Updated on 8 September 2026
Experimental site in rural south of Portugal
co-founder and owner at QXote
Santa Cruz (Almodôvar), Portugal
About
We have a 9 hectare property, that we developed into a Living lab (acknowledged by ENoLL, under the name of the Monte dos Três Moinhos Living Lab). As we are based in a rural area, that is transforming from a Mediterranean climate zone, into a semi-arid climate zone, we are facing many challenges related to erosion, soil degradation and biodiversity loss. On our land there are multiple options to test and demonstrate different techniques, insight and interventions, related to these kind of topics.
We have experience in working in EU projects, and might be open for consortia who are looking for test site locations, for example related to the following call: Supporting the implementation of the Soil Deal for Europe Mission (HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-two-stage)
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Partnership
Collaboration to strengthen the Living Lab community worldwide
Koen Vervoort
Senior Stakeholder Strategist at European Network of Living Labs
Hasselt, Belgium
Expertise
Offering a location as demonstration site / Light house / (part of) Living Lab
Hans Lodders
co-founder and owner at QXote
Santa Cruz (Almodôvar), Portugal
Product
Product – Living Lab Experimentation & Validation
- Agrofood & resources
- Demonstration / Pilot projects
- Renewable energy & environment
Yosr Abid
Managing Partner - Research & Innovation at My Aloe Olea
Tunis, Tunisia