One of the aim of NICHE project is to exchange knowledge and experiences within project partners which a common component in their economies is a food industry.
The output of activities in NICHE project was to prepare a collection of examples of good practices including relevant information about state of innovation in companies. This description brings together all important stakeholders involved into exploring innovation approach i.e. research centres, universities, enterprises, policy makers, innovation agencies and final consumers at both regional and interregional level.
By researching these Good Practice’s, it will assist to improve the regional policies supporting the introduction of innovation into the regional food value changes.
Areas of expertise in the food sector within the participant regions:
- Agri-food (West Romania)
- Food Technology (Northern Ireland)
- Sustainable Food Production & Processing and Food for health (Border region – Ireland)
- Food Technology and agricultural innovations (South Ostrobothnia – Finland)
- Biotechnologies in food production and other areas (Estonia)
- Food safety and personalized food processing, fertilizers, packages (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Poland)
- Agricultural food: production, packing, food processing, Mediterranean diet (Crete, Grecce)
Examples presented in Good Practice Booklet:
Romania:
ASAT: Association for the Support of Small-Scale Farming
Research Platform - Organic Sustainable Agriculture and food Safety
ZAX Farm Software
Ireland:
The Food Coast – Donegal’s Good Food Initiative
Seafood Product Development Project
Donegal’s Atlantic Coastal Trail
Northern Ireland :
Walled City Brewery & North West Regional College
Business Support Centre at North West Regional College
Legenderry Food Festival and Foodie Destinations
Finland:
Developing and marketing “free from” products (gluten free, lactose free, no allergens) to Baltic Sea Countries
Ruokaverstas (Food Workshop)
Taste Organics in South Savo
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship:
Research and Implementation Fund (FBiW)
Cooperative Linkages Fund
Region of Crete:
HERAKLION WINEMAKERS’ ASSOCIATION (WINES OF CRETE)
Agro-nutritional Cooperation of Region of Crete
Estonia:
BACULA Ltd ‘Functional Jam’
“A food innovation system based on Competence Centre (triple helix model) environment”
Scotland:
Taste of Arran
Finland (Coordinator), Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Spain, Turkey:
Green Plastics for Food Packaging
