Projet PROTECT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Climate change and food safety have become interdependent worldwide research priorities. In order to meet the EU challenge of doubling food production by 2050 (to meet population demands) while dealing with the impact of climate change on food safety, investment in research to address this issue is required. The overarching aim of this Innovative Training Network (ITN) is to provide high-level training in Predictive mOdelling Tools to evaluate the Effects of Climate change on food safeTy (PROTECT) to a new generation of high achieving early stage researchers. PROTECT will provide them with the transferable skills necessary for thriving careers in a burgeoning area that underpins innovative technological development across a range of diverse disciplines. This goal will be achieved by a unique combination of “hands-on” research training, non-academic placements, summer schools and workshops on research-related and transferable skills facilitated by the academic and non-academic composition of the consortium. PROTECT brings together intersectoral and multidisciplinary expertise from 11 European Countries (7 third level educational institutions, 6 industry partners, 1 United Nations agency). The consortium will share technical and training expertise to recruit and train 8 highly skilled ESRs in advanced modelling tools to investigate the impact of climate change on food safety, considering food as unsafe if it is injurious to health (due to pathogenic bacteria or mycotoxins) or unfit for human consumption (due to spoilage bacteria). Moreover, PROTECT will use this new knowledge to create a science based decision support tool and develop policy guidance through a white paper. The consortium will support specialist job creation in an area central to human and environmental health while ensuring continued growth and public confidence in Europe’s agri-food sector.

Mots clés : food safety, climate change, modelling

Participants :
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 256320.0 €
- Arla Foods (Denmark) (Danemark) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation, Nantes-Atlantique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274802.04 €
- University of Malta (Malte) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 237955.68 €
- Nestlé (Switzerland) (Suisse) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Danone (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Nederlands Instituut Voor Zuivel Oonderzoek (Pays-Bas) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Creme software ltd (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 274684.32 €
- University of Santiago de Compostela (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 250904.88 €
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274684.32 €
- Feiraco sociedad cooperativa galega (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 243017.64 €
- University of Nottingham (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 303172.56 €