The challenge for the near futurity is to cope with the food requirement of the 9 - 10 million the great unwashed who will populate our major planet in 2050 . Even though the four main crops that presently feast humanity - i.e. rice , edible corn , wheat berry , and potatoes - will have a stellar part , veg will also have to play their part .
Overview of a Med Group technological greenhouse
Sustainability will have to be guaranteed in an increasingly critical context of use when it comes to imagination ( piddle , soil , fertilizers , and energy ): the only winning solution must be based on conception , which will have to lead to an growth in yields .
FreshPlaza talked about it with Massimiliano Nicosia , sales manager for Sicily at Med Group , a company part of Gruppo Europrogress that has been producing steel greenhouse in Vittoria ( RG ) for the past 10 years .
Massimiliano Nicosia
Nicosia also operates as Innovation Manager , with the target of enforce automate yield processes in line with the rationale of Industry 4.0 .
" The company presently employs 30 operators when it comes to product , divide into 7 departments , each boasting an IT station that render them with the full control of product , warehouse , and logistical surgery . The same management software is used by other 10 substance abuser from the purchasing , sale , and governance departments for full traceability of each purchase order . Now that we have completed this phase , we will transmit creation to our clients ' nursery , " explain the managing director .
Inside a Med Group glasshouse
" The production costs of high - technical school greenhouses distinctive of northern European countries have currently become unbearable due to the more and more higher energy cost . Med Group ’s Mediterranean answer to the sustainability problem is to push as many producer as potential to give up ' passive ' greenhouses and opt ' active ' one , i.e. readiness that can act upon the chief production divisor such as light , temperature , humidity , CO2 , water , and fertilizer in a more or less automated manner . "
" The public institution are supporting this innovation process . The ' Industria 4.0 ' taxation credit agricultural business sector can benefit from has been renew for 2022 as well . Investments in novel tangible asset functional to technical and digital transformation can do good of a taxation credit for 40 % of the cost of the investments . "
The machine characteristic that all unexampled greenhouses must sport are :
" In September 2021 , Med Group introduce a Modern permanent showroom to showcase some of our result to our clients . Now we just require to take in companies and operator to bring down us to discuss the various solutions together . "
For further info : Massimiliano NicosiaMed Group srlVia del Cerasuolo di Vittoria , 9797019 Vittoria ( RG)+39 0932 988711 + 39 349 3280220[email protected]www.medgroupsrl.it
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