1 00:00:45,180 --> 00:00:48,460 Consuming fruit is good for your health. 2 00:00:48,540 --> 00:00:53,140 But consumption habits are changing just as collection techniques are. 3 00:00:53,300 --> 00:01:00,780 The market demands more fruit that is ready-to-eat, peeled and diced but with the same quality and flavour and longer life. 4 00:01:00,820 --> 00:01:04,500 Sufficient motives to carry out this research. 5 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:12,660 The research is along two lines, one of post-harvest in which the best moment for collection is determined, 6 00:01:13,220 --> 00:01:17,740 and it also studies the use of alternatives to synthetic fungicides. 7 00:01:17,740 --> 00:01:25,940 And the other line is in convenience products, which studies the best varieties for minimal fresh processing. 8 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:41,740 The project arose from surveys carried out among companies, 9 00:01:41,860 --> 00:01:47,180 which asked about their needs for improvements to post-harvest and minimal processing. 10 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:49,420 All this with a clear objective. 11 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:56,420 The objective of the project is to foment the consumption of fruit and market garden products 12 00:01:56,540 --> 00:02:00,300 from the EUROACE region of Extremadura, the Alentejo and central Portugal. 13 00:02:00,460 --> 00:02:03,700 We share a common objective and also, resources. 14 00:02:03,940 --> 00:02:11,700 In this research there are eight participating members, eight entities, from both Spain and Portugal, 15 00:02:11,860 --> 00:02:16,860 and there is also a high level of participation by fruit producers of the zone. 16 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:27,300 The RITECA project is a chance to collaborate with other, Portuguese, researchers 17 00:02:27,460 --> 00:02:33,300 and to join forces in the search for improvements in post-harvest and convenience products, 18 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:39,620 which in the end will improve the competitiveness of the fruit-producing sector.