Projet INSPIRATION (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Agricultural production in Europe has significantly damaged soil and water resources, ecosystem biodiversity, socio-economic well-being and contributed to climate change. Expected further intensification of production to ensure food safety for population growth must be sustainable to minimise future impacts and negative externalities. This ETN addresses these challenges by training 15 early stage researchers in cutting edge research skills and innovative approaches to manage soil and groundwater impacts from agriculture for sustainable intensification. It supports EU policy goals on food security, resource conservation, renewable energy and climate change, and the aims of the H2020 Societal Challenge 5 Work Programme for sustainable management of the environment and its resources. The scientific objectives focus on developing (1) management techniques which mitigate environmental impacts of agricultural practices on soil, water and climate systems, and support sustainable intensification using new production methods; (2) "smart" environmental monitoring, biotechnology and modelling tools to predict the outcome of measures and practices in (1); (3) decision-making tools with sustainability indicators to implement sustainable agricultural production methods. This will be achieved by linking lab-scale studies of processes with field-scale evaluation of novel management concepts, analytical tools and modelling, using state-of-the-art methods. The network includes research, advisory and commercial organisations from all sectors of the agri-environmental management community, and SMEs to multinational firms. Its novel training agenda of workshops and summer schools on technical and business skills, international conferences, industry secondments and knowledge transfer activities has the specific aim of transferable skills training. This is highly relevant for scientific communication, societal impact and entrepreneurship, preparing the fellows for careers in many sectors.

Mots clés : sustainable agriculture, groundwater pollution, water and soil protection, soil restoration, environmental management, resource conservation

Participants :
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265674.6 €
- IWW Water Centre (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 249216.48 €
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 498432.96 €
- TE Laboratories (Ireland) (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 184496.25 €
- University of Liège (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 250560.0 €
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Pologne) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Warsaw University of Technology (Pologne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224137.44 €
- Compagnie intercommunale liegeoise des eaux (Belgique) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Geolys (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 208800.0 €
- Tata Steel (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Kfu envirotech gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Government of the United Kingdom (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Fera Science (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Amt für Umwelt (Suisse) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Citius engineering (Belgique) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Contaminated Land: Applications in the Real Environments (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Padua (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Irlande) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Suisse) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 530453.52 €
- Imw - innovative messtechnik dr. weiss (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Austrian Institute of Technology (Autriche) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 445440.0 €
- Proefcentrum fruitteelt vzw (Belgique) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Wageningen University & Research (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 255374.28 €
- University of Sheffield (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 546575.76 €