8 projectes de la UAB reben finançament per a la millora del sistema agroalimentari i forestal de Catalunya

The projects are a part of the first call published within the strategic plan for the Communal Agricultural Policy (PAC) for activities of demonstration and knowledge transfer. The Department of Agriculture, Farming, Fishing, and Food of the Generalitat de Catalunya has approved 114 requests with a total budget of 5.5 million euros.

Out of these, UAB will receive 318.000 euros to develop and validate technologies that help improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the Catalan agricultural holdings. The eight projects are the following:

• PATENT-CAT: Capitalization of research results of the Catalan agri-food ecosystem, led by Xavier Vallvé, head of the UAB Office of Knowledge Transfer and Valorization of Research. This project is looking to promote innovation and competitiveness of the Catalan agri-food sector through the creation of a map of all the Catalan patents of the last 10 years.
• Combined application of ultrasounds and uv-radiation (UVC) as a physic alternative to disinfecting surfaces of the food industry, a project by Carolina Ripollés, researcher of the Department of Animal and Food Science.
• Guide to select the mechanisms of emissions mitigation on farming compost: physical, chemical, and biological strategies, developed by Antoni Sánchez, researcher at the Department of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering.
• Application of a new nutritional supplement to commercial farms to improve productivity, health and welfare of the dairy cattle in stressful situations for heat reasons, a project by Ahmed Salama, researcher at the Department of Animal and Food Science.
• Welfare and profitability: designing parks for groupal rabbit breeding, also led by Ahmed Salama, researcher at the Department of Animal and Food Science.
• Validation of a Multiobjective Decision making Tool for the pig industry: economic competitiveness and environmental impact (MultiPorc), led by Aureli Alabert, director at the UAB Mathematical Consulting Service.
• Industrial validation of an optical technology to determine the pH on yoghurt elaboration, headed by Manuel Castillo, director of the UAB Center of Innovation, Research and Transfer on Food Technology. 
• The herd protection dog on Catalan livestock farms: How to maximise its effectiveness and prevent risks?, led by Giovanna Ciaravino, researcher at the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy.