ACE-EX offers its contribution to the transformation of European agriculture through the integration of Circular Economy principles to promote a sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural production model. The project is perfectly harmonious with the European Green Deal directives. It aims to minimise environmental impact, train highly qualified experts, engage in the fight against climate change and promote environmentally friendly economic growth. ACE-EX emphasises the importance of constantly updating skills in the agricultural and industrial sectors to keep pace with technological developments and the challenges imposed by climate change.
Project Background
ACE-EX acts in a context in which agricultural innovation plays a crucial role in responding to the challenges imposed by climate change and the need to protect biodiversity. The current method of agriculture production must use by-products to their full potential and necessitates a shift towards a more sustainable system. Projections underline the urgency to act: by 2050, the impact of a failure to change current production methods could also translate into many lives lost each year.
In the face of rapid technological and climatic change, constantly updating the skills of those working in the sector is essential. ACE-EX emphasises the importance of the Circular Economy, a practice embraced in agriculture and industry and a driving force for professional training. It aligns with the Action Plan for the Circular Economy and the European Green Deal objectives, promoting sustainable and respectful economic growth.
ACE-EX recognises and addresses the issues of the small business sector, highlighting the need for specialised curricula to facilitate the adoption of Circular Economy practices.
Our perspective focuses on the importance of designing innovative and targeted professional curricula that promote the adoption of circular and sustainable practices in the day-to-day activities of enterprises.
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Ace-ex Project
In wine production, only part of the grape becomes wine. The rest — skins, seeds, stems — contains polyphenols, resveratrol, anthocyanins. From olives pressed for oil, the remaining pomace is rich in squalene, oleic and linoleic acid. From cereals come selenium, zinc, vitamin E. Substances with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing properties. 🍇
The ACE-EX Biochemistry course, developed by ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita, explores the biochemical composition of grapes, olives and cereals with a specific aim: helping sector professionals understand the potential of agricultural by-products as a source of high added-value compounds. 🔬
The course addresses the biochemical mechanisms of cellular ageing — oxidative stress, free radicals — and the natural molecules that counteract them: terpenes, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, squalene, fatty acids, polyphenols, resveratrol, anthocyanins, selenium, zinc. All present in the products and by-products of the three supply chains. 🧬
A course designed for farmers who want to maximise the value of their products, for commercial professionals in the nutraceutical sector and for chemists working in applied biochemistry.
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#ACEEX #Biochemistry #Nutraceuticals #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #Polyphenols #Resveratrol #EUproject
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
@ITS Academy Giulio Natta
CEP- Center for European Projects
OpenCom Italy
Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia
AINIA Consumer
Softcare Studios
Střední průmyslová škola chemická a gymnázium Brno
@Patrimonio Natural
@Fagskolen Innlandet
Klaster Gospodarki Cyrkularnej i Recyklingu
@Ies Federico García Lorca De la Puebla de Cazalla
@Επιμελητήριο Φθιώτιδας
Confagricoltura
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Spare parts for agricultural machinery printed directly on the farm. Customised components for irrigation systems. Tailor-made greenhouse structures. Even nanocellulose-based bio-inks for experimental agronomic applications. 3D printing is entering agriculture. 🖨️
The ACE-EX 3D Printing course introduces sustainable additive manufacturing starting from a comparison with traditional subtractive production: where conventional manufacturing removes material from a block (generating waste), 3D printing adds only the material needed, layer by layer. Less raw material waste by definition. ♻️
For agricultural businesses, especially those in isolated rural areas, 3D printing offers a concrete advantage: autonomy. A broken part no longer means days waiting for a replacement to be shipped — it means designing and producing the solution on site. The course explores sustainable materials, production techniques and practical applications. 🔧
A course that looks to the future, but with its feet firmly planted in the real needs of agriculture.
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#ACEEX #3DPrinting #Innovation #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #AdditiveManufacturing #EUproject
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
@ITS Academy Giulio Natta
CEP- Center for European Projects
OpenCom Italy
Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia
AINIA Consumer
Softcare Studios
Střední průmyslová škola chemická a gymnázium Brno
@Patrimonio Natural
@Fagskolen Innlandet
Klaster Gospodarki Cyrkularnej i Recyklingu
@Ies Federico García Lorca De la Puebla de Cazalla
@Επιμελητήριο Φθιώτιδας
Confagricoltura
Ace-ex Project
A drone flying over the vineyard and spotting stressed plants before the human eye can notice any difference. A sensor measuring soil moisture plot by plot and triggering irrigation only where needed. An autonomous robot managing mechanical weeding without herbicides. 📡
The ACE-EX Technology and Resource Recovery in Agriculture course, developed by CKR (Czech Republic), devotes an entire 6-hour module to technologies supporting circular agriculture: precision farming, digital farming and data management, closed-loop farming systems, robotics and automation. 🤖
Precision agriculture is not a luxury for large businesses. The course presents accessible technologies: low-cost solar-powered sensors, cloud platforms for agronomic data management, shared IoT systems across multiple farms to reduce costs. The goal is to apply the right resource, in the right quantity, at the right time, in the right place. 🎯
Less waste of water, fertilisers, pesticides. More efficiency. More data for better decisions.
24 hours of training, EQF level 5.
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#ACEEX #PrecisionAgriculture #AgriTech #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #DigitalFarming #Robotics #EUproject
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
ITS Academy Giulio Natta
CEP- Center for European Projects
OpenCom Italy
Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia
AINIA Consumer
Softcare Studios
Střední průmyslová škola chemická a gymnázium Brno
Patrimonio Natural
Fagskolen Innlandet
Klaster Gospodarki Cyrkularnej i Recyklingu
Ies Federico García Lorca De la Puebla de Cazalla
Επιμελητήριο Φθιώτιδας
Confagricoltura
Ace-ex Project
Grape pomace, olive press cake, straw, pruning residues, vegetation water, pesticide packaging. Every agricultural supply chain generates waste. The question is not how to eliminate it, but how to transform it. 🔄
The ACE-EX Waste Management course is structured in three modules that build on each other. The first addresses waste reduction in one’s own production and along the value and supply chain. The second teaches how to identify crop waste, understand possible transformation processes and apply them to real cases. The third — the most innovative — focuses on innovation in waste reduction, including a practical exercise on how to identify potential circular partners. 🤝
The approach is hands-on: lectures combined with practical exercises based on real cases. Students do not study waste management — they design it. They analyse their own supply chain, map material flows, identify valorisation opportunities and build relationships with other stakeholders who can use their waste as raw material. ♻️
Because in a circular economy, one party’s waste is another’s resource.
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#ACEEX #WasteManagement #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #WasteReduction #ZeroWaste #EUproject
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
ITS Academy Giulio Natta
CEP- Center for European Projects
OpenCom Italy
Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia
AINIA Consumer
Softcare Studios
Střední průmyslová škola chemická a gymnázium Brno
Patrimonio Natural
Fagskolen Innlandet Hamar
Klaster Gospodarki Cyrkularnej i Recyklingu
Ies Federico García Lorca De la Puebla de Cazalla
Επιμελητήριο Φθιώτιδας
Confagricoltura