carina-project.eu

CARINA fosters sustainable farming through a multi-actor consortium and participatory innovation. It introduces carinata and camelina, two resilient oilseed crops providing low iLUC feedstocks for bio-based products like bioherbicides and bioplastics. With 9 Lighthouses, 5 Living Labs, and 9 Policy Innovation Labs, the project engages farmers and stakeholders, potentially reaching 3M farmers. CARINA brings together 20 partners and 6 affiliates from 13 EU and Associated Countries systems, and yield high-quality oils for bio-based products like bioherbicides and bioplastics.

Oils that will be transformed into innovative bio-based products (bioherbicides, bioplastics). The co-product from oil extraction is a protein-rich cake, which will be valorized as animal feed, and in a multitude of high added-value products, exploiting the mucilage and glucosinolates contained within. CARINA capitalizes on a highly experienced team of 20 partners, +6 affiliated entities, from 13 EU and Associated Countries (Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, UK, Serbia, Tunisia, Morocco, Switzerland).