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A holistic multi-actor approach towards the design of new tomato varieties and management practices to improve yield and quality in the face of climate change (TomGEM)
Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,
The world demographic growth and global climate change are major challenges for human society,hence the need to design new strategies for maintaining high crop yield in unprecedented environmental conditions.The objective of TomGEM is to design new strategies aiming to maintain high yields of fruit and vegetables at harsh temperature conditions, using tomato as a reference fleshy fruit crop.As yie ...
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OBSERVATORY OF THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIETIES AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE AMAZON (ODYSSEA)
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,
... linkages between the panoply of pressures exerted on the environment, the factors determining the vulnerability of local populations to environmental shocks and in the evaluation of governance and institutional arrangements aiming at promoting adaptation. We aim to enhance the capacity of Brazilian institutions to assess and reduce the vulnerability of populations in Amazonia.ODYSSEA will help un ...
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Création d’un Master en Biotechnologies Végétales Appliquées
Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,
The main objective of this project is the creation in Rabat-Morocco University of a Master in Applied Plant Biotechnology in partnership with universities and centers/institutes from Europe and Morocco. It aims to improve the quality of higher education and relevance of this for the labor market and society at national and regional level. It also aims to improve the level of local expertise and te ...
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Fortalecimiento de los esquemas de selección de razas ovinas lecheras autóctonas de interés económico, ecológico y social (GENOMIA)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2013,
Las razas autóctonas Latxa/Manech presentan una problemática similar ante la ocupación de razas foráneas más productoras. Su uso ganadero es la producción de leche y de cordero, comercializados bajo denominaciones de origen y label respectivamente. El sistema de explotación es sostenible con el medio ambiente, permite el mantenimiento y conservación del paisaje, y el uso de los pastos de montaña d ...
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RED TRANSFRONTERIZA PARA LA DETERMINACIÓN Y GESTIÓN DE FLUJOS DE AGUA, CARBONO Y ENERGÍA (FLUXPYR)
Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,
Los Pirineos son especialmente vulnerables al cambio climático y podrían sufrir una degradación de los bienes y servicios ecosistémicos que proveen. FLUXPYR aporta recursos humanos, metodologías y herramientas necesarias para abordar el carácter transfronterizo del cambio climático, fomentando la pluridisciplinaridad, el desarrollo e integración de tecnologías y protocolos innovadores y la producc ...
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Alternative Fuels and Biofuels for Aircraft Development (ALFA-BIRD)
Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,
"ALFA-BIRD aims at developing the use of alternative fuels in aeronautics. In a context where the price of oil is increasing and with impact of fossil fuels on climate change, the sustainable growth of the civil aviation is conditioned by the respect of the environment. In this context, using biofuels and alternative fuels in aeronautics is a great challenge, since the operational constraints (e.g ...
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Collaborative Technological Plateform for implementation for WDF within agricultural context (CONCERT"EAU)
Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Sep 30, 2009,
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The impact of agriculture on Europeâs water resources will have to be reduced if the quality of surface and groundwater is to be improved. The agricultural soils of EU countries contain large nitrogen surplus that can potentially pollute both surface and groundwater. Furthermore, in many European countries pesticides contaminate the drinking ...
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