Futureproof Innovations and Technologies for Controlled Environment Agriculture

FIT4CEA aims to develop sustainable and resilient Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) technologies to address food crises driven by climate change and population growth. The consortium is led by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands, a global leader in agricultural technology and research, and includes 20 prestigious research institutions and companies from nine countries, including South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy. While existing CEA systems, such as greenhouses and plant factories, offer high productivity, they face limitations due to high energy consumption and potential environmental impacts. To address these challenges, the FIT4CEA project will carry out eight multidisciplinary research tasks over the next four years, focusing on the analysis of social, economic, and environmental sustainability; the diversification of nutritionally rich crop varieties; the establishment of emission-free circular systems; and the development of fossil-free production technologies.