory. Products from the same region or same category on a distinguished place can... |
Regulation of the SFSCs Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Policy Maker Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III, GAIN IV Website: unknown Summary: The compliance of the existing regulations, and/or the lack of regulations in the SFSCs. Good practices for the implementation of the food hygiene roles. |
Rizikó-Ker Kft. family business Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail Type: Social GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link Summary: The family owned the company would love to sell their products directly to the consumers, however it is not possible for one producer to fulfil every consumer need. Some consumers want smaller... |
Rolling price Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: Reduction of annual price fluctuation of price of produce. Have you ever had a drink? Change your prices! This unique beverage exchange system helps you to consume beverages wisely. You can... |
Sanitation and Disinfection Indicators Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Dishwasher Disinfection, Retail Food Safety and Cold Chain Monitoring Temperature Labels are available as stock items with a manufacturing process designed to fulfill your private label needs.... |
SenseFly Ag 360 - Aerial crop analysis system Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: SenseFly Ag 360 is a complete aerial crop analysis system which provides precise, timely data that can drive decision making for a better quality crop, higher yields and greater profits. SenseFly... |
Shared production facilities Country: France Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Real technological innovations are difficult to implement in small structures. Moreover, workshop buildings, processing equipment are highly expensive for a downscaled activity achieved SFSC... |
Slow food initiative Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III, GAIN IV Website: Link Summary: Vitapro Food was started by Carlo Petrini and a group of activists in the 1980s with the initial aim to defend regional traditions, good food, gastronomic pleasure and a slow pace of life. In over... |
Small and Mobile Food Processing Country: France, Croatia Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: A business (in our case agricultural) activity is not sustainable, ultimately does not provide a proper living if its operational costs are larger than its predictable income. Proper living... |
Small depots Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Access to quality fresh foods, particularly fruits and vegetables needs more frequent shopping then the weekly shopping. Properly ripen fresh fruits and some of the vegetables have to be eaten... |
Smart greenhouse Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Smart greenhouse monitoring system enables the control of the entire system remotely via a smartphone. |
SmartLabel app Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: Link Summary: In order to increase consumer confidence, it is essential to have reliable information on the product and its manufacturer. Transparency. Smart label: Using codes (QR codes e.g.) to provide as... |
Smartshortchain Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Policy Maker, Industry & Retail, Consumer, Other Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: Amped and FoodInsights are commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food quality to develop a blockchain technology for the design of demand-driven and transparent (short) food... |
Storytelling as marketing method Country: United Kingdom Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Small-scale producers have limited opportunities regarding the use of marketing tools and thus they are not known of the market are lack of consumer trust. The products of small-scale producers... |
Szomor-Farm Hungary Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: The Hungarian Grey cattle was the most sought-after supply of beef in the 17th century, but by the 1970s they almost extinct. Nowadays it is regaining its old reputation thanks to a handful of... |
TagItSmart App Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Smart tags are able to sense environmental conditions for delivery management and are capable for store additional product information. The goal is to connect What is still out of reach due to... |
Tekeres-Valley Farm diversification Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: Link Summary: The Tekeres-valley family estate exemplifies a novel approach to farm diversification. They consider it important to produce special, high quality products, distinguish from other products on the... |
Telstar - Freeze-drying solutions Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link, Link Summary: In temporary and perishable products such as fungus/mushrooms and some kind of fruits and vegetables is essential to maintain the quality of them until been consumed. The novelty proposed is the... |
Temperature Monitoring Labels Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Thermax temperature strips & Digitemp indicators are the industry standard for industrial irreversible and reversible thermometer labels accompanied with complete private label services. A... |
The Balaton Circle Association Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Organizational, Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The region should be made attractive and lively for tourists at all times of the year. Taking advantage of the features of the Balaton region, developing a service based on local products Balaton... |
TRACE platform Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: The TRACE platform aims to improve the end-to-end supply chain management in agri-business. From the agricultural producer to the end-consumer, across whole-sale merchants, food processors and... |
Trufa de Alava - Modified Atmosphere Packaging Country: Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: It is difficult to meet the demand with a seasonal product with a high variability and a very short shelf life. The modified atmosphere packaging allows to extend this shelf life and to have less... |
Tsenso sensor Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Policy Maker, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: Tsenso is not just a wireless sensor to monitor the cargo temperature, it is a complete monitoring solution with smart predictions and early warnings, suited for all kinds of transportation in the... |
Turn2bio online marketplace Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: Europe is the largest consumer of organic food. However, organic farmers face increased competition and get unfair pricing from middlemen, while lack of credentials and high prices remain the... |
Vacuum cooling solutions Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: After harvesting fresh vegetables and fruits have high field heat content in the summer on the field, which causes fast quality and nutritional value decrease of the fresh products. This is a post... |
Valorization of goat milk Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Policy Maker Type: GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II, GAIN III Website: unknown Summary: The method analyses the microbiological statement for the detection of a harmful food-borne pathogen E. coli in raw goat milk. The supermarket Migros (the final buyers of the goat cheese) would... |
Vantage Pro2 - Weather monitoring Country: Switzerland Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I Website: unknown Summary: Raw materials supply and food quality (not enough quantity or too much quantity, depending on the meteorological conditions). The meteorological conditions (rain, the number of hours of sunshine,... |
Virtual Farmers’ Market app Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Rural smallholder farmers struggle for access to local and national markets. We need to find a way to use digital communication to improve market access and improve the livelihoods of small... |
Vitaproject - Traceability Country: Worldwide Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative, Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Like any quality product, first-choice meat must go hand in hand with the traceability of raw materials and the setting up of a tightly controlled production process. Vitaproject was born... |
Voedsel in de buurt Service Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Industry & Retail, Farmer & Cooperative, Other Type: Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): unknown Website: Link Summary: Voedsel in de buurt is a service of Amped Concepts BV in collaboration with farmers' cooperative Local2Local. The service enables residents, organizations, companies and municipalities to set up... |
Weber vacuum cooling Country: Netherlands Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The pre-cooling system enables local (in place) packaging for the producer (field-packed products), without transport to a cooling house. After cooling and packaging any regular distribution... |
WePick Grocery store Country: Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological, Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: WePick solution offers online grocery stores a delivery&picking model using a network of shared collect points working as follows: the end user orders the items and selects where to pick them... |
Whaley Products Inc - Dairy chiller Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: WPI provides the dairy industry with closed loop milk cooling systems. Modular, packaged, split, glycol, portable, and custom chillers are just to name a few variations of equipment WPI can... |
Wyma Hydro-Cooler for loose produce Country: Stakeholder type(s): Industry & Retail, Technology Provider Type: Technological GAIN level(s): GAIN I, GAIN II Website: Link Summary: Wyma Hydro-Coolers quickly reduce the core temperature of fresh produce, extending shelf-life while preserving flavor and appearance. Water is sprayed over a heat exchanger which is cooled to... |
YouTyúk eggs Webshop Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Consumer, Farmer & Cooperative Type: Technological, Social, Organizational GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: unknown Summary: The collection of eggs from small-scale producers and a webpage with all information about the farmers and ordering. The customers can "book hens" at a selected farmer. The eggs of the reserved... |
Zala Valley Open Farms Country: Hungary Stakeholder type(s): Farmer & Cooperative Type: Social GAIN level(s): GAIN II Website: Link Summary: The Zala-Termálvölgye Local Action Group (LAG) created the Zala Valley Open Farms in 2018 on the basis of the LEADER programme which aim is to support local producers and tourism services. The... |