Valorise: A Digital Platform for Agri-Food By-Product Valorisation

Valorise：农产品副产品增值的数字平台

• 批准号: 10044671
• 金额: $ 5.78万
• 依托单位: VALORISE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10044671
• 关键词: Valorise; Digital; Platform; Agri; Food

In the UK 51% of food is wasted before it gets to the consumer during agricultural post-harvest distribution or processing. Globally, over one third of all food produced across the food chain is wasted. A significant proportion of food loss relates to the inherent physiology of the crops, poor control of post-harvest biology and the efficacy and appropriateness of the control systems applied.To generate economic value from waste, the valorisation of agri-food by-products (AFBPs) and mapping of supply chains to manage agricultural waste systems is crucial. There is a lack of consolidated knowledge of existing agricultural waste, its categorisation and potential uses, including how agri-food by-products (AFBPs) can become a valuable feedstock resource for other applications and products. Currently huge portions of agricultural waste are undervalued and underutilised.This project encompasses the development of a proof-of-concept digital platform for trading in AFBPs, setting the scene from a move away from a waste model to a resource that has economic value. We are aiming to use a Human Centered Design model for the creation of a digital marketplace, by interviewing representatives from the value-chain, we will gain information for the design of the platform that will be of use for both food producers, processors and those looking to purchase feedstock. The Human Centered Design (HCD) approach, combined with performance testing of the digital platform, will ensure that future developments in the digital platform meet the requirements of prospective end-users, increasing their acceptability, uptake and use.Our business plan is based on a subscription model for those looking to buy or sell feedstock. The platform will be free to researchers in the public sector based on anonymised data sets that could be used for development of public policy.Sustainability is crucial and set to remain firmly at the centre of future international agricultural policy given the continued need to increase food production in both socially responsible and environmentally friendly ways. In particular we see this work as responding to the UNSDG 12 'Responsible Consumption and Production' and especially 12.3 for a 50% reduction in food losses from retail/consumer/production/supply chains. It will help address areas of legislative importance nationally, for example DEFRA's Resource and Waste Strategy (2019) which aims to reduced landfill disposal and the 25 Year Environment Plan-Progress toward a circular economy/net-zero carbon emissions 2050\.

在英国，51%的食物在到达消费者手中之前，就在农业收获后的分配或加工过程中被浪费了。在全球范围内，整个食物链中超过三分之一的食物被浪费了。很大一部分粮食损失与作物的内在生理特性、收获后生物学控制不力以及所采用的控制系统的有效性和适当性有关。为了从废物中创造经济价值，农业食品副产品（afbp）的价值评估和供应链的测绘以管理农业废物系统至关重要。缺乏对现有农业废弃物、其分类和潜在用途的综合知识，包括农业食品副产品（afbp）如何成为其他应用和产品的宝贵原料资源。目前，很大一部分农业废弃物被低估，也没有得到充分利用。该项目包括开发一个用于afbp交易的概念验证数字平台，为从废物模型转向具有经济价值的资源奠定基础。我们的目标是使用以人为本的设计模型来创建数字市场，通过采访价值链的代表，我们将获得平台设计的信息，这些信息将用于食品生产商、加工商和那些希望购买原料的人。以人为本的设计（HCD）方法与数字平台的性能测试相结合，将确保数字平台的未来发展满足潜在最终用户的需求，提高他们的可接受性、吸收性和使用率。我们的商业计划是基于订阅模式，为那些希望购买或出售原料。该平台将免费向公共部门的研究人员提供可用于制定公共政策的匿名数据集。鉴于继续需要以对社会负责任和对环境友好的方式增加粮食生产，可持续性至关重要，并将始终是未来国际农业政策的核心。我们特别认为，这项工作是对联合国可持续发展目标12“负责任的消费和生产”的回应，特别是12.3关于将零售/消费者/生产/供应链的粮食损失减少50%的目标。它将有助于解决全国重要的立法领域，例如DEFRA的资源和废物战略（2019年），旨在减少垃圾填埋场处置和25年环境计划-向循环经济/ 2050年净零碳排放迈进。