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An integrated strategy for the conservation and use of underutilized Latin American agrobiodiversity (LATINCROP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"LATINCROP objectives are to reinforce agrobiodiversity conservation in the Andean region; to identify promising underutilized species for commercial initiatives and improved food security; and to integrate activities into a strong network between relevant stakeholders in Latin America and the EU. The project will identify attractive species for marginal lands involving novel crop combinations thu ...
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Preparing ESNII for HORIZON 2020 (ESNII plus)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Preparing ESNII for HORIZON 2020The aim of this cross-cutting project is to develop a broad strategic approach to advanced fission systems in Europe in support of the European Sustainable Industrial Initiative (ESNII) within the SET-Plan. The project aims to prepare ESNII structuration and deployment strategy, to ensure efficient European coordinated research on Reactor Safety for the next generat ...
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Enhancing Knowledge for Renewed Policies against Poverty (NOPOOR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

NOPOOR aims to build new knowledge on the nature and extent of poverty in developing countries to provide policymakers with a broader understanding of poverty. We believe that poverty cannot be tackled without a comprehensive approach. We know that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, but NOPOOR will explore new and uncharted dimensions. It is not just a picture of poverty, but also an unders ...
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Stevia rebaudiana as a diversification alternative for European Tobacco Farmers to strengthen the European Competitiveness (GO4STEVIA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The CAP reform for the tobacco sector (EG Nr. 864/2004) has the aim to phase out the subsidy payment for tobacco cultivation on Dec 31, 2013. This will have a great impact on the tobacco growers in terms of income and employment. Without a diversification alternative with a high added value most of European Tobacco farms must close. The DIVTOB and the CoAlTa-Project on diversification of Tobacco f ...
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IntegratinG Renewables in the EuropEaN Electricity Grid (IGREENGRID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

IGREENGrid focuses on increasing the hosting capacity for Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (DRES) in power distribution grids without compromising the reliability or jeopardizing the quality of supply. Based on the experience of six world class DRES integration Demo Projects in low & medium voltage grids (led by some of EEGI members; Distribution System operators –DSOs-) and other EU initiativ ...
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Promoting a functional and comparative understanding of the conifer genome- implementing applied aspects for more productive and adapted forests (PROCOGEN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

In the midst of a climatic change scenario, the genetics of adaptive response in conifers becomes essential to ensure a sustainable management of genetic resources and an effective breeding. Conifers are the target of major tree breeding efforts worldwide. Advances in molecular technologies, such as next-generation DNA sequencing technologies, could have an enormous impact on the rate of progres ...
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"GLOBAL SOLUTION FOR SLAUGHTERHOUSES, TANNERIES AND PHYTOSANITARY SECTORS: TREATMENT OF CATEGORY 3 ANIMAL WASTES AND PRODUCTION HIGH VALUE PRODUCT WITH BIO-PESTICIDE PROPERTIES" (APTAR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

"Before the implementation of the new European Regulation1 (3 October 2002) because the break out of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) most animal wastes were gathered by specialised companies for transforming them into other derivatives (i.e. feeding flour of animal origin) that have caused multiple problems of infections in all Europe known in the 90s as “Mad Cow Disease”. Nowadays, those w ...
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Diversification for Tobacco Growing Farms by the alternative crop Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (DIVAS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

"The CAP reform for the tobacco sector (EG Nr. 864/2004 from April 29, 2004, effective on January 1, 2006) has the aim to phase out the subsidy payment for tobacco cultivation. This will have a great impact on the tobacco growers in terms of income and employment. The project addresses a specific scientific and technological problem, as well as societal. It is exploring the possibilities to replac ...
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CALPASTATIN BIOSENSOR FOR MEAT TENDERNESS PREDICTION (TENDERCHECK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2007, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

Palatability is defined as being Spleasant to the taste Meat palatability is referred to as tenderness juiciness and flavour of a cooked product. These three characteristics are what consumers desire and what the meat industry is trying to supply. Among these tenderness has been identified as the most important palatability attribute of beef. The current method of assessing tenderness by taste pan ...
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