The Agritech Centre is promoted by the University of Naples Federico II.

It currently involves 28 universities, 5 research centres and 18 large companies.

NRP Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.4 - Strengthening research structures and creating 'national R&D champions' on certain Key Enabling Technologies. 

• MUR Notice No. 3138 of 16.12.2021 
• Funding: 350 million euro (320 million from the PNRR) 
• Directorial Decree of Granting of Funding No. 1032 of 17.06.2022 
• Identification code: CN000022 
• CUP: D43C22001220006

(PNRR) The aim is to promote the adaptation of crops to climate change through the use of enabling technologies for efficient and environmentally friendly agrifood production. 

The Centre envisages the development and application of technologies pursuing five main objectives: 

• Resilience (adaptation to sustainability criteria and climate change); 
• Low impact (waste reduction and ecological sustainability); 
• Circularity (strategic development of circular economic forms); 
• Recovery (development of marginal areas); 
• Traceability (promotion of safety, traceability and typicality of agri-food chains). 

Agritech was established with the ambition of combining the best scientific expertise to make the Italian agrifood industry more competitive and sustainable. The parterre, made up of the Italian agrifood excellences, counts 51 players distributed throughout Italy, and has collected, to date, almost a thousand expressions of interest in the sector. By linking national research infrastructures and the use of IOT technologies, a concrete ecological and digital transition is promoted. Collaboration with businesses is crucial to increase national economic resilience and competitiveness and to train the next generation of scholars in the field. 

Subjects involved:  
National Research Council, University of Bari, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, University of Milan, University of Naples Federico II, University of Padua, University of Siena, University of Turin, University of Tuscia, Euro-Med Centre on Climate Change, Council for Research in Agriculture and Analysis of Agricultural Economics, New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Edmund Mach Foundation of San Michele all'Adige (Trento), Milan Polytechnic, Turin Polytechnic, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, University of Basilicata, Free University of Bolzano, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, University of Catania, University of Foggia, University of Florence, University of Genoa, University of Perugia, University of Pisa, University of Parma, University of Reggio Calabria, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Salerno, University of Sassari, University of Udine, University of Marche, Antares Vision, Consorzi Agrari d'Italia, Casillo Group, CNH Industrial, De Matteis Agroalimentare, e-geos S.p.A., Engineering, Eni, Graded, IBF Servizi, Irritec, Relatech, Società Sementi Italiana, Telespazio, IBF Servizi, Fondazione Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Intesa San Paolo and Nestlé.