+VALORCER Project: Valuing the organization of cereal production in Portugal

The +VALORCER project started in April 2023, funded by the PRR program - Recovery and Resilience Plan, which aims to boost the Organizations of Cereal Producers, bringing new perspectives, advanced technologies and modern methods of optimization and process management. This project is promoted by ANPROMIS, ANPOC, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and CONSULAI, and is led by InnovPlantProtect. With the participation of more than 17 producers' organizations in the cereal sector, including rice, which represent around 90% of the commercialized national production, the project involves more than 12,500 farmers distributed throughout the country. In Portugal, there are numerous Organizations with implemented quality systems, however, there is still much to be done in the area of digitalization of processes, in the commercial aspect and in the valuation of the final product with the industry and the final consumer. Thus, the +VALORCER project's main objective is to encourage innovation, ...