Projects

List of projects proposed by the District or in which the District is involved.

Project C.L.I.M.A.

Project C.L.I.M.A.

  PROJECT C.L.I.M.A. The Project C.L.I.M.A is promoted by the Citrus Production District of Sicily and the ARCES High School with the support of the The Coca-Cola Foundation. THE EXPECTED RESULTS Increase in the awareness of...
Project A.C.Q.U.A. 2

Project A.C.Q.U.A. 2

The Project A.C.Q.U.A. 2 - Citrus growing Aware of the Quality and Use of Water , promoted by the Citrus Production District of Sicily and by the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Catania (DiCAr), realized with the...
Trick Project

Trick Project

TRICK supports the adoption, tracing and demonstration of sustainable approaches by means of an innovative and circular product information management system based on Blockchain and able to provide stakeholders of the supply chains and final consumers...
Project A.C.Q.U.A.

Project A.C.Q.U.A.

The Project "A.C.Q.U.A. - Aware of Water Quality and Use of Citrus Growing " is promoted by the Citrus District of Sicily and the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR) of the University of Catania, with the unconditional contribution...
NCWR Programme Mediterranean

NCWR Programme Mediterranean

The programme started to address water scarcity in the Mediterranean . It was first launched in Greece (2008) and since then expanded in the Maltese Islands (2011), in Cyprus (2013), and in Italy (2015). The Non Conventional Water Resources (NCWR) ...
Agrorà, la piazza per i lavoratori agricoli

Agrorà, la piazza per i lavoratori agricoli

A sustainable growth of the Sicilian citrus area . A virtual place to meet two concrete needs: that of those looking for work in the citrus supply chain and that of companies seeking adequate professionalism. Website: agrora.distrettoagrumidisicilia.it...
Social Farming. Social integration in the Sicilian Citrus Production Network

Social Farming. Social integration in the Sicilian Citrus Production Network

A project promoted by the Citrus Production District of Sicily , the ARCES High School , with the unconditional contribution of the Coca Cola Foundation Practical training with internship in a farming company The project "Social Farming. Social...
Districts in the Kitchen

Districts in the Kitchen

The common objective of this project’s actions is to give visibility to Italian agro-food production Districts through a coordinated action and a communication strategy aimed to spread the knowledge of the many excellent products of the Italian agro-food s...
Integrated Relational Tourism - Educational tour

Integrated Relational Tourism - Educational tour

The project, inspired by the concept of Integrated Relational Tourism, which aims at values such as culture, traditions and popular knowledge to tell and make the territory live to travelers, consists of an educational tour for communication experts,...
Alternative energy from orange waste

Alternative energy from orange waste

Obj. 4 – Scientific research and technological development Processing plant of citrus in energy              The research objective is to identify industrial processes involving the use of the citrus waste compost as a sub-product, thus avoid...
The French market

The French market

Obj. 3 – Internationalization SOPEXA - International Marketing Group for Food, Wine & Lifestyle This project aims to promote the market value of good quality Sicilian citrus farming production on the French market and has been developed by t...
Through 'The routes of the orange blossom'

Through 'The routes of the orange blossom'

A District project approved by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies - MIPAAF (decree n. 93824 of 30 December 2014) for the valorization of citrus fruits and their territories . Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies...
The national fruit&vegetable market network

The national fruit&vegetable market network

Obj. 5 - Promoting the market value of Sicilian citrus production on the national territory through a synergic action among national fruit&vegetable markets The project , presented by the District at the Macfrut of Cesena 2011, aims to connect...
Industrial transformation of citrus

Industrial transformation of citrus

The project proposed by the District aims to enhance the market value of quality DOP, IGP and Biological citrus farming products through industrial transformation. Commercial value of DOP, IGP and Biological citrus This objective stems from our...