THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ENTIRELY RANGE INNOVATIONS FROM EXCELLENT HUNGARIAN
BIOLOGICAL BASIS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITIVE, HIGH-VALUE-ADDED ORGANIC FOOD AND FEED
2022 | 12 | 31
The HUNBIO consortium won a non-refundable grant of 1.186 billion forints within the framework of the GINOP in the call for proposals GINOP-2.2.1-18 “R&D competitiveness and excellence cooperation” within the framework of the Széchenyi 2020 program. The project, with a total budget of more than 1.721 billion forints, was used to develop the technologies necessary for the value-added use of organic beer by-products, and with the help of a research institute and partners with extensive experience in organic farming, the seed genotypes selected for organic production were determined, which could result in the most suitable malt for beer production, taking into account the conditions of organic farming.
In our project, we aimed to develop full-cycle organic products from the laboratory to the table based on partner integration. The starting pillar was the complex RDI work of quality biological bases that meet the special requirements of organic production, feeding and food processing. This included testing the yield, adaptability, abiotic and biotic stress resistance, and selected content and technological parameters of suitable plant species and varieties in laboratory, breeding nursery and farm conditions. The innovation process was opened by variety and seed products and closed by industrial processing technologies and recipe developments, up to the introduction of those that promised to be successful to the market. A further objective was to create valuable products based on the utilization of by-products, such as beer lees and brewer's yeast, in addition to optimizing organic malting and brewing technologies. Innovative, self-developed seeds, feed and food components and end products capable of serving special dietary and feeding needs were tested within the project, many of which will be successful on the domestic and foreign markets. In addition, within the framework of the Project, technologies for producing preparations that can be used in eco-intensive crop production from by-products that have been utilized with low added value so far were also developed. In our country, the development of the efficiency and quantitative lag of organic production and processing was a priority government goal at the time of the project submission. The events of the recent period (EU directives to increase the number of organic areas by 2030, the release of prices for fertilizers and other chemical input materials) further underline our results, which significantly contribute to catching up, strengthening the innovation culture and quickly implementing the results into practice.
Further information is available from:
Dr. Zoltán Szemerey
szemerey.zoltan@gmail.com
