Project summary
ReLEAF will formulate, produce, and demonstrate agronomic and environmental performance of safe, sustainable, and efficient Bio-based Fertilisers (BBFs) that can compete in the European and global fertilisers market by optimising, integrating, testing, and validating innovative technologies to efficiently recover and deliver agronomic added-value ingredients (nutrients and biostimulants) and other relevant products (biopolymers) from widely available bio-wastes, while creating new value chains and reducing the environmental impact linked to urban and agri-food wastes and the agriculture sector.
Role of alchemia-nova
As part of the ReLEAF consortium, alchemia-nova plays a key role in bridging technical innovation with stakeholder integration. Its responsibilities include the operation and coordination of the bioreactor demonstration site in Vienna, supporting the real-life testing of bio-based fertiliser production from food and agricultural waste. Moreover, alchemia-nova leads the social acceptance assessment of the project’s innovations. Through its interdisciplinary expertise, the team supports co-creation activities and the transition towards regionally adapted, sustainable fertiliser value chains.
Partners
Project Coordination:
Project Consortium:
The University of Bologna (UNIBO)
The National Research Council (CNR) in Italy
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)
The University of Agriculture in Krakow
The European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST)
Centre mondial de l’Innovation Roullier
The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Project status:
Starts 06 2024, Ends 05 2028
Call:
HORIZON.2.6 – Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
HORIZON.2.6.6 – Bio-based Innovation Systems in the EU Bioeconomy
Topic: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IA-02 – Production of safe, sustainable, and efficient bio-based fertilisers to improve soil health and quality
Type of Action: HORIZON-JU-IA – HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
Grant Agreement Number: 101156998
Overall costs: € 7 814 748,75
EU contribution: € 6 504 027,75
