AgrotecUV

AgrotecUV is the High Technology Incubator in Sustainable Agri-Food promoted by the University of Valencia and the Fundació Parc Científic Universitat de València. It was born to become a benchmark in business innovation in the agri-food sector. Promotes entrepreneurial projects and startups that provide innovative solutions that contribute to transforming this sector into a sustainable, healthy, inclusive system, adapted to consumer needs and capable of facing climate challenges.

• ACTIVITY: High Technology Incubator in Sustainable Agri-Food
• LOCATION: Paterna, Valencia
• CONSTITUTION 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 nature, any innovative project or technology that has an application in the agri-food sector is welcome.

TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPLY/DEMAND:

At AgrotecUV we make the know-how of researchers from the University of Valencia available to agri-food companies to provide solutions adapted 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 food compounds
  • New co-products through waste recovery
  • 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 pest control
  • Analysis and determination of the content of active materials in agrochemical product formulations
  • Intelligent systems for the detection and control of agricultural pests
• Primary production
  • Improvement of vegetable crops
  • Post-harvest
  • Vine cultivation and oenology
  • 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 food storage and distribution systems
  • Remote sensing and monitoring of agricultural surfaces
  • Innovative and sustainable packaging

Design and development of new materials for food packaging