Kāds bija risinājums/problēma?
Portugal is a major producer of corn, tomēr, the corn consumed as popcorn was
mostly imported from the USA, France and Spain, where Butterfly and Mushroom
varieties are widely produced for the food industry in the production of popcorn and
other snacks.
As one of the largest consumers of national popcorn, NOS Lusomundo Cinemas,
provided strong support and closely followed this project. For this cinema chain, the
production of popcorn in Portugal allows greater control in terms of quantity and
quality of production and also represents an opportunity to reduce the carbon
footprint of the star product of its cinemas: popcorn.
The consortium formed by Agromais, Agrotejo, Consulai and Prosense carried out,
within the Portuguese Rural Development Program – “Cooperation for
Innovation”, an innovation project that focused on the production of varieties of corn
to produce popcorns.
Interactive innovation focused on the entire value chain, from production, cauri
transformation and logistics, to the final consumer.
Kādi ir veiksmes faktori problēmas risināšanā?
the need to diversify the offer by a producer organization, and the need to acquire ingredients in local markets by the industry; multi-actor approach, including consumer acceptance tests; close communication and dialogue between production and industry
Kādi bija galvenie izaicinājumi inovācijas procesa laikā?
Risk of poor consumer acceptance; new varieties failing to adapt to edaphoclimatic conditions;
Different agricultural, harvesting and storage practices in a product naturally produced for animal feed, which became for human consumption;
Much stricter food law in this new product
Kāda loma ir konsultantam vai konsultatīvajam dienestam ar praktisko lietu?
Zināšanu izpratne un apmaiņa, Padomdevējs, Konsultācijas un aizkavēšanās, kuru mērķis ir sarežģītās problēmas risināt, jānodrošina inovācijas procesa laikā un balstās uz dalībnieku prasībām un risinājumu līdzsaturēšanu, Tīkla atvieglošana un starpniecība, Lai palīdzētu organizēt vai stiprināt tīklus, uzlabot attiecības starp galvenajiem dalībniekiem un saskaņot pakalpojumus, lai varētu papildināt viens otru, Piekļuves uzlabošana/atbalstīšana resursiem, atvieglojot piekļuvi ieejām, iespējas un finansējums, Inovācijas palielināšana, lai palielinātu plašāku grupu uzņemšanu
Lai dalītos praktiskā gadījuma pieredzē, lūdzu sazinieties
Jorge Neves
jorge.neves@agromais.pt