OAKCHAIN
Portuguese forests absorb 159 million tonnes of CO2 per year. However, 98% of our forests are privately owned and a large proportion are abandoned, as much as 72% in Trás-os-Montes, with high fragmentation being a limiting factor for their economic dynamism and management. In Portugal, Quercinea woodlands and forests predominate, producing the equivalent of €13.3 million/year in acorns that rot on the ground.
The OakChain project aims to implement a digital marketplace for the valorisation of acorns. By integrating stakeholders and linking the perspectives of production, transformation and market needs, it will be possible to increase cost and time efficiency by more than 30%. The results of the project, which will be piloted in Trás-os-Montes, will contribute to reducing forest abandonment, with implications for the economic and environmental sustainability of our rural areas.
Funding: Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR)
Type of Funding: Digital Transition of Companies - ‘VOUCHERS FOR STARTUPS - NEW GREEN AND DIGITAL PRODUCTS’
Application Code: TD-C16-i02-4005
Project Title: Development of a Digital Tool for Intelligent Management of the Carvalhal Value Chain (OakChain)
Duration: 12 months
Start: 01 April 2023
End: 31 March 2024
Coordination: LandraTech
Consortium: LandraTech
Partners: MORE Colab - Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação
State: Completed