Projects

MINERVA Olive Oil Production Standard and Experimental Application

Source of Funding: MINERVA
Coordinator: MAICh
Partners: Ecological Production Systems Unit Institute of Viticulture and Horticulture of Heraklion
National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF)
Date of approval-Duration: June 2011 – Duration: 3years
Increasing demand for food quality and safety as well as sound management of biotic and abiotic resources towards a minimum environmental impact have enforced a collaboration between MINERVA (a Greek leading company in the food sector), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania and the National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF). In a three years project, production Standards will be created to cover primary production, processing and packing of olive oil. Operations will be inspected by a third party ensuring compliance of the farmer’s groups with the developed Standards. The initiative follows previous examples worldwide for food safety and quality (e.g. farm to fork, the Global Food Safety Initiative etc.). Added value for the farmer, consumer and environment are envisaged and primary production critical points are targeted and experimentally tested: agrobiodiversity, nutrient, water and energy use, CO2 emissions. The results will be announced in the end of the project and will provide information for farming production practices improvement. Tangible outcomes are expected to benefit significantly olive primary production in Greece and the Mediterranean leading towards sustainable agriculture.


Project title: Diagnosis, genome analysis and study of the replication of whitefly-transmitted criniviruses in protoplasts (ENTER)

Source of Funding: Ministry of Development – General Secretariat for Research & Technology, Greece, GGET 04 EP 01
Program and contract references: ENTEP 2004
Date of approval (duration): 01.06.2006 (24 months)
Total: 78.000€


Project title: Proteins of the host involved in the reproduction of the mosaic virus of Solanum muricatum (Pepino Mosaic Virus)

Source of Funding: Ministry of Development – General Secretariat for Research & Technology, Greece, GGET 074-3
Collaboration: CSIC Murcia
Program and contract references: Joint Research & Technology Programmes 2005-2007: GREECE-SPAIN
Date of approval (duration): 04.05.06 (24 months)
Contribution: Total 23.000€, 11.740€ (MAICH)


Project title : Detection of Citrus tristeza virus in citrus orchards in Crete

Source of Funding: Prefecture of Chania
Date of approval (duration): 01.05.2008 (3-6 months) Total: 9.000€


Project title: LaProf – Languages for Professionals in Agriculture and ICT

Source of Funding: Lifelong Learning Programme
Collaboration: University Jyväskylä (coordinator)
website: www.laprof.eu
Program and contract references: 143436-LLP-1-2008-FI-KA2-KA2MP
Date of approval (duration): 01.01.2009 (2 years)
Total: 524.000€, 60.000€ (MAICH)


Project title: e-COmpetences TOOLs (eCOTOOLs)

Source of Funding: Lifelogn Learning Programme
Collaboration: University Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
website: www.ecompetence.eu
Program and contract references: 504614- LLP-1-2009-1-DE-LEONARDO-LMP/ 2009 – 2198 / 001 – 001
Date of approval (duration): 01/01/2010 (2 years)
Total: 532.000€, 52.000€ (MAICH)


Project title: CerOrganic/ Quality Certified Training for Farmers on Organic Agriculture

Source of Funding: Lifelong Learning Programme
Coordinator: MAICh
website: http://www.cerorganic.eu
Program and contract references: 504387-LLP-1-2009-1-GR-LEONARDO-LMP/ 2009-2192 / 001-001
Date of approval (duration): 01/01/2010 (2 years)
Total: 515.000€, 105.000€ (MAICH)


Project title: European Masters Programme for Rural Animators (EMRA)

Source of Funding: Lifelong Learning Programme
Coordinator: University of Copernicus (UCA)
website: www.rural-animators.eu
Program and contract references: 503008-LLP-1-2009-1-PL-ERASMUS-ECDSP/ 2009-3523 / 001-001
Date of approval (duration): 10/2009 (3 years)
Total: 530,320€, 45.915€ (MAICh)


Project title: Optimization and evaluation of pig organic manure (Creta Fert)

Source of Funding: Creta Farm
Date of approval (duration): 01.07.2008 (36 months)
Total: 70.000€


Project title: In vitro replication of Pepino mosaic virus and characterization of replication essential host (tomato) proteins (Pep-Rep-2)

Source of Funding: Marie Curie Actions
Program and contract references: 235563 – FP7-People-IIF-2008
Date of approval (duration): 01.09.2009 (2 years)
Total” 210.000€, ~25.000€ (maich)


Project title: Pilot application of diagnostic kits and methodologies for the detection of viruses and viroids infecting citrus trees with an emphasis on Citrus tristeza virus

Source of Funding:eea grants norway grants
Program and contract references: EL0075
Date of approval (duration): 01.04.2009 (25 months)
Total: 104.000€ (MAICh-SA)


Project title: Detection of Citrus tristeza virus in citrus orchards in Crete

Source of Funding: Ministry of Rural Development
Date of approval (duration): 01.05.2009 (3-6 months)
Total: ~6.000- 9.000E


Project title: Establishing a New Master Degree in Sustainable Crop Protection

Source of Funding: European Commission TEMPUS
Coordinator: University of Torino
Program and contract references: 158748-Tempus
Date of approval (duration): 2010-2013/ (3 years)
Total: 725,625€, 36.000€ (MAICh)

Last update: 03 of February, 2012