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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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MOnitoring ozone injury for seTTing new critical LEvelS (LIFE MOTTLES)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Background Climate change and air pollution are interlinked, representing a challenge for the management of European forests, with ozone (O3) being the most phytotoxic air pollutant for trees. European standards for the protection of ecosystems, including forests, have been defined through experiments carried out under controlled conditions. Yet, resear ...
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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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Optimising the management and sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe (GenTree)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The goal of GenTree is to provide the European forestry sector with better knowledge, methods and tools for optimising the management and sustainable use of forest genetic resources (FGR) in Europe in the context of climate change and continuously evolving demands for forest products and services. To reach its goal, GenTree will make scientific, technological and implementation breakthroughs in: ( ...
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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 the Sustainable Management of Forest Genetic Resources in Europe (FORGER)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Forest genetic resources (FGR) form the base for adaptation of European forests to future environmental conditions and societal demands. Appropriate use and sustainable management of FGR is therefore of utmost importance. Past decades have shown: (i) an immense progress in detecting patterns of genetic diversity, due to fast technological advances, (ii) increased knowledge on the modelling of resp ...
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Drought-tolerant yielding plants (DROPS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

DROPS will develop novel methods and strategies aimed at yield maintenance under fluctuating water deficit and at enhanced plant water-use efficiency. We deal with high genotype x environment interaction in the field (any trait can have positive, negative or no effect depending on drought scenarios) with an approach combining Physiology, Genetics, field testing and Ecophysiological modelling. The ...
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Enhancing resource Uptake from Roots under stress in cereal crops (EUROOT)

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

...ch is expected to result in increasingly uneven rainfall, and meet the societal demand for sustainable agriculture with reduced use of water and fertilizers. EURoot objective is to enhance the cereal plant capability to acquire water and nutrients through their roots and maintain growth and performance under stress conditions. Making use of join phenotyping and modelling platforms, EURoot will con ...
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Energetic Algae (EnAlgae)

Start date: Oct 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

Aim Energetic Algae aims to reduce CO2 emissions and dependency on unsustainable energy sources in NWE. by accelerating the development of sustainable technologies for algal biomass production. bioenergy and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation from pilot phase to application and marketable products. processes and services. This is achieved by bundling know-how. finance and political support. The plan ...
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Novel characterization of crop wild relative and landrace resources as a basis for improved crop breeding (PGR Secure)

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

...ic diversity related to agriculture, but also to promote its sustainable use in facilitating agricultural production. Although significant progress has been made in the conservation and management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) globally and in Europe, there remain two critical areas where progress has been limited: (a) the use of conserved agrobiodiversity by breeders ...
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PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment (PlantLIBRA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

Plant food supplements, or botanicals, have high acceptance by European consumers. Potentially, they can deliver significant health benefits, safely, and at relatively low costs. New regulations and EFSA guidance are also now in. However, concerns about safety, quality and efficacy of these products remain, and bottle-necks in risk and benefit assessments need to be solved. PlantLIBRA (PLANT food ...
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Jatropha curcas Applied and Technological Research on Plant Traits (JATROPT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...a, and downstream processing and biodiesel markets. The challenges are to make the big promises come true: high oil yield, low competition with food crops, use in various agrosystems from monoculture plantations, to mixed cropping and use in hedges around agricultural fields. JATROPT aims at linking high quality research groups and companies that are now operating in different continents in order ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
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IMPROVING REGIONAL PROSPERITY THROUGH BETTER RESOURCE UTILIZATION ON DAIRY FARMS AND STAKEHOLDER COOPERATION (DAIRYMAN)

Start date: Apr 16, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

AIM The aim of DAIRYMAN is to strengthen rural communities in the regions of North West Europe (henceforth NWE) where dairy farming is a main economic activity and a vital form of land use. It will lead to a more competitive dairy sector. stronger regional economies and an improved ecological performance within the rural area. WHY? The climatic and soil conditions in NWE regions are excellent ...
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Industrial Crops producing added value Oils for Novel chemicals (ICON)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

...aces today. Cracking fossil hydrocarbons and building the desired chemicals with advanced organic chemistry usually requires many times more energy than is contained in the final product. Thus, using plant material in the chemical industry does not only replace the fossil material contained in the final product but also save substantial energy in the processing. Of particular interest are seed oil ...
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Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe (OpenAIRE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The proposed project will deliver "an electronic infrastructure and supporting mechanisms for the identification, deposition, access, and monitoring of FP7 and ERC funded articles", where the main supporting mechanism will be the establishment and operation of the European Helpdesk System. Additionally, the project will offer "a special repository for articles that can be stored neither in institu ...
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Invasieve Exoten

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

De laatste jaren is er een toename van planten en dieren die van nature niet in onze streken voorkomen. Sommige uitheemse soorten vermeerderen zich zo massaal dat ze een bedreiging vormen voor de inheemse flora en fauna. Naast ecologische veroorzaken deze invasieve exoten ook economische schade. Soms leiden ze bovendien tot veiligheids- of gezondsheidsproblemen.In dit project wordt voor het eerst ...
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EFFICIENT USE OF INPUT IN PROTECTED HORTICULTURE (EUPHOROS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

...ystem that: does not need any fossil energy & minimizes carbon footprint of equipment; with no waste of water nor emission of fertilizers and full recycling of the substrate; with minimal need of plant protective chemicals yet with high productivity and resource use efficiency. Three commodity-based work packages (WP) will develop a diversity of innovative tools and systems to reduce energy, w ...
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Aqua-VLAN

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

Het project beoogt het bouwen van de fundamenten van een economisch, sociaal en ecologisch duurzame aquacultuursector binnen de grensregio zodat de huidige beperkte aquacultuursector verder kan uitgroeien.Hierbij wordt gewerkt volgens het concept “Fork to Farm” zodat een breed draagvlak voor de regionale aquacultuursector kan ontstaan. Het verbeteren van de kennisoverdracht binnen de driehoek: ken ...
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High effiency biodiesel plant with minimum ghg emissions for improved fame production from various raw materials (ECODIESEL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

The project will demonstrate a 200.000 t/year capacity flexible FAME production plant, starting from different kinds of raw material oils, with the aim of reducing 40% of the CO2 balance compared to the well to wheel emissions of a conventional fossil diesel plant, through the following measures: to develop an integrated transesterification process, linked to the neighbouring crushing process thro ...
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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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Regional Collaboration for Minimising Pesticide Emissions in the Environment (CleanRegion)

Start date: Jan 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The participating research institutes are strongly involved in the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) and have a long and extensive expertise on non-chemical methods of weed control.By linking these research institutions with the public authorities, CleanRegion supports the involved municipalities and cities in (1) developing alternative strategies for weed control, (2) developing improved poli ...
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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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Sustainable weed control on pavements: demonstration of a decision support system for environmentally bening and cost effective weed control on hard surfaces (SWEEP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

Background Weed control methods used for hard surfaces (such as pavements) generate several environmentally damaging side effects, including run-off of herbicides and contamination of soil and groundwater. In the Netherlands alone, some 60,000kg of active ingredients is used on hard surfaces annually. The most commonly used herbicide, glyphosate, is somet ...
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Disability In sustainable Agriculture: a New Approach for Training of practitioners

Start date: Nov 1, 2009,

The field of the project is the training for the practitioners who work with mental or psychiatric disabled employed (or available to be employed) in agriculture. Throughout the development of innovation in the training addressed to tutors, trainers and practitioners, this project aims at filling a serious double gap: the lack of technical competencies of the trainers / tutors with psychological o ...
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Zuwanderer integrieren 2006 (Integrating immigrants 2006)

Auf der Grundlage der Ergebnisse des Projektes Integrationsmodell für Zuwanderer/Neueinwanderer Entwicklung und weitere Erprobung nachhaltiger Mechanismen und Strukturen im Bereich von Integration und Einbürgerung und die Anwendung auf einen möglichst großen Kreis von Zuwanderergruppen sowie weitere Migrantengruppen und Evaluierung, ob die aktuellen Erfolgsergebnisse tragfähig bleiben und kompatib ...
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Regionale Hanfkette zur Textilproduktion (Regional hemp production for clothing)

Ziel des Projektes ist die Entwicklung einer Technologie, mit der Hanf in Baumwollqualität in neue Textilprodukte verarbeitet werden kann, um somit eine wirtschaftlich rentable Hanfproduktionskette in der Euregio Rhein-Waal auf zu bauen.
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