{"id":3190,"date":"2025-02-28T02:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/?post_type=research_afp&#038;p=3190"},"modified":"2025-02-28T02:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:19:43","slug":"smart-agriculture-and-circular-bioeconomy-smartbic","status":"publish","type":"research_afp","link":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/en\/research_afp\/smart-agriculture-and-circular-bioeconomy-smartbic\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Agriculture and Circular Bioeconomy (SmartBIC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ACRONYM: SmartBIC, CODE: 5047106, in the Operational Program \"Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation\" with priority axis: 03 \"Development of entrepreneurship support mechanisms\", which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), entitled \"Supporting Regional Excellence\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scientific Project Manager: Professor Spyridon Kintzios, Rector of the Agricultural University of Athens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Agricultural University of Athens is creating an Innovation Hub in Smart Agriculture and the Circular Bioeconomy at its facilities in the Region of Central Greece. The goal of the SmartBIC project is to create a sustainable research infrastructure that will provide a comprehensive range of services that will strengthen research for the production of the region's Agri-Food Products.<br>The aim is to create a modern research infrastructure in the Region of Central Greece aimed at the technologies and systems of intelligent agricultural production and circular bioeconomy. The proposed research infrastructure will expand, combine and network the basic research infrastructure that the Agricultural University of Athens has in Kopaida (Aliartos) and with new infrastructures in the new departments in Thiva and Amfissa.<br>The Thiva research group (Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management) undertook the implementation of the largest part of WP4: Sustainable Supply Chains &amp; Innovative Business Practices\/Solutions (Sustainable Supply Chains &amp; Innovative business practices\/solutions) in the Region of Central Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives\/ Desired results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creation of research infrastructure for planning and modeling supply chain flows and processes, simulation and decision making of supply chain planning and management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creation of research infrastructure for modern Enterprise Resources Planning applications, with an emphasis on SMEs in the agri-food sector<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainability analysis, environmental footprint &amp; design of supply chains in the context of sustainable supply chains and circular economy with an emphasis on agri-food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of innovation, entrepreneurship &amp; digital marketing by applying models with emphasis on agri-food highlighting the cultural and touristic identity of the region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhancing the tourist visitor experience by connecting agri-food with the culture sector, through integrated augmented reality and simulation systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improving the quality of life, and work-life balance, promoting diversity and gender equality in the agri-food sector, highlighting cultural identity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head of Thiva Research Group: Professor P. Trivellas<\/strong><br>website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartbic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.smartbic.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/image-3.png 221w, https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/image-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","lab_research_afp":[],"class_list":["post-3190","research_afp","type-research_afp","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research_afp\/3190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research_afp"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/research_afp"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lab_research_afp","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/agribusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lab_research_afp?post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}