The overall objective of SinCE-AFC is to improve policies in the field of regional innovation strategies by facilitating horizontal mechanisms that support and enhance SMEs entrepreneurship in the Agri-Food sector through the exploitation of Circular Economy opportunities.
SinCE-AFC boosts an interregional learning process based on good examples and develops methods and concrete measures to improve the policies chosen by the partners with the common aim to propose mechanisms and tools in favor of the creation, development and growth of SMEs in the Agri-Food chain using the innovative principles of circular economy.
During the first part of this event, Wielkopolska Region, as organizer, will present the initiatives and strategies at national level. Within virtual study visits Wielkopolska will present Biogas Plant in Przybroda and SemCo company.
Each of the project partners will present one or more Good Practices. At the end there will be an interactive Q&A session.
During the second day project management issues, future tasks will be discussed.
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SemCo is a family business founded in 1990 and managed by the 2nd generation of the Just family. They attach great importance to personal contact with their clients and employees. They pay attention to the needs of their clients and they change for them. They pay attention to strengthening regional, sustainable production and maintaining traditional production processes by carefully selecting raw material suppliers and maintaining an efficient machine park.
In addition, using local agricultural raw materials, they care for the environment and try to guarantee minimum transport routes for their raw materials. Their traditional, unrefined, cold-pressed oils delight with taste, aroma and colour
Biogas Plant in Przybroda
The innovative biogas plant launched in 2019 at the Agricultural and Fruit Experimental Station in Przybroda, belonging to the University of Life Sciences in Poznan, is an extremely modern installation, and thanks to the solutions used in it, it is even unique in Europe. This is due to both technical solutions (innovations in construction) and technological solutions (advanced solutions in the fermentation process). The installation is in line with the global trends in the development of the energy sector aimed at technologies using energy storage, renewable energy sources and ensuring universal energy security.
