Sustainable production of horticultural plants in sea containers: Hidroleaf

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The Hidroleaf project consists of developing and validating an integrated system for the sustainable # production of horticultural plants in sea containers

The aim is to cultivate in containers with energy-saving LED lights, and to make use of 100% of the water and fertilizers. This solution allows to cultivate anywhere in the world since the climatic conditions do not matter.

Hidroleaf is a collaborative project between entities and companies in the Region of Murcia. It is led by the Murcian agricultural companies, members of AgritechMurcia, Ritec and Rufepa, which have a great deal of experience in solutions for protected crops in greenhouses.

The University of Murcia, Odin Solutions S.L and Cebas -CESIC, also member of AgritechMurcia, are also participating.

Hidroleaf project has been financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and by the FEDER fund.

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Agritech Murcia has concluded an institutional and technical mission in Paraguay with the main objective of setting the stage for the closure of the brackish water desalination project and, additionally, defining the brine valorization model to recover and make use of the resulting salts within a circular economy framework.

Emilio Cobos, Vice President of Agritech Murcia, highlighted that “the mission has made it possible to align the project with the country’s technical and regulatory

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