AgrotecUV is the High Technology Incubator for Sustainable Agri-Food promoted by the Universitat de València and the Fundació Parc Científic Universitat de València. It was established to become a benchmark in business innovation in the agri-food sector. It fosters entrepreneurial projects and startups that provide innovative solutions aimed at transforming this sector into a sustainable, healthy, inclusive system, tailored to consumer needs and capable of facing climate challenges.
- ACTIVITY: High Technology Incubator for Sustainable Agri-Food
- LOCATION: Paterna, Valencia
- FOUNDING DATE: 2022
- CATEGORY: Incubation, acceleration, entrepreneurship, startups, innovation, open innovation
- CONTACT: agrotecuv@uv.es
- WEB: https://www.uv.es/agrotecuv/es/agrotecuv.html
- BUSINESS LINES: Open and transversal character, accommodates any innovative project or technology with an application in the agri-food sector
TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:
At AgrotecUV, we offer agri-food companies the know-how of researchers from the Universitat de València to provide solutions tailored to their problems and innovation needs.
Our innovation areas focus on 7 key aspects for the transformation of the agri-food system:
- Development of new foods and food ingredients
- Design, formulation, and evaluation of new food products
- Food ingredients and bioactive compounds from foods
- New co-products through the valorization of waste
- Alternative food sources: microalgae and insects
- Plant-based foods: foods for vegans and vegetarians
- Nutrition and health
- Nutrigenomics, personalized nutrition, and microbiome
- Nutraceuticals: prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics
- Development of functional foods
- Clinical trials to evaluate the functionality of foods
- Food quality and safety
- Foodomics: characterization of food quality and safety, authentication, and origin
- Analytical control of food samples
- Pathogen control
- Development and synthesis of new biomolecules
- Development of new agrochemical formulations
- Biological control of pests
- Analysis and determination of active ingredients in agrochemical product formulations
- Intelligent systems for the detection and control of agricultural pests
- Primary production
- Improvement of vegetable crops
- Post-harvest
- Grape cultivation and enology
- Aquaculture: diets and pathogens
- Sustainable and efficient use of ecosystem services (water, soil, and energy)
- Industry 4.0: digitization, traceability, packaging, and logistics
- Application of big data and smart data analysis in the agri-food sector
- Integrated systems for food quality control
- Blockchain for agri-food traceability
- Intelligent systems for food storage and distribution
- Remote sensing and monitoring of agricultural areas
- Innovative and sustainable packaging
Design and development of new materials for food packaging