The Research and Innovation Centre of the Fondazione Edmund Mach stands as a fundamental player in the scientific research landscape, with a profound and multifaceted impact on agri-food, forestry, and environmental systems, and on people's quality of life. CRI is an integrated research hub, capable of tackling complex challenges through a holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

The CRI's ability to integrate the expertise of 20 research units across four main thematic areas, fostering interdisciplinary synergy, is a key factor in its success. This integration allows for addressing problems that transcend disciplinary boundaries, such as the impacts of climate change on agriculture and health, with more robust and innovative solutions. The pervasive adoption of artificial intelligence, big data, and new technologies is not merely an instrumental upgrade, but an enabling element that amplifies the CRI's capacity to extract in-depth knowledge and generate precise solutions across all its research domains.

The research highlights demonstrate the CRI's commitment to generating concrete benefits. From understanding the complex dynamics of alpine lakes in response to climate, to developing predictive models for public health (such as tick-borne encephalitis), to creating biotechnological solutions for crop resilience (drought tolerance, pathogen resistance), the CRI translates scientific knowledge into practical applications. Its deep connection with the Trentino region, evident in the valorization of local corn or the management of agro-industrial waste, combines with a vast network of international collaborations, confirming that locally developed solutions have global resonance and applicability.

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