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«If you give me rice, I'll eat today;
If you teach me how to grow rice, I'll eat every day.»
Mahatma Gandhi
Tracing rice and valorizing side streams along Mediterranean blockchain
Acronym: TRACE-RICE | PRIMA
TRACE-RICE with Grant nº 1934, (call 2019, section 1 Agrofood) is part of the PRIMA Programme supported under Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
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TRACE-RICE targets the adoption of cost-efficient and environmentally safe tools for traceability, authenticity, contaminant mitigation and conversion of by-products to innovative rice base food produced in the Mediterranean. |
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Brings together public and private stakeholders across the Mediterranean for delivering innovative solutions for fraud and safety challenges in rice sector with an integrated full chain approach (‘farm to fork’) in 48 months. |
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New article on prediction models
Published on 11/09/2023
Due to the importance of rice (Oryza sativa) in food products, developing strategies to evaluate its quality based on a fast and reliable methodology is fundamental. Herein, near-i...
New article published on "Food Quality and Preference"
Published on 09/08/2023
The final open access version – containing full bibliographic details – of the article "Adaptation of the Food Choice Questionnaire using a Design Thinking approach and application...
IATA presented a new research paper
Published on 22/06/2023
Cristina M. Rosell, from IATA, participated in the III International Congress on Cereals, Legumes, and Related Topics held in Quito, Ecuador, from June 14 to 16, 2023. Cristin...
Successful achievement of the TRACE-RICE project
Published on 30/05/2023
The seminar ‘New advances from PRIMA projects for improving Mediterranean Agro-Food value chains’ was a successful achievement of the TRACE-RICE project.
There were two ...
Trace-Rice members met in General Assembly
Published on 20/05/2023
The TRACE-RICE general assembly took place this Friday afternoon (19th may). It was an opportunity to know more about the working progress and next steps assumed from each Work Pac...
PRIMA projects presented at Oeiras
Published on 20/05/2023
The seminar 'New advances from PRIMA projects for improving Mediterranean Agro-Food value chains" took place on 18th and 19th may, in INIAV, Oeiras (Portugal). This was a great opo...
New advances from PRIMA projects - NEXT WEEK
Published on 09/05/2023
The seminar 'New advances from PRIMA projects for improving Mediterranean Agro-Food value chains" will take place next week and we are thrilled to show several renowned and high-le...
Foods: Invitation to submit
Published on 04/05/2023
Following the success of two previous Special Issues in Rice with 16 published articles that we recommend your reading in:
Editorial with summaries of several papers:
Quality Ass...
New advances from PRIMA projects
Published on 12/04/2023
The seminar "New advances from PRIMA projects for improving Mediterranean Agro-Food value chains" is only a few weeks away and we are thrilled to show several renowned and high-lev...
TRACE-RICE featured at DARE2CHANGE
Published on 29/03/2023
The TRACE-RICE project was presented last 21st of March at "Dare2Change", Innovation- Driven Agrifood Business (https://dare2change.pt/) in the Congress Centre of Super Bock Arena ...
PRIMA projects and the Mediterranean Agro-Food value chains
Published on 02/03/2023
The seminar "New advances from PRIMA projects for improving Mediterranean Agro-Food value chains" is organized by INIAV in the scope of the TRACE-RICE project in collaboration with...
TRACE-RICE presented in the 7th Cairo international exhibition of innovation
Published on 22/02/2023
TRACE-RICE was presented in the 7th Cairo international exhibition of innovation by University of Alexandria team. This event took place from the 13th to the 15th February of 2023 ...
TRACE-RICE is hiring a Senior Technician
Published on 12/02/2023
It is made public that, by Order of the Rector of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Professor João Sáàgua, issued on 20th January 2023, a call is open to hire a Senior Technician, under...
Internship at the INIAV within the TRACE-RICE activities
Published on 25/01/2023
Internship at the INIAV laboratories within the TRACE-RICE activities and in the scope of "Summer with Science 2022" FCT programme supported by GREEN-IT research unit
Ma...
New article on insect infestation management
Published on 23/01/2023
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food for about half of the world’s population. Therefore, it is important to search for solutions that minimise losses and production costs ...
New article on design thinking for food
Published on 23/01/2023
Portugal is the greatest European rice consumer. Thus, incorporating whole rice and rice bran in innovative rice products is challenging. An experimental method based on the creati...
New article on antimicrobial activity
Published on 20/01/2023
IATA-CSIC has published an article related to our TRACE-RICE project, with the title "Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of grape extract against Bacillus cereus&nb...
Improving Mediterranean Agro-Food Value Chains
Published on 18/01/2023
As part of the TRACE-RICE Communication & Dissemination plan activities, INIAV in collaboration with APH (Portuguese Horticulture Association) will organize the seminar ‘New ad...
IATA-CSIC presented a poster in Equador
Published on 12/12/2022
A poster under the title "Optimización del desgrasado del arroz" was presented by IATA-CSIC at the VIII Congreso Ecuatoriano de ingenieria en Alimentos, organized by the Escuela Su...
IATA-CSIC work was awarded
Published on 12/12/2022
The scientific work done by IATA-CSIC received an award at the 10th Food Science, Biotechnology & Safety Congress, Latin Food 2022, organized by the Mexican Association of Food...
TRACE-RICE presented at ICFNH 2022
Published on 24/11/2022
The TRACE-RICE project was presented last 17 th November at 1st International Congress on Food, Nutrition & Public Health - Towards a sustainable future - ICFNH 2022, held by I...
Two TRACE-RICE posters were presented
Published on 03/11/2022
The TRACE-RICE project was presented last 23rd to the 26th of October at XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos in the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco. The congress was focu...
A stage for consumer acceptance of innovative rice beverage at science festival
Published on 19/10/2022
TRACE-RICE explained the "world of rice"; during the second edition of FIC.A -International Science Festival and take the opportunity for testing the consumer acceptance of innovat...
New manuscript related to IATA tasks in WP2
Published on 02/10/2022
The heat resistance of Bacillus cereus spores inoculated in a rice substrate supplemented with insect chitosan as an alternative antimicrobial was studied. Two concentrations of in...
Mycotoxins Contamination in Rice
Published on 22/09/2022
A new article for TRACE-RICE project: "Mycotoxins Contamination in Rice: Analytical Methods, Occurrence and Detoxification Strategies", has been published.
The prevalence of mycot...
PRIMA to co-organize the Mediterranean Pavilion at COP27
Published on 12/09/2022
For the first time in history, COP27 (6-18 Nov, 2022) will host a Mediterranean Pavilion, seeking to highlight both the urgent challenges the region faces, and the innovative solut...
IATA-CSIC presented a poster at CyTA-CESIA Congress
Published on 01/07/2022
Food scientists and technologists must advance and innovate in the development of processes and products that guarantee the health of the consumer and the competitiveness of the ag...
Trace-Rice joined the vibrant cereal science community
Published on 13/06/2022
The 19th European Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists Workshop, was hosted by the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), which is one of the mo...
TRACE-RICE at "Ciência’2022"
Published on 19/05/2022
The TRACE-RICE project was presented last 16th to 17th of May at Ciência’2022 event in Lisbon. The Ciência’2022 event is an annual meeting of science, technology and innovatio...
Rice sensory analysis
Published on 08/04/2022
The INIAV sensory expert panel initiated their work within TRACE-RICE on February 9th, 16th and March 5th, 6th. The event included the screening of nine selected ass...
Trace-Rice on stage of the trends in grain-based foods
Published on 01/04/2022
The TRACE-RICE project was presented last 23rd to the 25th of March at Transcolab Summit in the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal). The congress was focused on "Tren...
Are you a Young Cereal Scientist? Submit your abstract.
Published on 31/03/2022
Cereals&Europe, in collaboration with the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, is calling for abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations at the 19th Euro...
Study the technological properties of Egyptian Rice
Published on 24/03/2022
Egyptian Trace-Rice team attended a training program offered by the Rice Technology Training and Research Center (Study the technological properties of Egyptian Rice). They also pr...
Alexandria University organized training on "color vision system"
Published on 24/03/2022
As soon as Alexandria University received the color vision system, a training program, offered by the dealer, has been implemented for the graduate students and staff member from t...
Alexandria University disseminated Trace-Rice
Published on 24/03/2022
As reported by our partner Professor Abdelwahab, Executive Director of Renewable Energy Center (Agricultural Engineering Department of the Faculty of Agriculture), Alexandria Unive...
Innovative natural ingredients from rice by-products
Published on 03/03/2022
The research on "supercritical CO2 extraction as a tool to isolate phytochemicals from Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by-products" is part of TRACE-RICE | PRIMA project. The main goals is ...
Workshop "Innovación aplicada al sector agroalimentario"
Published on 28/02/2022
Next March 15th IATA team will give a presentation related to the activity of TRACE-RICE project. This is a workshop organized by the MEDITOMATO project (also financed by PRIMA) th...
TRACE-RICE mobilize trans-national network
Published on 15/02/2022
TRACE-RICE mobilize trans-national network of 7 laboratories for validating and harmonizing protocols concerning rice quality and authenticity.
New standards based on Rapid Visco ...
Position for one research grant for Master
Published on 15/02/2022
The National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, I.P. (INIAV, I.P.) opens a position for one research grant for Master in the scope of the project TRACE-RICE- Tracing ri...
PRIMA Infoday 2022
Published on 15/01/2022
Connect to know all the details of the new call for proposals
#PRIMAInfoday @PRIMAProgram
We wish you a "rice" new year
Published on 13/01/2022
To all our partners, stakeholders and followers, we wish a very "rice" new year
TRACE-RICE visited Ernesto Morgado
Published on 17/12/2021
Within the scope of WP4 TraceRice project, on 14th December 2021, a technical visit was carried out to Ernesto Morgado's facilities in Alqueidão – Figueira da Foz. The general WP4 ...
TRACE-RICE at Predoctoral Student Conference
Published on 09/12/2021
TRACE RICE project was present atthe VIII IATA-CSIC Predoctoral Student Conference. Our colleague, Eva Grau, a predoctoral student under the TRACE-RICE project, has exposed he...
New article for TRACE-RICE
Published on 07/12/2021
"Use of Artificial Neural Network Model for Rice Quality Prediction Based on Grain Physical Parameters" is the new article published under the TRACE-RICE project. The main goa...
TRACE-RICE POSTERS AT "DARE2CHANGE"
Published on 24/11/2021
The TRACE-RICE team was present at "Dare2Change", Innovation- Driven Agrifood Business with the exibition of four posters:
"Trace-rice, Tracing rice and valorizing side strea...
Unraveling seasonings impact on cooked rice quality
Published on 24/11/2021
One more TRACE-RICE poster presented, now at the Spanish Cereal Chemist Association Workshop, for disseminating the results.
UNRAVELING SEASONINGS IMPACT ON COOKED RICE QUALITY: T...
Day of the Mediterranean
Published on 18/11/2021
PRIMA celebrates the Day of the Mediterranean in November in collaboration with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Accordingly, PRIM...
TRACE-RICE ready for "Dare2Change"
Published on 18/11/2021
TRACE-RICE team will be present at "Dare2Change, Innovation- Driven Agrifood Business" (november 18-19) and will present the following posters:
‘Trace-rice, Tracing rice and valor...
International Whole Grain Day
Published on 29/10/2021
16th November marks the International Whole Grain Day. A live webinar with experts and key opinion leaders in the field from around the world will be held on the sa...
Rice: From Staple Food to Innovative, Safe, Authentic and Healthy Foods
Published on 27/10/2021
"One Last month!!! Welcome to submit to our "Foods" Special Issue - "Rice: From Staple Food to Innovative, Safe, Authentic and Healthy Foods". There are already 4 papers published,...
TRACE-RICE resume
OBJECTIVES
| TRACE-RICE is focused on providing the Mediterranean rice industry with: |
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Highly-efficient and affordable analytical and digital technologies that will facilitate fast traceability and authenticity control of rice varieties; |
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New nutritional and healthy tasty rice-based foods and high added-value products based on an interdisciplinary integrated chain-wide and circular economy approach. |
DELIVER SOLUTIONS
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AUTHENTICITY TOOLS |
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DECREASE CHEMICALS Biobased insect repellents, active packaging technologies |
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INNOVATIVE FOOD AND BEVERAGES Integrate rice by-products in bakery ingredients |
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BLOCKCHAIN AND RFID TECHNOLOGIES RFID tags for wireless and real time supply chain integration |
