Rustica Project

The overall objective of the RUSTICA project is to foster the technical validation, demonstration, and implementation of bio-based fertilizer and soil improvement production techniques focusing on waste from the fruit and vegetable agro-food system to close nutrient cycles on a regional level. This objective will be achieved through a transdisciplinary multi-actor approach, aimed at validating, demonstrating, and integrating 6 technological options for mineral nutrient recovery from fruit and vegetable waste streams in multi-valorization configurations in 4 regions across the European Union. This RUSTICA approach will additionally be validated in the context of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), through close cooperation with CIAT.  This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101000527.