Partnerships and collaborations
COMBI MAIS HYDROTECHNOLOGIES
UNIMER has always been a partner of the Combi Mais Hydrotechnologies project, an innovative protocol for sustainable agriculture. The aim is to achieve greater productivity, quality and profitability in the production of corn grain for food and livestock use. UNIMER cooperates in this project with relevant agricultural multinationals such as Syngenta, Netafim, Deutz-Fahr, Topcon Agricolture, Adama and other companies of the sector, Maschio Gaspardo and CIFO, supported by Prof. Amedeo Reyneri of the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences of Turin University.
SAGEA
SAGEA, center of Saggio s.r.l., is a service company operating in the fields of Agricultural Research and Experimentation and in the Environmental Sciences. On behalf of UNIMER SAGEA leads three-year organic-mineral fertilization tests on hazelnut groves, jointly with FERRERO. The experimentation follows the GEP (Good Experimental Practice) guidelines.
HORTA
CREA
CREA (Council for research in agriculture and the analysis of the agricultural economy) is the main Italian research hub dedicated to agri-food chains and is supervised by the italian ministry of agricultural, food and forestry policies. CREA faces the challenges related to the sustainability of agri-food production with a multidisciplinary approach in the spirit of the circular economy, the bioeconomy and the innovation transfer. In collaboration with CREA, UNIMER has launched experiments to fine-tune the effectiveness of its formulations.
CoproB - Italia Zuccheri
CoproB Zuccheri Italiani is the only short supply chain of farmers that plants, cultivates, and processes sugar in Italy, with a production of approximately 200,000 tons divided between its two plants in Minerbio (Bo) and Pontelongo (Pd). Founded in 1962 in Emilia Romagna, it has established itself on the national market over sixty years of activity, becoming the only cooperative sugar producer in Italy. The collaboration between CoproB and Unimer aims at a competitive and sustainable revival of sugar beet cultivation in Italy.
Agronotizie
Unimer is a partner of AgroNotizie for the fertilizers section. AgroNotizie is Image Line’s online magazine dedicated to Italian agriculture, covering everything from traditional field activities to the new horizons of digital agriculture, always with a strong focus on innovation.
Fertilgest
Unimer is a partner of Fertilgest, the Image Line portal that serves as a reference point for crop nutrition, one of the main databases of fertilizers, composts, and substrates.