Food Quality in Digital Age

The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

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The aim of this project is to facilitate the digital transformation in agriculture in general, and food production in particular, in the V4+ region (Visegrad countries and Serbia) by integrating expertise and experience of five regional Universities – each adept at a certain digital food quality evaluation method – and opening this network to cooperation with local & regional stakeholders.

Fairer & greener agriculture is one of the key objectives of cooperation among Serbia & Visegrad countries, vital not only from regional but also European point of view. Both have a very large production potential in agriculture, as evidenced by, i.a, the amount of agricultural land, number of animals, economic & labor force. Agricultural techniques that are economical, productively, socially and environmentally sustainable are on high demand, especially today when, given the war in Ukraine, the issues of ensuring food security in Europe become especially pressing. Digital technologies have the potential to revolutionize agriculture by helping farmers & food producers work more precisely, efficiently and sustainably. However, the uptake of new technologies lacks robustness and varies along the food supply chain. So far, the application of precision agriculture was mainly directed to the beginning of food chain and adopted by the farmers. We believe that there is a need to extend these practices to food production companies. To make it possible V4+ region needs a dynamic professional research & innovation network that will facilitate & accelerate the digital transformation in agriculture adjusted to regional conditions & leveraging regional potential.

Implementation period:

1 February 2023 – 31 July 2024

Project Coordinator:

Dr hab. Bartosz Sołowiej, Associate Professor

Project Partners:

University of Life Sciences in Lublin (Poland) - LIDER
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Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic)
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University of Belgrade (Serbia)
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Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia)
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Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Hungary)
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The project will build a professional network of educational institutions in the field of digital food quality evaluation solutions and support mobility of PhD students and researchers to share best practices, exchange knowledge and improve the regional ecosystem for innovation in the field.

A particular focus will be put on involving regional business into cooperation with academia. The project will help accelerate the adoption and maturation of ICT in the agri‐food sector. The consortium gathered in this proposal, thanks to the complementary potential and expertise of its partners, will:

  • build a network of specialists in the field of ICT-based innovative food quality evaluation methods
  • carry out collaborative research endeavour to showcase the potential of digital food evaluation methods
  • exchange results of the research conducted at each participating University for innovation & scientific research facilitation
  • conduct professional, 5-modules training for researchers & PhD students for knowledge exchange & spread of research methods
  • disseminate knowledge about innovative food quality evaluation methods among the regional stakeholders (and beyond)
  • involve regional stakeholders (ex. food production companies & their associations) in cooperation with academia for technology testing & transfer

As a result, the consortium will provide support to regional agri-food sector by gathering, sharing and showcasing up-to-date methods of evaluating food products with greater (digital) precision and enabling precision food production according to consumer preferences.

GDPR [GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION]
INFORMATION CLAUSE FOR PARTICIPANTS

 

1. Controller of personal data

The controller of your personal data is the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. You can contact the controller of your personal data in the following way:

  1. by post, to the address: ul. Akademicka 13, 20- 950 Lublin
  2. by e-mail:

2. Data protection officer

You may contact a data protection officer in all matters concerning processing of personal data and exercise of rights related to data processing in the following way:

  1. by post to the address: ul. Akademicka 13, 20- 950 Lublin
  2. by e-mail:

3. The purposes and legal basis of data processing

We will process your personal data for purposes related to the implementation of the project no. 22230075: FOOD Quality in Digital Age.

The legal basis for processing your personal data is, according to Article 6, Paragraph 1(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation):

  • your consent to the processing of personal data for the purposes of implementing the project no. 22230075: FOOD Quality in Digital Age, i. e. for organizing and conducting project activities, for information and promotional purposes and for reporting to the International Visegrad Fund;
  • Personal data (i. e. name and surname) will be processed solely for the purpose of implementing the project no. 22230075: FOOD Quality in Digital Age, in particular organization of events, confirmation of expenditure eligibility, granting support, monitoring, evaluation, control, audit and reporting, as well as information and promotion activities under the International Visegrad Fund.
  • your consent to the use of my image, incl. photos and recordings made during the project activities for the information, promotion, dissemination and reporting purposes related to the project no. 22230075: FOOD Quality in Digital Age;

For information, promotion and dissemination purposes, your image, incl. photos and recordings made during the project activities might be published on-line (project website, University’s website and social media, Visegrad Fund’s website and social media) and/or in the printed materials and/or newspaper articles. It might be also shared with the International Visegrad Fund as a part of the project reporting.

Providing personal data is voluntary, but necessary to participate in activities and implement the project no. 22230075: FOOD Quality in Digital Age. If the data is not provided, it will not be possible to implement the above-mentioned purpose.

4. Period of personal data storage

We will store your personal data for the period necessary to perform the contract established under the project no. 22230075: FOOD Quality in Digital Age between the University of Life Sciences in Lublin and the International Visegrad Fund.

5. Data recipients

Due to the fact that the activities are funded from a grant under the International Visegrad Fund, the University of Life Sciences in Lublin is obliged to present an attendance list, i.e. the name and surname of participants of activities organized under the above-mentioned project as well as photographic documentation/recordings from the project activities to the Visegrad Fund for reporting and billing purposes. For information and promotion purposes, your image, incl. photos and recordings made during the project activities might be published on-line (project website, University’s website and social media, Visegrad Fund’s website and social media) and/or in the printed publications and/or newspaper articles.

6. Rights related to the processing of personal data

You have the following rights with regard to the processing of personal data:

  1. the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data, see below;
  2. the right to access your personal data;
  3. the right to demand rectification of inaccurate personal data and supplementation of incomplete personal data;
  4. the right to demand deletion of your personal data, in particular if you withdraw your consent for data processing, when there is no other legal basis for the processing;
  5. the right to demand limitation of the processing of your personal data;
  6. the right to transfer your personal data, i.e. the right to receive personal data from us, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. You may transfer this data to another data controller or request that we transfer your data to another data controller. However, we will only do so if such transmission is technically possible. You have the right to transfer your personal data only in respect to data which we process automatically, i.e. in electronic form, on the basis of an agreement with you or on the basis of your consent;
  7. the right not to be subject only to automated decision-making, including profiling
  8. the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority dealing with personal data protection, i.e. the President of the Personal Data Protection Office [Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych]

Project Coordinator: Dr hab. Bartosz Sołowiej, Associate Professor
Sub-department of Dairy Technology and Functional Food, Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology
E-mail:
Phone no. (+48) 81 462 33 50

International Projects Office
Phone no. (+48) 81 445 62 36
University of Life Sciences in Lubin
ul. Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland