Development of a Pilot System of Standards and Quality Label for Adhering to Best Practices in Harvesting, Cultivation, Processing, Standardization, and Packaging of Mountain Tea (Sideritis sp.) and Sage (Salvia sp.)
January 2023 - December 2025The project aims to protect ecosystems hosting natural populations of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) in Greece and highlight the unique qualities of products made from mountain tea (malotira), Cretan mountain tea (Sideritis syriaca subsp. syriaca), and sage (Salvia fruticosa), emphasizing their authenticity.
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Use of renewable energy resources in greenhouses, in order to reduce or eliminate fossil fuels and to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions
February 2023 - February 2026The project aims to address climate change and specifically reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of suitable agro-photovoltaics in vegetable production greenhouses.
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EXPLOITATION OF CRETAN CHESTNUT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR INTRODUCTION OF HIGH ADDED VALUE PRODUCTS TO THE MARKET
February 2023 - February 2026The main objective of the project is the characterization of the 4 chestnut varieties of the prefecture of Chania (Strovliani, Katharokastania, Koutsakera and Rogdiani)
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Promoting a Plant Genetic Resources Community for Europe
February 2023 - February 2026PRO-GRACE is a Horizon Europe Project to develop the concept for a novel European Research Infrastructure dedicated to cataloguing, describing, safeguarding and enhancing European plant genetic resources (PGR) for food and agriculture.
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Use of limited availability of irrigation water as an abiotic stress factor for the production of high added value small-sized greenhouse tomato
February 2023 - May 2025The rational management of water resources, the limitation of production losses and the improvement of the quality characteristics of small-fruited greenhouse tomato.
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