Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development of a cost-efficient, precise and miniaturized sensor system for quality and performance control in baking processes (BREAD-GUARD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Germany,Switzerland,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2019-03-27
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3695156.53
EU funding (EUR): 2740426.0
Participants: 12
Project status: TERMINATED

Quality assurance plays a key role in the food industry. Current control of safety and quality characteristics in the bakery industry is carried out mainly by random sampling of the initial, intermediate and/or final products. However, this methodology does not allow immediate adjustments to the production process in case any negative quality features are detected and consequently large batches of non-conforming products often need to be disposed and a lot of resources (energy, water, ingredients) are wasted. Therefore this project aims to develop an innovative and affordable quality and performance control system for baking processes based on nanospectrometry and ultrasound, allowing for continuous quality measurement and process adjustment. The complete Bread-Guard system consists of two sensors and a corresponding soft-/hardware package which in combination can measure the key parameters of the baking process and adjust it to the optimal set-up. The first sensor is based on nano-spectrometry (Fabry-Pérot principle) and will be used to measure parameters in the ambient air of the oven (e.g. humidity, temperature) as well as product surface characteristics (e.g. degree of browning). The second sensor based on ultrasound will measure structural and mechanical properties within the products (e.g. density, porosity, mechanical strength). The sensor-data will be used to adjust the baking process (temperature, humidity) in real-time through a feedback loop. An applied research approach involving Europe’s leading research institutes in the field of baking, sensor development and process control, equipment producers for sensor, oven, and software development as well as several SME bakeries will not only ensure the compatibility of the new system with current technologies, but also raise the acceptance of the baking sector. Nevertheless, it is foreseen, that the to-be-developed technology in future can be adapted to other sectors in the food industry.

Keywords: bakery industry,nano-spectrometry sensor,ultrasonic sensor,discard reduction,energy efficiency,quality and performance control
BioEconomy Regional Strategy Toolkit (BERST)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Belgium,Greece,Slovenia,Germany,Finland,Spain,Netherlands,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1276461.44
EU funding (EUR): 999963.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The implementation of the European bioeconomy occurs under the impulsion of entrepreneurs (ranging from carbon-based industries to farmers and foresters) and political authorities, assisted by knowledge workers (R&D). The drivers are (1) the search for alternative resources for fossil fuels, (2) the response to climate warming by becoming as CO2 neutral as possible and (3) the industrial demand for new functionalities offered by biobased materials and chemicals. Regions can be encouraged to apply new development strategies. Regions can also be guided to find ways to support, encourage and enhance concrete actions towards the bioeconomy by current and potential entrepreneurs within a bioeconomy. All regions are potentially ‘bioregions’, and the BERST project provides tools (sets of criteria, catalogues both of instruments and measures as well as of good practices and case studies, and guidelines for elaborating regional profiles to prepare for smart specialisation strategies) to help regions in their trajectory of bioeconomic development. The aim of this project is to take into account the bioeconomy potential and strategies of a range of different regions in Europe, and therefore to gain understanding of the possibilities and challenges related to the enhancement of biobased economies. The project also provides a support network in order to promote the development of smart specialisation strategies based on regional bioeconomic potential. The results and outcomes of this project will be linked to each region’s “normal” planning and strategic development processes, and therefore to give additional tools for the regions to enhance their bioeconomies. This also means to promote stakeholder relations within bioregions, so that entrepreneurs can guide regional priorities in the development of the bioeconomy. The outcome of the project – with both a toolkit and an operating bioregional network – is intended to be taken over by the nascent EU Bioeconomy Observatory.

Keywords: bioeconomy,biomass,biobased materials,biorefineries,bioregions,bioregional profiles
Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens (DROPSA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Spain,Italy,United Kingdom,Spain,France,France,Germany,Switzerland,Canada,New Zealand,United States,China,Japan,Poland,Italy,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8602632.24
EU funding (EUR): 5997965.0
Participants: 27
Project status: CLOSED

The DROPSA consortium will create new knowledge and understanding of the damage and losses of fruit crops resulting from pests and pathogens, with a specific focus on the new and emerging threats due to Drosophila suzukii and quarantine pathogens Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas fragariae and X. arboricola. The project will deliver a cost effective approach that can be widely implemented by the EU fruit industry. The aims and objectives are to: • Determine the pathways of introduction and spread of D. suzukii and pathogens into the EU and develop preventative strategies and recommendations against the introduction of other dangerous fruit pests and pathogens. • Determine the biology, ecology and interaction of these pests and diseases in different regions of Europe. This will involve a comprehensive evaluation of the life cycles, host ranges, capacities to disperse, the identification of natural enemies, plant-pathogen interactions as well as the semiochemicals involved in the behaviour of D. suzukii. The biology will provide the platform to develop practical solutions for sustainable pest control. • Develop innovative and effective control options using approved chemicals, semiochemicals, novel antimicrobial compounds and biological control agents as well as cultural practices, sterile insect techniques and new mode of action compounds. The most reliable and effective control options will be combined to optimise an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy. • Develop forecasting and decision support systems and risk mapping as a component of IPM. The economic viability of proposed strategies for fruit crop protection will be evaluated and used to support decision making in the implementation of IPM strategies to protect the EU fruit sector. To protect intellectual property (IP) and to undertake dissemination and exploitation actions to maximise the impact and up take of the recommended IPM by commercial fruit growers.

Keywords: drosophila suzukii,pseudomonas syringae,xanthomonas fragariae,xanthomonas arboricola,kiwifruit,stone fruit,berries,pesticide,enviromental impact
High value-added chemicals and BIoreSIns from alGae biorefineries produced from CO2 provided by industrial emissions (BISIGODOS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Netherlands,France,France,Finland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Spain,United Kingdom,Austria,Spain
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5605438.85
EU funding (EUR): 3853417.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

BISIGODOS aims to address the production of valuable algae derived chemicals, amino acids and high added-value bio-resins for coatings, printing, food and hair care and adhesives applications, starting from algae biomass fed directly with CO2 from industrial emissions (cement, steel factory, thermal power plants, etc.) as a raw material that is cost-effective and renewable. The process is assisted by solar radiation, nutrients and sea water microalgae. This approach is based on the technology developed by the Partner Biofuel Systems (BFS) to produce bio-oil. In order to develop such technology, several innovative approaches are proposed: - New algae strains production optimization and CO2 energetic balance improvement. -Optimization of photo-bioreactors - Study and adaptation of separation of algae components based on hybrid technologies. - Production of algae derived chemicals for surfactants applications and amino acids for food applications - Production of bio-based resins from algae based fatty acids and bio-oil aromatic moieties. Similar studies have been carried out at laboratory level to obtain a broad range of algae derived chemicals, however BISIGODOS’ project aims to work at semi-industrial scale using the BFS industrial photo-bioreactors facilities. Results obtained at this scale, under a well controlled process, will permit to validate the lab scale results and to develop new ones (mainly in the bioresin field) gaining a real knowledge of the industrial-market possibilities that the microalgae technologies offer and contributing to define the roadmap of the technology

Keywords: microalgae,photo-bioreactor,algae derived valuable products,co2
Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain (FOODINTEGRITY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,European organisations area,Germany,Ireland,United Kingdom,Italy,France,Austria,Belgium,Switzerland,Denmark,Netherlands,Czechia,Portugal,Spain,Iceland,Ireland,Norway,Spain,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,Poland,China,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Hungary,Netherlands,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11941404.56
EU funding (EUR): 8998997.0
Participants: 63
Project status: CLOSED

Food Integrity “the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished or in perfect condition”. Providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about the safety, authenticity and quality of European food (integrity) is of prime importance in adding value to the European Agri-food economy. The integrity of European foods is under constant threat from fraudulently labelled imitations that try to exploit that added value. The FOODINTEGRITY project will directly address this issue and will be an international focal point for harmonisation and exploitation of research and technology for insuring the integrity of European food. Comprising an inner core of project participants from industry, academia, research institutes, technology providers and a global network of stakeholders, FOODINTEGRITY will rationalise and harmonise capability to provide a coherent structure and process for assuring the food supply. FOODINTEGRITY will: facilitate the sharing of information between stakeholder groups regarding European food integrity; establish processes for harmonising & exploiting existing databases; establish fit for purpose methodology to address stakeholder needs; identify and address research gaps by procuring and delivering €3M of commissioned projects; establish a self-sustaining Food-fraud early warning system for identifying emerging fraud risks; establish a self-sustaining worldwide network of stakeholders to ensure maximum uptake of the project legacy. Improved verification procedures will be developed for food control and industry stakeholders using 3 key commodities as exemplars: olive oil, spirit drinks & seafood. In addition a consumer study in China will assess their consumer attitudes in the face of substantial counterfeiting of European food. Finally it will establish expert food authenticity platforms that will supply independent expert opinion on food authenticity/food fraud to the European Commission, Codex and other national/international bodies

Keywords: food integrity,food authenticity,food fraud,food quality,traceability,origin,counterfitting
Use of Microorganisms for Carotenoids Delivery: Next Generation of Probiotics for Cardiovascular Disease (CARODEL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Netherlands,Italy,France,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2574757.6
EU funding (EUR): 1996823.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

CARODEL aims to valorise the results from the previous FP7 COLORSPORE project, in which initial isolation and characterization work was performed on Bacillus strains producing gastric-stable carotenoids. As the stability in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), antioxidant activity and bioavailability of particular Bacillus carotenoids was shown to be higher than those of common dietary carotenoids, the conclusions from COLORSPORE provided strong and compelling reasons to support further development and commercialisation of these bacteria-derived carotenoids. CARODEL will therefore focus on the development of an efficient oral delivery strategy of such highly active carotenoids, in combination with evaluation of potential direct health-beneficial (probiotic) activity of the Bacillus delivery vehicle, with the ultimate aim to improve biomarkers associated with (the prevention of) cardiovascular disease (CVD). The relevance of using carotenoids for CVD prevention was recently shown by a positive EFSA opinion on the use of tomato lycopene for maintenance of a healthy blood flow. In practice, effective delivery of the carotenoids to the human body will be compared upon administration as i) vegetative Bacillus cells, ii) Bacillus spores or iii) extracted carotenoids. In parallel, the ability of the Bacillus strain to exert bona fide effects (i.e., effects on the host microbiota, metabolism and immunity) will be investigated using in vitro gut models and in vivo rat studies. Based on this, the best delivery strategy will be selected and validated in a human study, in which carotenoid bioavailability will be validated as well as endpoints related to CVD biomarkers and potential probiotic activity. In combination with a full safety assessment, a proof-of-concept production strategy and development of a business plan, the scientific evidence compiled in this project will provide a framework for efficient further commercialisation of a well-documented Bacillus carotenoid product

Keywords: carotenoids,spores,probiotic,metagenomics,metabolomics,targeted delivery,cardiovascular disease
Enabling the drying process to save energy and water, realising process efficiency in the dairy chain (ENTHALPY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Greece,Spain,United Kingdom,Germany,Netherlands,Germany,Germany,Netherlands,Austria,Italy,Germany,Spain,Ireland,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8309413.0
EU funding (EUR): 5981433.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

Saving energy and water in the Dairy industry, by introducing innovations in the processing plant. Namely RF heating, solar thermal energy, mono-disperse atomising, dryer modelling, inline monitoring, cleaning with enzymes and membrane technology. With these technologies energy and water loops are closed instead of lost in the plant. These technologies will be demonstrated in pilot facilities. The proposal has significant SME participation to realise industrial and commercial relevance.

Keywords: dairy,processing,mono-disperse atomiser,enzymatic cleaning,radio frequency heating,solar thermal energy,spray dryer modelling,membrane contactor,memstill,process system engineering,lca
Sustainable Innovative Mobilisation of Wood (SIMWOOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,European organisations area,Finland,Ireland,United Kingdom,France,Netherlands,Germany,Spain,Spain,Portugal,Sweden,Slovenia,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain,Spain,Ireland,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2017-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7465591.8
EU funding (EUR): 5990311.0
Participants: 28
Project status: CLOSED

SIMWOOD presents a novel idea for an innovative, integrated approach to multifunctional forestry and enhanced wood mobilisation across European forest regions. The project targets a multitude of forest owners and stakeholders to spread integrated, transferable solutions and viable policies to unlock immobile forest resources and ensure sustainable forest functions. A novel pan-European Information System, the ‘MOBILISER’, is a unique knowledge base of innovative practices and technologies, existing stakeholder initiatives and effective support programmes in the regions and an expert system to evaluate the impact of up-scaling solutions to the larger EU context. The MOBILISER links to Regional Learning Labs, fostering participative dialogues on enhanced forest governance to secure collaborative initiatives and build commitment for improved policies and solu-tions of sustainable development. As a proof-of-concept, SME partners jointly implement novel pilot projects showcasing targeted forest use and tangible impacts on rural economies. This European Information System incorporates a broad dissemination strategy via easily accessible, intuitive, multilingual interfaces to maximize the uptake of integrated mobilisation solutions by forest owners and stakeholders across Europe and beyond. The two major European research organisations, JRC and EFI, facilitate the wide transfer and ensure continuity of the cross-regional monitoring system beyond the project’s lifetime. The project will help overcome socio-economic and technical barriers linked to ownership fragmentation and develop major opportunities in expanding wood and bioenergy markets. Focused recommendations and future RTD priorities underpin vital policy areas on multiple levels and raise awareness for wood mobilisation initiatives. Overall the project secures increased supplies of wood, enhances sustainable forest use and strengthens the forest-based sector as a key contributor to Europe’s growing bioeconomy.

Keywords: wood mobilisation,forest-based sector,european forest information system,forest governance,regional initiatives,policy support,sustainable development,bioeconomy,bioenergy,resource efficiency
MODelling vegetation response to EXTREMe Events (MODEXTREME)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Italy,Spain,Switzerland,Denmark,United Kingdom,Portugal,Greece,Italy,Ukraine,Italy,Brazil,Argentina,South Africa,United States,China
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2643841.76
EU funding (EUR): 1999998.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

The continuous supply of services provided by agricultural systems is increasingly threatened by climate change in association with an estimated increase in the frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves or heavy precipitation events. MODEXTREME has the overarching goal to help the European and non-European agriculture face extreme climatic events by improving the capability of biophysical models simulating vegetation responses to integrate climatic variability and extremes. To reach this goal, the project will achieve the following objectives: • Scientific objectives: - Identify and integrate into simulation models, the responses of main crop and grassland systems to environmental conditions associated with extreme climatic events; - Improve yield monitoring and forecasting systems via multiple observational constraints to be assimilated into process-based models across different climate conditions; - Estimate possible trajectories of agricultural productivity in the short (during current season) to medium time horizons and associated uncertainties. This involves taking into account the genetic progress and its effects on responses to extreme environmental conditions. • Technological objectives: - Build a consistent, multi-domain data repository for use in studying climate variability and extreme events relevant for agricultural production; - Develop generically reusable software units that implement libraries of models. This will allow (i) extending the vegetation response, as implemented in existing modelling solutions, to weather extremes, (ii) extending the multi-model platform for plant growth and development simulations of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (MARS: Monitoring Agricultural ResourceS); - Prototype alternate versions of the workflows for agricultural production monitoring and scenario analysis both using new modelling solutions composed in the project, and by focusing on extreme events.

Keywords: climate change,extreme climatic events,crop and grassland models,agro-meteorological indices,plant response,yield monitoring and forecasting systems,food security,flood,drought,software