CREA

Type of partner: RESEARCH AGENCY

CREA – Council of Research in Agriculture and Analysis of Agricultural Economics

Tel. +39 049 620205
Website: www.crea.gov.it
Email: info@serinnovation.it

Research Centre of Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA)
Sericulture laboratory of Padua

Reference persons:
Silvia Cappellozza (Curriculum Vitae)
Alessio Saviane (Curriculum Vitae)

Research Centre of Engineering and Agri-food Processing (CREA-IT)

Reference person:
Alberto Assirelli

The Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis (CREA) is a national agency based in Rome and operates under the supervision of the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. It was founded in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Agricultural Research Council (CRA) and the National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA).
In its different areas of operation, CREA is represented by the two centres involved in the project and is tasked with the pursuit of research in moriculture and sericulture, the preservation of the silkworm germplasm collection, while also making its skills available in the fields of mechanisation and rationalisation of agricultural processes.
It has always focused on traceability, quality production chains, organic farming, and the promotion of agricultural produce; it is active in training, technical assistance and innovation transfer at the service of agricultural and industrial companies, with numerous registered patents.
The moriculture and sericulture laboratory of the Agriculture and Environment Centre is located in the Venetian Region (Padua); the Engineering and Agri-food Processing Centre is based in Lazio, in Monterotondo (Rome).

ROLE IN THE PROJECT

• It is in charge of technical-scientific contents and of the transfer of knowledge developed during project activities.
• Supervision of all technical-agronomic project steps.
• Cooperation for the creation of silkworm eggs and the production of diet-fed larvae from initial larval instars, which are delivered to farms involved in the project for rearing in later larval instars of the life cycle.
• Development of prototypes for mechanisation.
• Demonstrative activities regarding the extraction of meal and oil from the silkworm chrysalis and feed formulation.
• Reference agency for training, awareness-raising and entertainment activities in the region.