IPS 5 will build cross-regional production models where best locations to grow crops are exploited in synergies across Europe, as well as innovative post-harvest technologies, storage, logistics and processing that enhance the value of the final product and reduce the overall emissions related to it. This Innovation Production System will demonstrate how the creation of high value protein products, their efficient transfer, and attention to circularity by utilizing by-products from residual biomass can create sustainable business models.

Furthermore, IPS 5 will consider the impact of different cropping practices (conventional/organic), while demonstrating optimized crop sourcing considering yields, quality and environmental indices, also used for assessing innovative storage/logistic solutions, for high value functionality or to enhance identity preservation, quality, shelf life, with the intent to demonstrate the business opportunities and value generated by transferring the ingredients through regions in the EU, capitalizing on optimal environmental footprint and optimal market uptake.