AGRICULTURE AND FOODINDUSTRY ACCELERATOR
Space Cooperative Europe (SCE²) presents the Agriculture and Food Industry Accelerator. Its aim is to offer new opportunities for industrial research by facilitating access to commercial space-based platforms in Low Earth Orbit.
THE OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS NOW CLOSED.
FOCUS AREAS
We help you to make use of the space environment to accelerate research and development in the agriculture and food industry.
The Agriculture and Food Accelerator is focused on 3 primary categories:
- Plant nutrition and health
- Crop management and monitoring
- Food behaviour, processing, and packaging
Within these categories, we have seen big interest in the following themes:
- Remote sensing especially related to soil health
- Water management
- Sustainability
And ultimately, we are focused on dealing with the hardest issues the terrestrial industry is facing:
- Increasing crop yields
- Better monitoring techniques
- Creating drought resistant and hearty plants
- Plant microbes
- Food optimization and formulation
BENEFITS OF MICROGRAVITY FOR YOUR R&D
Microgravity and the extreme conditions of space, such as high radiation levels, can help us solve the biggest challenges in terrestrial agriculture and food including heat & cold tolerance, crop diseases, soil health, food processing and sustainable packaging.
This is possible because in space we have:
- Different behaviour of living organisms with elements like changes in gene expression, morphological modifications, and changes in cellular physiology.
- Microbes are more virulent which helps understanding how to create better methods for treating and preventing plant diseases.
- Earth satellite observation & remote sensing solutions can aid in optimal crop monitoring and management.
- Microgravity’s effects on sedimentation, separations, flow profiles and novel material productions can support better food manufacturing and packaging processes.
Ultimately, space solutions will help improve crop yields, fight plant disease, improve soil health and optimise food processing and packing solutions including creating green alternatives.
All these changes are needed right now, and you can be the first in your industry to innovate, making use of all the opportunities that space provides.
