Project: Future-proofing the Mediterranean agri-food chain through integrated and circular management of contaminant-safe water, nutrients and bioresources
| Acronym | MedInCircle |
| Project Topic | In the Mediterranean region, the nexus between global dynamics such as climate change, water scarcity and food insecurity, has the potential to lead to highly severe consequences. The agri-food compartment is particularly exposed to such consequences, and urgently calls for the implementation of innovative and eco-efficient solutions. In view of this, the MedInCircle project aims at advancing the state of the art of the circular management of water, nutrients and bioresources, fostering the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient agri-food chain. More specifically, MedInCircle will pursue the development of a modular technological platform targeting the on-site treatment, recovery and valorization of water, wastewater and solid waste arising from typical Mediterranean agri-food activities. The specific objectives of the project involve i) the development of new biological treatments to enable a safe and effective domestic wastewater ferti-irrigation as well as the direct reuse of the collected agricultural drainage water, ii) the recovery and the valorisation of the nutrient content of domestic wastewater and agri-food waste, iii) the upcycling of carbon and nutrients from industrial wastewater under the form of slow-release microbial fertilizers and biostimulants, iv) the evaluation of the fertilizing and the growth-promoting properties on typical Mediterranean crops, as well as the impact on the soil microbiome, of the recovered water and nutrient streams and biological agronomic additives, v) the assessment of the cost-benefit balance of the developed innovation to promote the acceptance and the integration of the proposed technical solutions among the stakeholders of the Mediterranean agri-food chain. |
| Network | PRIMA |
| Call | Section 2 – Multi-topic 2022 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Research Centre | Partner | Egypt |
| 2 | UMR-Institut de physique du globe de Paris | Partner | France |
| 3 | Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers | Partner | France |
| 4 | Università di Napoli Federico II | Coordinator | Italy |
| 5 | Istanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi | Partner | Türkiye |
| 6 | Izmir institute of technology | Partner | Türkiye |