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Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research Strategy (XF-ACTORS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

...rly detection and control of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf). Recently, Xf was introduced into Italy, where it is causing severe damage to olive crops, and in France, where so far it is limited to ornamental plants and some landscape trees. The overall goal of the research program is to assess Xf potential to spread throughout EU territory, while maximizing its impact through a multifactor approach, based ...
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Integrated and innovative key actions for mycotoxin management in the food and feed chain (MycoKey)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

MycoKey aims to generate innovative and integrated solutions that will support stakeholders in effective and sustainable mycotoxin management along food and feed chains. The project will contribute to reduce mycotoxin contamination mainly in Europe and China, where frequent and severe mycotoxin contaminations occur in crops, and where international trade of commodities and contaminated batches are ...
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EU-CHINA Lever for IPM Demonstration (EUCLID)

Start date: Sep 15, 2015, End date: Sep 14, 2019,

More sustainable pest management methods are needed in order to reduce the negative effects of pesticides on human health and the environment. The overall goal of EUCLID is to contribute to secure the production of food for the increasing worldwide population while developing sustainable production approaches to be used in the European and Chinese agriculture.The choice of the crops of interest in ...
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Effective Management of Pests and Harmful Alien Species - Integrated Solutions (EMPHASIS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

...ect addressing native and alien pests threats (insect pests, pathogens, weeds) for a range of both natural ecosystems and farming systems (field crops, protected crops, forestry, orchards and amenity plants).The overall goal is to ensure a European food security system and the protection of biodiversity and of ecosystems services while developing integrated mechanisms of response measures (practic ...
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Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens (Dropsa)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

...ese pests and diseases in different regions of Europe. This will involve a comprehensive evaluation of the life cycles, host ranges, capacities to disperse, the identification of natural enemies, plant-pathogen interactions as well as the semiochemicals involved in the behaviour of D. suzukii. The biology will provide the platform to develop practical solutions for sustainable pest control.• Devel ...
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Towards sustainable global food safety collaboration (COLLAB4SAFETY)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Guaranteeing the long term availability of safe foods is a global concern that has initiated a large number of activities, including research, policy development and implementation, legislation and training. Extensive information is generated about food safety, but it is fragmented, and not internationally disseminated. The Collab4Safety consortium will establish a global network on food safety wi ...
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Seed health: development of seed treatment methods, evidence for seed transmission and assessment of seed health (TESTA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...validation protocol for assessing the efficacy of disinfection, as well as many key scientific publications. These will provide supporting methods and sources for the EU seed testing laboratories and plant health services.The consortium comprises experienced researchers who have been involved in key previous research projects funded by the EU and national authorities, representatives of EPPO, ISTA ...
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Pesticide Use-and-risk Reduction in European farming systems with Integrated Pest Management (PURE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

...ble and vegetable, perennial, and protected crops) in which reduction of pesticide use and better control of pests will have major effects. PURE will exploit recent advances in emerging technologies, plant-pest-enemies interactions, soil and landscape ecology and pest evolution to feed IPM solutions with innovative diagnostic and decision support systems, physical devices and bio-products, strateg ...
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Soil Transformations in European Catchments (SOILTREC)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

SoilTrEC proposes to develop an integrated model of soil processes that describes key soil functions. These functions are defined in the EC Soil Thematic Strategy as essential ecosystem services for the well-being and economic success of the EU. The key science advances are to develop, from first-principles, computational models that integrate soil erosion, solute transport, carbon dynamics and fo ...
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Carbon Dioxide Mitigation from Greenhouse Gases in Algal Photosynthetic Systems (ALGAE-GHG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Background Fossil fuel power plants are responsible for some 24% of total EU-27 CO2 emissions and 48% of Romanian emissions. The plants producing electricity in a combined schedule are included on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which is the largest multinational, emissions trading scheme in the world and a major pillar of EU climat ...
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Joint use of Danish Decision Support System (DSS) for minimizing use and outflows of herbicides (DSSHerbicide)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: May 30, 2014,

...tions have shown that DSS is really a new and appreciated tool to lower herbicide doses science-based. In Germany the interest in DSSHerbicide is increasing. After SAF had reported on DSS the plant protection authorities of the other german federal states were very interested in testing the system. In March 2013 information were given, suggestions for experimental designs were mailed around. In th ...
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EUROPEAN PHYTOSANITARY RESEARCH COORDINATION II (EUPHRESCO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The Community Plant Health Regime (CPHR) aims to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of regulated and quarantine plant pests. These pests pose increasing risks to European agriculture, horticulture, forestry and the environment. This is due to increased globalisation of trade (volume and diversity), but is exacerbated by climate change and EU expansion (increased pathways). In compa ...
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An Applied Agrometerological System for the Protection of the Environmental Resources and Farming Optimisation (AGROMETEOROLOGY)

Start date: Mar 31, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Agriculture, plays an important economic role in both countries, Greece and Albania and it provides employment opportunities to a variety of sections in the labor marker. Greek agriculture is based on small-sized, family-owned dispersed units, while the extent of cooperative organization stays at low comparative levels, against all efforts that have been taken in the last 30 years, mainly under Eu ...
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Urban Soil Management Strategy (URBAN-SMS)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

...rce, soil fulfils important ecological functions as well as provides essential services like water filtering and storage, biomass and food production, source of raw material, living space for humans, plants and animals. Therefore the management of this resource has a strong influence on the preservation of nature, but also on the socio-economic development. In particular the flood plains in the ar ...
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Integrated system for precise and sustainable management of the agricultural production risks specific for Dobroudja area - ISYS (ISYS)

Start date: Apr 15, 2011, End date: Oct 14, 2012,

Jointly development of a Decision Support System for agricultural production risk constructed on a GIS environment; Jointly set-up an Intervention System of methods and means to control agricultural production risks; Jointly implementation and dissemination of the Integrate System for precise and sustainable management of agricultural production risks.
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Non-toxic and Cost-Effective Essential Oil-based Nematicide and Soil Delivery System (Nemasys)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Nematodes or roundworms are one of the most common soil-borne parasites that feed on plant roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds - constituting a major contributor to agricultural crop losses. Yield losses due to the parasitic affects of nematodes vary significantly for different crops, however, it is estimated that over €1 billion/year of crop yield is lost in the EU and the figure is speculat ...
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Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques (PRATIQUE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

"PRATIQUE (Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques) will carry out all the key work listed in the call and address the major challenges for pest risk analysis (PRA) in Europe. This will be achieved through three principal objectives: to assemble the datasets required to construct effective PRAs valid for the whole of the EU, to conduct multi-disciplinary research that enhances the techniques ...
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ROtect Our Heritage from Fire (PROOHF)

Start date: Apr 30, 2007, End date: Jul 30, 2008,

Cultural Heritage Monuments (Monasteries, Museums, etc) in European Countries have a large number of invaluable treasures, artifacts, holy icons, very old & attract many visitors and pilgrims from around the world. Local population in celebrations gathers in big numbers. Also, categories as elderly, kids, handicapped, participate, or living around them. Often monuments are located in isolated area ...
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Multifunctional Intensive Land Use in Europe (MILUNET)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The overall objective of MILUnet is to create an effective partnership network, aiming to promote Multifunctional Intensive Land Use as a means to achieve more sustainable (urban) development in the EU. By utilising expertise and know-how on MILU, regional and local governments have the possibility to increase the effectiveness of both urban policy implementation and planning towards sustainabilit ...
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Vocational Training on Plant Propagation with Emphasis on the use of Biotechnological Methods

The project partnership aims to offer vocational training in the European plant propagation sector. As Europe is a world leader in micro-propagation, the project sets out to enhance economic growth in this sector. A range of potential users will be targeted, including those active in plant propagation and institutions offering vocational training in agriculture. As training in this area is usually ...
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Establishing A New Master Degree in Sustainable Crop Protection

Start date: Jan 15, 2010,

...ressing need for professionals who can successfully make steps forward in the growing and changing Agriculture amd insustry sectors. It will contribute to agricultural higher education distinction in Plant Pathology, Biologcal Control, Entomology, CropProduction, Horticulture; Food Safety and many other agriculture sciences. In engagement, this MSc program introduces a e- learning program, and res ...
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Technical Education on Resource Savings for Industrial Development

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

TERSID is a regional project, to be carried out in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, focused on the renewal of some curricula for the engineering field, to introduce more modern and efficient technologies to be adopted for saving of natural resource (raw materials, fossil fuels, water) as prevention action, or for wastewaters, solid wastes and air pollutant treatment as reduction action. The project wil ...
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