The 7th Research Framework Programme in the area Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology, Cai

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The 7th Research Framework Programme in the area
Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology,
Cairo, the 16th of May, 2007
Drd. Ecologist Claudia Mosoiu BIO NCP
ROMANIA Institute of Food Bioresources
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Cooperation Collaborative research

• 10 Thematic Priorities
• Health
• Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
  Production Technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including Aeronautics)
• Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Space
• Security

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Council's agreement of July 2006
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Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology

• Build a European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
  (KBBE)
• Respond to social and economic challenges
• High quality food and sustainable food production
• Food-related disorders (cardiovascular, obesity
  )
• Infectious animal diseases and zoonoses
• Sustainable agriculture/fishery and climate
  change
• Clean biomaterials from renewable bio-resources
• Involve all stakeholders (incl. industry) in
  research
• Support CAP and CFP
• Respond quickly to emerging research needs
• ? 4 Fs Food, Fiber, Fuel and Feed

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The call approach

• Work programme 2007
• CALL KBBE-2007-2A
• Publication May 2007
• but already part of Work Programme 2007 !!!
• LCP NoE covering all activities and areas
• 2 step evaluation procedure
• Deadline for proposal submission 11 Sep 2007, 31
  Jan 2008
• Final evaluation (Feb 2008)
• CALL ERANET-2007-RTD
• 2.0 M for Theme 2, deadline 31.07.2007.

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2. Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology
2.1. Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest, and
aquatic environments
2.2. Fork to farm Food (including sea-food),
health and well being
2.3. Life sciences, biotechnology and
biochemistry for sustainable non-food products
and processes
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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Enabling research (omics, converging
  technologies, bio-informatics, biodiversity) for
  micro-organism, plants and animals
• Competitive, sustainable and multifunctional
  agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture
• Animal health production and welfare animal
  diseases incl. zoonoses
• Marine resources, fishery, aquaculture
• Development of policy strategies for knowledge
  based bio-economy, agriculture, fishery as well
  as rural and coastal areas

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Activity 2.1
Area 2.1.1 Enabling research

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Development of genetic systems for crop
  improvement through a systems biology approach -
  LCP
• Development of technologies and tools for the
  exploitation of livestock genome - LCP
• Using new technologies to identify (re-)emerging
  pathogens from wildlife reservoirs LCP (ICPC)
• CallFP7-ERANET- 2007- RTD
• Coordination of Agricultural Research in
  the Mediterranean

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments
Area 2.1.2 Increased sustainability of all
production system Plant health and crop
protection

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Reducing the utilisation of mineral fertilisers
  by improving the efficiency of nutrient use in
  European crops - LCP (ICPC developing countries)
• Essential biological functions related to the
  most relevant stages of aquaculture fish
  life-history - LCP

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments
Area 2.1.3 Optimised animal health, production
and welfare across agriculture, fisheries and
aquaculture

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Improving animal health, product quality and
  performance of organic and low-input livestock
  systems through integration of breeding and
  innovative management techniques - LCP
  (macro-climatic regions ICPC)
• Improved epidemiological tools for food-borne
  zoonoses application of geographical information
  for live animals and animal products - NoE (3rd
  countries USA)
• Neglected zoonoses in developing countries
  integrated approach for the improvement of their
  control in animals - LCP (Developing countries in
  Africa, Latin America and Asia) SICA, 4 ICPC

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food (including sea-food),
health and well being

• Consumer, societal, industrial and health aspects
  of food and feed
• Nutrition, diet related diseasesand disorders
• Innovative food and feed processing
• Improved quality and safety of food, beverage
  and feed
• Total food chain concept

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FP7 Sub-Pillar Fork to Farm
Health and well- being of consumers
Consumers
Nutrition
Nutritional value / digestion / health impacts
Processing
Safety
Organoleptic impact
Environment
Safe, high-quality foods
Preparation
Storage / transport / retail
Processing
Production systems Agriculture / Fisheries /
Aquaculture
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Area 2.2.2 Nutrition

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Diet and its effect on the development of
  intestinal microflora and on the immune system
  through the entire life span LCP
• Systems Biology and bioanalytical tools for
  nutrition research LCP (IT-SMEs)
• Indicative topics of 2008 work programme
• Optimal cell function and nutrition
• Methodologies and tools to support the prevention
  of obesity in Mediterranean Partner Countries

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Area 2.2.3 Food processing

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Harmonising and integrating research on food
  technology, safety and nutrition through commonly
  shared food models -LCP
• Network for facilitating the implementation of
  high-tech processing at industrial scale NoE
  (industries, SMEs, IRCs, associations)
• Indicative topics of 2008 work programme
• New solutions for improving refrigeration
  technologies along the food chain
• Sustainable processin, water and and energy
  savings
• Observing and understanding the micro-structure
  of foods
• Alternatives for SO2 for food preservation

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Area 2.2.4 Food Quality and Safety

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Food sampling strategies for risk analysis - LCP
• Protecting animal and human health from prions in
  food, feed and the environment - LCP
• Indicative topics of 2008 work programme
• Biocides and induced risks of antibiotic
  resistance in food pathogens
• Effects of combined exposure to chemicals
  intentionally added to the food chain

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Area 2.2.5 Environmental impacts
and total food chain

• FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
• Sustainability of the food chain LCP ICPC
  Developing countries
• Reducing mycotoxin contamination in the food and
  feed chain LCP SICA, minimum 3 ICPC
• Indicative topics of 2008 work programme
• Assesment of impacts from climate change on food
• Food chain management
• Assessment of impacts of scenarios affecting food
  chain management

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Activity 3
Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for
sustainable non-food products and processes

• Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and
  biomass for energy, environment, and high added
  value industrial products novel farming systems
• Bio-catalysis new bio-refinery concepts and
  other bioprocesses
• Forestry and forest based products and processes
• Environmental remediation and cleaner processing

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Area 2.3.1 Improved biomass and plant based
  renewables
• FP7- KBBE-2007-2A
• GREEN FACTORY - The expression and accumulation
  of valuable industrial compounds in plants -LCP

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Area 2.3.2 Bioprocesses
• BIOETHANOL AND BEYOND Novel enzymes and
  microoganisms for biomass conversion to
  bioethanol LCP
• NOVEL ENZYMES the search for novel enzymes and
  microoganims for different bioprocesses - LCP
• BIO-INFORMATICS Microbial genomics and
  bio-informatics - LCP
• BIOREFINERY Biotechnology for the conversion of
  biomass and waste into value-added products - LCP

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Area 2.3.3 Environmental biotechnologies Use of
  waste and by-products
• FP7- KBBE-2007-2A
• USEFUL WASTE - Novel biotechnology approaches for
  utilizing wastes, including aquaculture wastes,
  to make high added value products - LCP
• ACTIVITY MINING IN METAGENOMES - Exploring
  molecular microbial diversity in aquatic
  environment or the soil - LCP

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THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE- BASED BIOECONOMY
QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES TRACEABILITY,
CONSUMER SCIENCE
STABILITY - BIODEGRADABILITY FUNCTIONALITY
(Chirality)
SOCIETAL NEEDS
Life sciences biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products processes
Fork to FarmFood, health and well-being
WHITE BIOTECH CLEAN BIOPROCESSES RAW
MATERIALS/WASTE
PROCESSING
ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, FOOD QUALITY
DETERMINANTS, NUTRITION
GREEN/BLUE BIOTECH OPTIMISED RAW MATERIALS
LOW INPUT FARMING - BIODIVERSITY ANIMAL HEALTH -
RURAL DEVT.
PRODUCTION
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest, and
aquatic environments
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Further information

• EU research http//europa.eu.int/comm/research
• Sixth Framework Programme
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/home.html
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/food.htm
• Seventh Framework Programme http//www.cordis.eur
  opa.eu/fp7/home.html
• Research DG Site
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html
• RTD info magazine
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/rtdinfo/
• Information requests research_at_cec.eu.int