Food Research in FP7 Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy and Technology Platforms

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Food Research in FP7Knowledge-Based
Bio-Economyand Technology Platforms
Violeta Cikina Unit E3 Food, Health,
Well-being Directorate E Biotechnologies,
Agriculture, Food European Commission, DG
Research Violeta.Cikina_at_ec.europa.eu
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CONTENT

• Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
• Food Research in FP7
• Technology Platforms

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Specific Programmes
Budget (million)
FP7 2007 - 2013
Cooperation Collaborative research 32.413
Ideas Frontier Research 7.510
People Human Potential 4.750
Capacities Research Capacity 4.097

JRC (non-nuclear) 1.751
JRC (nuclear) 517
Euratom 2.234

• TOTAL 50. 521

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Cooperation Collaborative research

• 10 Thematic Priorities Budget (million)
• Health 6.100
• Food, agriculture and fisheries, and
  biotechnology 1.935
• Information and communication technologies
  9.050
• Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
  production technologies 3.475
• Energy 2.350
• Environment (including climate change) 1.890
• Transport (including aeronautics) 4.160
• Socio-economic sciences and the humanities 623
• Space 1.430
• Security 1.400
• Euratom Fusion energy research, nuclear
  fission and radiation protection

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EuropeanFood Research Programmes
Food, agriculture and fisheries, and
biotechnology 1.935 mio
Food quality and safety EUR 685 mio 178 projects
Key Action 1 EUR 285 mio 153 projects
FAIR ECU 123 mio 137 projects
AIR ECU 60 mio 72 projects
FLAIR ECU 25 mio 33 projects
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Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy(KBBE)

• The term bio-economy includes all industries
  and economic sectors that produce, manage and
  otherwise exploit biological resources (such as
  agriculture, food, forestry, fisheries and other
  bio-resource industries), and related services,
  supply or consumer industries.

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Food, agriculture and fisheries, and
biotechnology researchObjectives

• 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

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2. Food, Agriculture and 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 seafood),
health and well being
2.3. Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and processes
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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 (including seafood),
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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FIRST KBBE CALLS

• Call 1 published 22 December
• Deadline 2 May 2007
• One stage
• Call 2 will be published 8 May 2007
• 1st stage deadline 11 September 2007
• Two stages
• Coordination and Support Actions up to 1
  million
• Small collaborative projects up to 3 million
• Large collaborative projects 3 6 million
• Networks of Excellence 3 6 million
• The proposals not fullfilling these tresholds
  are considered as ineligible!

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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 3
Life sciences and biotechnology 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 2
Fork to farm- Food (including seafood), 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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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food (including seafood), health
and well being

• Area 2.2.1 Consumers
• Networking of food consumer science in Europe and
  development and application of social and
  behavioural sciences to food research
• Developing research tools for food consumer
  science in the Western Balkan Countries
• Food labelling and consumer behaviour
• Taste, cognitive perception and mood
• Assessment of intervention measures aimed at
  promoting healthy eating habits
• Risk perception and communication in the food
  chain and the role of the media
• Applying behavioural models for the prevention of
  obesity, with a particular focus on children

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

• Area 2.2.2 Nutrition
• Effect of diet on mental performance
• Impact of diet on ageing
• Optical technologies for monitoring the human
  nutrition status and the onset of
  nutrition-related health problems
• Malnutrition in developing countries
• Impact of exogenous factors in the development of
  allergy
• Diet for patients in hospitals and at home
  disease-related malnutrition
• Diet and its effect on the development of
  intestinal microflora and on the immune system
  through the entire life span
• Systems Biology and bioanalytical tools for
  nutrition research
• Optimal cell function and nutrition
• Methodologies and tools to support the prevention
  of obesity in Mediterranean Partner Countries
  (SICA)
• Linking with international databases on food
  composition and consumption (SICA)
• Functional foods, natural products and bioactive
  compounds from the Black Sea region (SICA)

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

• Area 2.2.3 Food processing
• Smart control for improved food and feed
  technologies
• Assessment and improvement of existing food and
  feed technologies
• Harmonising and integrating research on food
  technology, safety and nutrition through commonly
  shared food models
• Nano-devices for quality assurance, food safety
  and product properties
• New solutions for improving refrigeration
  technologies along the food chain
• Network for facilitating the implementation of
  high-tech processing at industrial scale
• (Bio-)Technologies for the production of food
  additives, colorants, and flavours
• Observing and understanding the micro-structure
  of foods
• Alternatives for SO2 for food preservation

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

• Area 2.2.4 Food Quality and Safety
• Exposure to food additives, flavourings, and
  migrants coming from the packaging Dietary
  intake models
• Detecting contaminants in the food and feed chain
  
• New methods for the monitoring and control of
  food-borne viruses
• Innovative and safe packaging
• Food sampling strategies for risk analysis
• Protecting animal and human health from prions in
  food, feed and the environment
• 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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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food (including seafood), health
and well being

• Area 2.2.5 Environmental impacts and total food
  chain
• Assessment of short and long term effects of GMOs
  on human and animal health
• Converging technologies and their potential for
  the food area
• Development and application of computational
  biology as a complementary tool to in vivo and/or
  in vitro trials
• Sustainability of the food chain
• Reduce contamination by mycotoxins in the food
  and feed chain
• Assessment of impacts from climate change on food
  
• Food chain management
• Assessment of impacts of scenarios affecting food
  chain management

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Technology Platforms
Industry-Driven, Competitiveness-Focused
European Technology Platforms - Concept
Stakeholders, led by industry, get together to
define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number of
strategically important issues with high societal
relevance where achieving Europes future growth,
competitiveness and sustainable objectives is
dependent upon major research and technological
advances in the medium to long term.
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Technology Platforms
Bottom-Up Approach with Industry in Lead
Wide Stakeholder Involvement
Flexibility No One Size Fits All
EU Role Facilitating and Guiding but not Leading
or Owning
Majority of Strategic Research Agendas, where
Appropriate, Taken into Account in Thematic
Priorities of FP7
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Technology PlatformsThree Stages

• Stage 1 Stakeholders get together and define a
  common vision
• Stage 2 Stakeholders define a Strategic
  Research Agenda
• Stage 3 Stakeholders implement the Strategic
  Research Agenda

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Technology Platforms in Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology

• Plants for the Future
• www.epsoweb.org/Catalog/TP/index.htm
• Innovative and Sustainable Use of Forest
  Resources
• www.forestplatform.org
• Global Animal Health
• www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/agriculture/index_
  en.html
• Animal Breeding
• www.fabretp.org
• Food for Life
• http//etp.ciaa.be/asp/home.asp
• Sustainable Chemistry
• www.cefic.org/

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• http//etp.ciaa.be

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ETP Food for Life Vision

• Effective integration
• Research on
• Nutritional
• Food- and consumer sciences
• Food chain management
• Deliver innovative, novel and improved food
  products
• Cover Consumer needs and expectations.
• Positive impact on public health and overall
  quality
• of life
• A successful and competitive pan-European
  agro-
• food industry

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European Technology Platform Food for Life
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Technology Platform Food for Life

• Stakeholders Confederation of the EU Food and
  Drink Industries (CIAA), Food and Drink SMEs, -
  Retailers, Consumers, Copa-Cogeca- Research
  organizations
• Vision paper Food for Life (June 2005)
• Strategic research agenda draft published and
  submitted to a wide consultation process in April
  2006, final SRA in March 2007
• Website/contacts http//etp.ciaa.be Jan Maat -
  jan.maat_at_unilever.com
• Daniele Rossi - direzione_at_federalimentare.it
• Commission contact jurgen.lucas_at_ec.europa.eu
• Status June 2006

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Further Information
FP7 on CORDIS Research and Innovation on the
Europa server DG Research Biosociety
Website RTD-food_at_ec.europa.eu RTD-CALL-FP7-KBBE_at_
ec.europa.eu
http//cordis.europa.eu/ http//europa.eu/pol/rd/
index_en.htm http//ec.europa.eu/research/index_e
n.cfm http//ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/ind
ex_en.htm