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MED Food TTHubs Newsletter Issue No.1
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MED Food TTHubs in a nutshell
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MED Food TTHubs: Trace & Trust Hubs for Mediterranean Food A new PRIMA project started in April 2020: the MED Food TTHubs project was born to provide safer and more sustainable Mediterranean food products for people all around the world. When it comes to food safety, trust concerning the origin of raw materials (e.g. fruits, vegetables, livestock, fish) and the …
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Looking back at the first 6 months…
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Over the last months, people worldwide have been strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges driven by the lockdown, the new rules on social distancing and on sanitary precautions, MED Food TTHubs made its first steps and is now well on its way to become the exciting project that it was intended to be! Since launching the project …
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MED Food TTHubs kicks off!
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The new “Trace & Trust Hubs for MED food” project has finally taken off! Although the world has faced significant challenges during the last months, the 10-partner MED Food TTHubs consortium met up virtually on the 4th and 5th of May 2020 to share their expectations of this new 36-month project, funded by the PRIMA Foundation. Running since 1st of …
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MED food TTHubs meets…online!
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After a fruitful kick-off meeting in April 2020, our consortium met again looking back at the first semester of the project. Due to the unprecedented situation we have found ourselves, our 2nd consortium meeting had to take place once more in a less exciting place, our own. Nonetheless, this did not break our spirit! Everyone was happy to catch-up and …
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Focus group meeting for Egypt
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In an enthusiastic spirit to kick off MED Food TTHubs stakeholder activities in Egypt, representatives of the country’s authorities, agro-food industry and business networks joined a Focus Group meeting on the 27th of September. The meeting organised by AASTMT was held on-line due to the new rules on social distancing driven by COVID-19 pandemic and was intended for the local …
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Focus Group meeting in Portugal
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At the begin of September, on the 11th, the INOV team organised the 1st Focus Group meeting in Portugal, inviting a diverse and proactive stakeholder group, including representatives from associations of meat producers (Carnealentejana, ACPA, CAPOLIB, ACBM), governmental organisations (IAMA and CERCA), private associations (QUALIFICA and SPREGA) and consultants from the agro-food sector (CONSULAI). Their goal was double: to get …
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Focus Group Meeting for Tunisia
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This is the time of Tunisian Focus Group meetings! The meetings during which the local team can present the MED Food TTHubs project and shed light on the current state of the local agro-food supply-chain and its traceability challenges in collaboration with the Tunisian so-called Quadruple Helix Stakeholders - that is people from academia, the industry, public authorities and civil …
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MED food TTHubs would like to hear from you!
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Are you familiar with food traceability and authenticity processes? No matter the answer, MED Food TTHubs invites you to learn more about them and help us shed light on the current practices, their challenges and future opportunities. Now, the project gives you the floor to have your say through a survey! Are you a farmer, a food producer, a retailer …
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MED Food TTHUbs’ first public appearance!
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The MED Food TTHubs project made its first public appearance! On July 16th, Alexandria in Egypt held an opportunity to talk about the potential of food industry in MENA area recognising the importance of traceability and food-safety market. The Regional Workshop, an online event organised by AASTMT, was focused on the innovation and development opportunities behind the use of ICT …
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