Project information
Project ID: 2024-1.1.1-SME_FÓKUSZ-2024-00046
Consortium members: PANNON-MAG-AGRÁR Kft., Széchenyi István University
Project title: "Research and development of innovative green technologies for carbon neutrality"
Contracted aid amount: 564 061 800 Ft
Aid intensity: 71,62 %
Start of project implementation: 2025.03.01.
Deadline for the physical completion of the project: 2027.02.28.
Project description:
The project aims to promote carbon neutrality by developing new types of seeds and seed mixtures with innovative coatings to be developed within the project. These seeds are coated with a special Rhizobium bacterium preparation optimised for the particular plant species or genus, which helps to bind nitrogen in the air. This symbiosis allows plants to obtain larger amounts of organically bound nitrogen, which can be absorbed for a longer period of time and is available in a form protected from losses. The aim of the new technology is to improve the initial development of plants and increase the amount of nitrogen sequestered, thereby achieving greater biomass and increased carbon sequestration, which contributes to carbon neutrality and the fight against climate change. During the project, a new scientific and thus applicable result is the adaptation and development of the existing technology in relation to the plant species or genus-specific Rhizobium bacterial preparation used in leguminous plants. The use of artificial intelligence and machine vision technology in the recognition and eradication of Cuscuta weed species greatly improves crop safety and is in line with the European Union's goals of reducing the use of pesticides. The third objective of the project is to develop a software that uses drone and image processing technologies to identify and differentiate plant species and measure their carbon-absorption capacity in crops of leguminous seeds and seed mixtures sown on agricultural land. The customer base and the potential market are farmers using leguminous plants and their seed mixtures and companies marketing these products.