Development of a new organic, plant-based, locally sourced alternative to animal protein, made from organic soy grown and produced in Euskadi
- Project start: 09/01/2024
- End of the project: 12/31/2025
- Principal researcher: Amaia Ortiz
- Financing: EAFRD AND BASQUE GOVERNMENT
- Programme: You help innovation, through cooperation, in the agri-food and wood value chains of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Cooperation program)
- Call: 2024
- Reference: Cooperation aid provided for in article 35 of Regulation (EU) 1305/2013
- Acronym: EUSKOEKOSOJA
- Total consortium budget: €75,359.17
- NEIKER budget: €23,046.99
- Partners: UAGA – Unión Agroganadera de Álava (Coordinator); NEIKER; EkoSal-Luz-ZUAITZO; Barredo-Gómez SC; Miguel Ángel García de Vicuña.
General Objective
To introduce the new crop of organic soybeans for human consumption into the crop rotation of farms in the Basque Country, as a high-value-added alternative crop that is profitable for farmers and easy to implement on their farms due to its positive agronomic characteristics.
Specific Objectives
To promote the cultivation of organic legumes in the Basque Country as a profitable alternative in current crop rotations, improving farmers’ profitability and adding value to the food industry by providing consumers with a new local, organic, and sustainable product.
Results
- E 1.1: Agronomic data recorded during the implementation of the various organic soybean varieties tested in small-scale pilot projects. Report on crop management and comparison between different varieties to assess which is the most suitable. (NEIKER)
- E 1.2: Obtaining more than 280 kg of organic soybeans for processing in Zuaitzo (food industry, partner of the operating group) (NEIKER)
- E 2.1: Agricultural crop management manual (NEIKER-UAGA)
- E 2.2: Production of a total of 400 kg of organic soybeans in batches destined for Zuaitzo (food industry, partner of the operational group) (FARMERS-NEIKER-UAGA)
- E 3.1: Final product, Tofu and derivatives of varieties obtained on a small scale (ZUAITZO)
- E 3.2: Final product, with the “EUSKOEKOSOJA” brand of Tofu and derivatives of the varieties obtained industrial scale (ZUAITZO)
- E 4.1: Satisfaction survey carried out by consumers of the final product
- E.5.1. Preparation of an informative poster or diptych for dissemination and delivery on the day with the positive aspects of organic soy cultivation in the CAPV)
