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MONTADO & CLIMATE; A NEED TO ADAPT (LIFE-Montado-adapt)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Sep 1, 2021,

Background Mediterranean ecosystems have been identified as being among the most likely to be impacted by climate change. A further clear trend towards drier and hotter conditions is predicted in the Mediterranean area. Here, substantial warming (about 1.5°C in winter and almost 2°C in summer) and a significant decrease in precipitation (5-10%) is likel ...
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Linking genetic resources, genomes and phenotypes of Solanaceous crops (G2P-SOL)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

G2P-SOL is a research alliance bringing together the major European and International repositories of germplasm with public and private institutions active in genomics, phenotyping and breeding in the four major Solanaceous crops: potato, tomato, pepper and eggplant. These four crops constitute 66% of the value of European horticultural production, and over 65,000 accessions are available within t ...
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Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The IoF2020 project is dedicated to accelerate adoption of IoT for securing sufficient, safe and healthy food and to strengthen competitiveness of farming and food chains in Europe.It will consolidate Europe’s leading position in the global IoT industry by fostering a symbiotic ecosystem of farmers, food industry, technology providers and research institutes.The IoF2020 consortium of 73 partners, ...
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From microbial interactions to new-concept biopesticides and biofertilizers (INTERFUTURE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

The Directive 2009/128/EC sets rules in EU for the sustainable use of pesticides to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticide use on people's health and the environment. Among the listed actions there is the promotion of low pesticide-input management including non-chemical methods. In parallel several chemical active ingredients have been banned because of toxicity concerns. The result is that gr ...
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Sustainable Algae Biorefinery for Agriculture aNd Aquaculture (SABANA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

SABANA aims at developing a large-scale integrated microalgae-based biorefinery for the production of biostimulants, biopesticides and feed additives, in addition to biofertilizers and aquafeed, using only marine water and nutrients from wastewaters (sewage, centrate and pig manure). The objective is to achieve a zero-waste process at a demonstration scales up to 5 ha sustainable both environmenta ...
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Promoting water efficiency and supporting the shift towards a climate resilient agriculture in Mediterranean countries (LIFE AgroClimaWater)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Background Large parts of southern Europe with low annual precipitation, including Mirabello and Platanias in Crete (Greece) and Metapontino in Basilicata (Italy) are expected to be hit particularly hard by climate change. In addition, these areas are also characterised by competing water uses, including agriculture as well as tourism in Crete and industr ...
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Improving the stability of high-quality traits of berry in different environments and cultivation systems for the benefit of European farmers and consumers (GoodBerry)

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

The main objective of GoodBerry is to provide the necessary knowledge and procedures to facilitate the development of highly productive and top quality berry fruits, even under multiple suboptimal growth conditions, at a competitive cost. The project is based on an integrative multi-actor approach, from cultivation techniques to molecular studies, aiming the development and validation of a range o ...
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VITiculture Innovative Soil Organic Matter management: variable-rate distribution system and monitoring of impacts (VITISOM LIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background In Europe, there is a general lack of knowledge about the diverse functions of soils, and in particular about the best available measures for their improvement and conservation. In the specific case of vineyards, which have both economic and landscape value in Europe, there are several soil management problems that are often not adequately addr ...
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Glass bottles reuse in southern Europe wine sector (LIFE-reWINE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background Although recycling of packaging waste has been increased in the EU in recent years, the situation varies significantly between Member States; some countries such as Spain still recycle less than a third of their packaging waste. A large part of this waste stream is thus still being disposed in landfills and waste incinerators, causing significa ...
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Data-Driven Bioeconomy (DataBio)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The data intensive target sector selected for the DataBio project is the Data-Driven Bioeconomy, focusing in production of best possible raw materials from agriculture, forestry and fishery/aquaculture for the bioeconomy industry to produce food, energy and biomaterials taking into account also various responsibility and sustainability issues. DataBio proposes to deploy a state of the art, big dat ...
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Pest Organisms Threatening Europe (POnTE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

This proposal SFS-03a-2014-aligned focuses to minimize the risk of introduction/impact of emerging pests threatening EU agriculture and forestry. The targets are: 1) Xylella fastidiosa and its vectors in olive, grapevine, citrus, stone fruit, ornamentals and landscape trees of high socio-economic importance; 2) ‘Ca. Liberibacter solanacearum’ and its vectors affecting a number of strategic crops s ...
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Take-off for sustainable supply of woody biomass from agrarian pruning and plantation removal (uP_running)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

uP_running project aims to set the path for the development of the bioenergy utilisation of agrarian pruning and plantation removal (APPR) wood obtained from vineyards, olive groves and fruit tree plantations. uP_running vocation is the abatement of the current immobilism of the value chain actors for the utilization of APPR woody biomass. For that purpose uP_running incorporates a set of straight ...
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Saving COOPerative Energy (SCOoPE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

SCOoPE project will work directly with energy-intense agro-food industries to implement cross-cutting and collaborative energy management systems addressed to reduce their energy consumption, and will further spread this knowledge within technicians, businesses managers, and energy and agro-food institutions.The project SCOoPE aims at achieving the challenges of the topic EE 16-2014/2015. Regardin ...
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Synergic TPAD and O3 process in WWTPs for Resoruce Efficient waste management (LIFE STO3RE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Pollution from agriculture is a major pressure on Europe’s freshwater resources. Nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) from fertilisers, pesticides, organic material, pathogenic micro-organisms in sediment and micropollutants are washed into waterways. This is especially the case in areas with intense rainfall and poorly drained soils. In some ...
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Industrialization and path to commercialization of a patented innovative industrial kit to modify COLD cycle in order to drastically reduce ENERGY consumption (Cold Energy)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

...akeholder in the value chain of the new sustainable product: TURBOALGOR from Angelantoni Group (Coordinator), AVL SCHRICK (turbocharger developer), ENEL.SI (ENEL Energy Service Company), AMORINO and AGRICOLA PAGNAN (both experts in Cold Energy management in the food sector).Forecasted cumulative turnover is EUR 60 million by 2022, only for the 5 core targeted countries (IT, DE, FR, UK, ES) and onl ...
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OPTImised nutrients MAnagement from Livestock production in Alto Adige (LIFE-OPTIMAL2012)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Spreading of manure on land is a main source of ammonia emissions in the atmosphere. This issue is addressed by Directive 2001/81/EC (“National Emissions Ceiling for certain pollutants” - NEC Directive), which aims to ensure greater protection of the environment and human health from the harmful effects caused by the phenomena of acidificat ...
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Transfer of INNOvative techniques for sustainable WAter use in FERtigated crops (FERTINNOWA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

In European countries, the cultivation of fertigated crops experience scarcity of water, and the intensity of cultivation poses significant risks to water quality. The main objective of the FERTINNOWA thematic network is to create a meta-knowledge database on innovative technologies and practices for fertigation of horticultural crops. FERTINNOWA will also build a knowledge exchange platform to ev ...
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Be a Change - invest socially

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

The aim of the project BACIS - Be a Change - invest socially is to make social impact and to inspire people to be a change in the world, to become an incentive for local societies from partnership countries to be creative and socially involved. The aim of the project is to motivate people - adults to create a change, to teach people how developed creative solutions to address social problems, to ...
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PLAN PARA EL IMPULSO DE LA FP BÁSICA EN EL IES BLASCO IBAÑEZ DE CULLERA

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

This is a project carried out as a part of the Plan to promote Vocational Education and Training in Blasco Ibáñez High School in Cullera and to internationalize our Centre (It is important to point out that Cullera ,the city where our High School is located, has been for years an important tourist destination for European citizens). The aim of this project is to increase the value of Vocational E ...
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Creative Regions for Innovation, Skills, Technology, Accessibility and Learning.

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...non-formal approach to the project. The Swedish start-up Lindberg&Lindberg Engineering AB has a wide area of competence in the field of R&D and Eco-Innovation. The Italian eco-innovative farm Azienda Agricola "DORA" brings expertese to the project in form of sustainability, environmental education, rural development, R&D and renewable energy production safeguard. The impact of our project involves ...
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School-company win-win cooperation to develop key competencies and skills of young learners in the wine production sector across EU Regions of excellence

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

In line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and ET2020, through "WIN-WINe", the consortium, led by the Agricultural VET Institute "Fortunato" of Pisticci (MT), aims to improve the quality of education and vocational training, giving a European dimension to the educational paths and thus providing the young participants the opportunity to test and improve their skills: professionalism i ...
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ECO-FRIENDLY CERAMIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) BASED ON RECYCLED AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES FOR WASTE WATER REUSE (REMEB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The main objectives of the REMEB project are the implementation and validation of a low-cost ceramic membrane bioreactor (MBR) in a Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), the study of the impact and replication of the technology for the reuse of the water in regions with water scarcity and the industrial sector, and finally, the definition of a proper business plan to start the commercialization of t ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Global Recognition

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

The long-term objective of Global Recognition (Glo.Re) is to develop a global platform for the recognition of quality non-formal learning experiences through medium/long-term volunteering. The idea of the project has come from the need to increase volunteering opportunities outside of the EVS framework, often leaving all stakeholders in an EVS project (COs, SOs, HOs and volunteers) without any for ...
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LIFE Coop 2020: pilot for rural smart grids through optimisation of energy use and innovative renewable biomass sources (LIFE Coop 2020)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background Over the past decade European agricultural cooperatives have come under increasing financial pressure due to the fall in prices for their products and rising energy costs. Diversification is necessary for survival. Agricultural cooperatives play an important role in ‘binding’ together farmers in order to ensure that they have access to mark ...
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Managing crOp water Saving with Enterprise Services (MOSES)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

The main objective of MOSES is to put in place and demonstrate at the real scale of application an information platform devoted to water procurement and management agencies (e.g. reclamation consortia, irrigation districts, etc.) to facilitate planning of irrigation water resources, with the aim of:• saving water;• improving services to farmers;• reducing monetary and energy costs.To achieve thes ...
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Adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change in the Ebro Delta (LIFE EBRO-ADMICLIM)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Jun 1, 2018,

Background The Ebro Delta in Catalonia is a wetland of international importance, and is considered one of the coastal systems most vulnerable to climate change in the European Union. The delta is undergoing a loss of wetlands and rice paddies because of coastal regression, caused by diminishing fluvial sediments, which are retained in the reservoirs of th ...
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PERMETTRE AUX JEUNES EN FORMATION PAR ALTERNANCE DE S'IMMERGER PROFESSIONNELLEMENT DANS UN PAYS EUROPEENACCOMPAGNER LES PROFESSIONNELS A VIVRE UNE MOBILITE EUROPEENNE POUR MIEUX APPREHENDER UNE MISSION D'ENSEIGNEMENT OU UNE IMMERSION EN ENTREPRISE

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

ENABLE STUDENTS IN AN ALTERNATING SYSTEM TO GET A PROFESSIONAL IMMERSION IN A EUROPEAN COUNTRYThe Regional Federation of MFR (FRMFR) in Brittany undertakes, in its mission of facilitating networks, 13 MFR located throughout the Breton territory. The 220 young people involved in the Erasmus + program will go to 15 different countries: Romania, Malta, Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Sweden, Poland, Portug ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Szakmai gyakorlat falusi vendéglátásban

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

... or three-year vocational education and basic education). Receiving partner: Our partners residence is San Zaccharia, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia Romagna region, North Italy. The firm (Azienda Agricola Palazzo Manzoni), specialized in provincial catering, has international experience; it is also the training place of one of the local technical schools. There are hotel rooms in the central b ...
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MOVE forward

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

There are 3 short term group European Voluntary Service (EVS) projects. In each project 8 youngsters from the Netherlands will go to Italy. 2 projects are at Panta Rei (Passignano sul Trasimeno) and 1 project is in Latronico (LINK). All youngsters are (potential) school drop outs. Theme of the short term group EVSes is environmental awareness and awareness of the food chain.This will differ from ...
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Organic Knowledge Network Arable (OK-Net Arable)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The overall aim of the thematic network ‘OK-Net Arable’ is to improve the exchange of innovative and traditional knowledge among farmers, farm advisers and scientists to increase productivity and quality in organic arable cropping all over Europe, in order to satisfy future market demand. To achieve this, 'OK-Net Arable' has three specific objectives:1) to create a European network of well-functio ...
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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,

The DROPSA consortium will create new knowledge and understanding of the damage and losses of fruit crops resulting from pests and pathogens, with a specific focus on the new and emerging threats due to Drosophila suzukii and quarantine pathogens Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas fragariae and X. arboricola. The project will deliver a cost effective approach that can be widely implemented by the E ...
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FArming Tools for external nutrient Inputs and water MAnagement (FATIMA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

FATIMA addresses effective and efficient monitoring and management of agricultural resources to achieve optimum crop yield and quality in a sustainable environment. It covers both ends of the scale relevant for food production, viz., precision farming and the perspective of a sustainable agriculture in the context of integrated agri-environment management. It aims at developing innovative and new ...
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Act Social, Think Global!

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Act Social - Thik Global! is a project composed of two activities: Evs mobilities and PBA.It deals with the following main themes: volunteering and intercultural learning in social and educational contexts. Its goal is focused both on the volunteers and the youth workers involved.The EVS volunteers will develop new competences in social and educational field e they’ll get new tools to work with ta ...
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Low pesticide IPM in sustainable and safe fruit production (LIFE.SU.SA.FRUIT)

Start date: Jun 16, 2014, End date: Dec 16, 2017,

Background Plant pests and diseases cause important yield and quality losses in fruit crops. Due to the hazardous effects of agrochemicals on both humans and environment, there is a growing trend towards agro-ecosystems based on the management of ecological interactions and the use of integrated pest management (IPM). IPM has become an accepted model for ...
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Food & Agroindustrial Schools Toward Entrepreneurship by Storytelling & digital Technology

Start date: Nov 16, 2015, End date: Nov 15, 2017,

Aim of the project is to develop in VET teachers functional skills to integrate systematically in the curricula entrepreneurship education to develop active citizenship and employability, supporting person-centered and experiential learning, through the creation of OER of "Digital storytelling ". Context: the project aims to involve multi-disciplinary teams of teachers, as "agents of change", and ...
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European Region Entrepreneurship Connection – EFEB Network

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

EFEB Network’s main objective is to train, mentor and develop the entrepreneurship skills of women entrepreneurs involving them in VET partnership with great potential for development and raising the public awareness, supporting women empowerment and providing new economic and social opportunities for a prosperous European Region. In this respect, among the project’s proposal main tasks is to enha ...
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Targeted disease prophylaxis in European fish farming (TargetFish)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

European aquaculture production provides direct employment to 65.000 people with a turnover of 3 billion €. However, the lack of authorised veterinary medicinal products and the consequent disease outbreaks in farmed fish species costs the sector 20% of the production value. The most appropriate method for disease control, both on economical and ethical grounds, is disease prevention by vaccinatio ...
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Inspiring and developing our future wealth creators through entrepreneurship

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

It is widely recognized throughout the European Union that future growth and prosperity needs to be driven by the business sector. The growth of the small business sector is seen as a vital to future wealth creation and employment. Therefore, entrepreneurial skills are essential if we are to prepare our students to be successful in their future careers. Many may create their own businesses, others ...
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