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Soil Care for profitable and sustainable crop production in Europe (SOILCARE)

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

European crop production is to remain competitive while reducing environmental impacts, requiring development and uptake of effective soil improvingcropping systems. The overall aim of SOILCARE is to identify and evaluate promising soil-improving cropping systems and agronomictechniques increasing profitability and sustainability across scales in Europe. A trans-disciplinary approach will be used ...
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Advanced Carbon Materials from Biowaste: Sustainable Pathways to Drive Innovative Green Technologies (GreenCarbon)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The energy crisis, environmental pollution and global warming are serious problems that are of great concern throughout the world. Around 40% of the world’s energy consumption is dedicated to the production of materials and chemicals. Thus, there is a need to develop high-performance materials based on renewable resources, simpler to synthesise and cost effective. Carbon materials derived from ren ...
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Responsible Ethical Learning with Robotics (REELER)

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

REELER - Responsible Ethical Learning with RoboticsRobots are the next ICT-related technology on the horizon ready to radically alter human societies. It is a major societal concern that up to 40% jobs may be replaced by robots over the next 20 years. Few empirical studies have been made in how roboticists’ visions may differ from users/affected stakeholders’ needs and concerns with these pervasiv ...
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Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (GSME) - drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies (AfricanBioServices)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The direct dependence of humans on ecosystem services is by far strongest in developing regions where poverty restricts access to resources. This dependency also makes people in developing countries more sensitive to climate change than their developed counterparts. Increasing human populations deteriorates natural habitat, biodiversity and ecosystems services which spiral into poverty and low hum ...
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EU Fruit Network (EUFRUIT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The European Fruit Network (EUFRUIT) includes 12 countries focussed on 4 thematic areas of critical for the competiveness and innovation potential of the European Fruit sector: i) new cultivar development and evaluation; ii) minimise residues on fruit and the environment; iii) optimising storage and fruit quality; iv) sustainable production systems. EUFRUIT will coordinate and support innovation t ...
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Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Most agricultural rural areas in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan are characterized by drastic changes in the agriculture and nutrition sector, due to privatization, modernization and increasing differences between large-scale agro-holdings and small holder farms. The importance of rural development and the need to develop perspectives for agricultural land use is both recognized by politics ...
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European Food Studies & Training Alliance

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...of scientific knowledge and innovation from the research side to the food industry is limited. Real life cases and demand from Industry is not well enough taken up into academic curricula. Staff from university and industry side would both benefit from jointly created CPD programs. Difficulties in the collaboration of universities with companies are often associated with the lack of settings or f ...
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Anthrax Environmental Decontamination Network (AEDNET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Anthrax, caused by the spore forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a disease of animals which can infect humans either directly through contact with infected animals or indirectly as a consequence of bioterrorism. In regions of the world such as Eastern Europe and Central Asia the pathogen still constitutes a significant threat to human and animal health. A lack of effective veterinary faci ...
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Space for Agricultural Innovation (AGRISPIN)

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

AgriSPIN: creating SPace for INnovationThe project name reflects the overall aim of this project: to strengthen support systems in creating space for innovating farmers. Innovative farmers are everywhere, but their environment determines the rate of success. The project aims to create more space for innovations, through amplifying good examples of innovation support systems and through multi-acto ...
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Traditional Food Network to improve the transfer of knowledge for innovation (TRAFOON)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

In the European Union, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the food sector are increasingly under pressure due to developing open markets, increasing demand of standardized and price competitive food products by the consumers, rising importance of large retailers and challenges in obeying governmental regulations. This raises the risk of losing many traditional foods as well as traditional proc ...
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Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production - OPTIMISC (OPTIMISC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Miscanthus is a C4 perennial rhizomatous grass that has become a leading candidate crop for production of lignocellulosic feedstocks due to its rapid biomass accumulation in temperate climates. There is currently a single commercial clone, M. x giganteus, which has a number of limitations. Research over the past 20 years has shown that a few key species and their interspecific hybrids have a high ...
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Towards inclusive research programming for sustainable food innovations (INPROFOOD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Over the past decade, most EU Member States have identified food and health as key priorities. This is in response to increases in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases amongst their populations. Also an insufficient nutrient supply in subgroups of the populations and special demands in ageing societies are identified as abiding challenges. Attempts ...
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Protecting the food chain from prions: shaping European priorities through basic and applied research (PRIORITY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) started, 20 years ago, a devastating health and food crisis throughout Europe. Classical BSE is now under control as a result of the meat and bone meal ban. However, tonsil analyses suggest that there may be an alarmingly high number of asymptomatic PrPSc positive cases. Transmission through blood transfusion is another important concern, as are recent “atyp ...
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Agricultural Knowledge Systems in Transition: Towards a more effective and efficient support of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture (SOLINSA)

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

RESEARCH OBJECTIVESThe overall objective of this project is to identify effective and efficient approaches for the support of successful LINSA (Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture) as drivers of transition towards Agricultural Innovation Systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development.In order to achieve this objective the project will:• Explore LINSAs empiricall ...
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European Study to Establish Biomarkers of Human Ageing (MARK-AGE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

The rate of ageing in humans is not uniform, due to genetic heterogeneity and the influence of environmental factors. Age-related changes in body function or composition that could serve as a measure of “biological” age and predict the onset of age-related diseases and/or residual lifetime are termed “biomarkers of ageing”. Many candidate biomarkers have been proposed but in all cases their variab ...
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Mitigate and assess risk from volcanic impact on terrain and human activities (MIAVITA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

In EU countries, volcanic risks assessment and management are tackled through scientific knowledge and monitoring, although there is still a need for integration between all risk management components. For international cooperation partner countries (ICPCs), the risk management depends on local situations but is often less favourable. Therefore, following UN International Strategy for Disaster Red ...
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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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Economic analysis of certification systems for organic food and farming (CERTCOST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

"With the ongoing growth of the organic sector and the spread of organic production across the EU, the field of organic certification has become a maze of competing labels and logos, involving different private and public standards, in addition to European law. This diversity reflects the specific conditions for organic operators in countries or regions but can also lead to confusion for both prod ...
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"The Contribution of Public and Private Services to European Growth and Welfare, and the Role of Public-Private Innovation Networks" (SERVPPIN)

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

"Services are the dominant economic sector in modern economies and are a crucial component of competitiveness strategy and welfare in Europe. In the past public and private services have been studied in isolation of one another. At best this is misleading. At worst it produces a false understanding of the drivers, dynamics, and impact of services. The ServPPIN project addresses this problem by ana ...
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Economics e-translations into and from European Languages: an online platform

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

The study and analysis of historical texts of Economics allows useful learning from the past so as to avoid mistakes in the application of economic models.In order to fully understand the economic texts of the past it is very important to underline both their institutional context and their linguistic aspects. Every earlier economic text has indeed been translated from the original language into o ...
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Central Asia Student International Academic exchange with EU - CASIA

Start date: Nov 30, 2010,

... results and request from CA partners, mobility flows allocated for talented CA MSc students give opportunity to complete double degree programmes and obtain two diplomas- one from EU and one from CA university. Additionally the attempt will be done towards the creation of the European Graduate School at Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration.
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L05 - Russia

Start date: Jul 15, 2009,

The consortium has already been selected under the 2006 and 2007 EM ECW calls and has implemented the network in 2007. During the first two years of the project implementation (academic years 2007/08 and 2008/09) 550 persons have been selected and are already participating in individual mobility flows. For the third phase of the project 261 mobility flows from Russia to the EU and vice versa are p ...
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Vocational Training in Rural Development and Ecology

Start date: Jan 15, 2010,

...upported by European Higher Education and public Institutions from different countries.The long lasting aim of the project is to offer that vocational training program by each Russian project partner university at the end of the project. The vocational training consists of 12 modules offering a deeper understanding of ecology and sustainable rural development and providing skills to improve the a ...
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Euro competencies Transfer In Vocational Guidance For Young Specialists In Biosciences Field

Career assistance in bio-science : The project will oversee the application of EU standards to bio-science training. Mechanisms will also be set up to assess the needs of the labour market and at the same time offer help to those aiming for careers in the field. This project started in 2000 and lasted 36 months.
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Improvement and Establishment of Biotechnology in Higher Education

The objective of the project is to improve Biotechnology education in the Western Balkans at bachelor and master degree level and to develop a regional network of HE institutions in this area. The specific project objectives are to restructure the curricula for new BSc/MSc studies and to establish these curricula in strategic fields covering technical, economical and managerial specialisation and ...
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Renewable Energy Studies in Western Balkan Countries

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

...l and monitoring. The consortium covers all aspects of renewable energy –West: U Hohenheim, U Stuttgart, BLE (DE), BOKU (AT), Bratislava (SK) and Sofia (BG). East: Agricultural and the Polytechnic University Tirana (AL), University of Montenegro(ME), University of Zenica and Mostar (BA).
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Training of young farmers - specialist training in natural and agricultural sciences for rural areas.

The project will create a training plan in RO, BG and SI with support from partners in D and UK, in the field of tertiary level education and distance education of young people and unemployed persons in rural areas. The goal is to train people as farmers. In the three eastern European countries no training programmes have yet been established. Besides, the quality of the existing teachers in the f ...
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Online Distance Learning Module in European Agrarian Law

Ploughing through agrarian law with ease : The project has created a number of modules for e-learning in agrarian law. Learners can make use of an interactive communication platform to learn about EU agricultural legislation, environmental issues and veterinary legislation, to name but a few of the modules. The project helps managers to increase their productivity by providing up- to-date informat ...
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ISEKI Food 3 - Innovative Developments and Sustainability

The two main objectives of the ISEKI Food 3 academic network project are: 1) to continue to contribute to the realisation of the European Higher Education Area in the field of Food Studies, and 2) to work towards the network sustainability. The work plan is fostering innovative developments, enhancement of food studies quality, and improvement of European higher education international attractiv ...
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TIMUR - Training of Individuals through Mobility to EU from Uzbek Republic

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

...ll as between industry and research. European Knowledge and Innovation communities (KICs)would serve as example for building TIMUR partnership.The project partner institutions from EU are: Wageningen University (NL),- applicant, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SE), Czech University of Life Sciences (CZ), Hohenheim University (DE), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Scienc ...
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S1-L05-IAMONET-RU-International Academic Mobility Network with Russia

Start date: Jul 15, 2010,

The consortium has already been selected under the 2006 - 2008 EM ECW calls and has implemented the network in 2007. During the first three years of the project implementation 785 persons have been selected and are already participating in individual mobility flows. For the third phase of the project 254 mobility flows from Russia to the EU and vice versa are planned, involving all levels of the p ...
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S1-L10 Central Asia Student International Academic exchange with EU

Start date: Jul 15, 2011,

... objectives: - To enable a larger group of talented CA students to study at EU universities and benefit from already established educational links with EU universities, leading to a degree at an EU university and at the same time to a degree at their home university (Double Degree); - To enable a larger group of talented CA PhD students to obtain EU PhD degree using the `sandwich’ construction; - ...
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Central Asia Student International Exchange with EU (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)

Start date: Jul 15, 2012,

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FORECREST - Training in the Development of Companies Promoting Sustainability and Technological Innovation

The FORCREST project aims at improving the employability of highly qualified young people in order to facilitate their insertion into the labour market. To do that the project will develop a set of innovative training tools focusing upon key technical skills particular to the environmental sector. The end results of the project will comprise a training needs analysis of the targeted group, a serie ...
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ERABEE-TN - Education and Research in Biosystems (or Agricultural and Biological) Engineering in Europe; a Thematic Network

...ovel or undergoing major restructuring area of studies. The outputs of the USAEE-TN provided evidence and identified new areas of the emerging Biosystems (or Agricultural and Biological) Engineering University studies in which coordinated work at European level is urgently needed. Based on these outputs and aimed at the exploitation of the corresponding achievements made by USAEE-TN within the li ...
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