FP7 projects with Brazil in the area of food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology research.
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FP7 - COOPERATION - THEME 2
FP7 projects with Brazil
in the area of Food,
Agriculture and Fisheries, 
and Biotechnology research

Biotechnologies, 
Agriculture, Food

Research and 
Innovation

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Preface

With the world population approaching 9 billion by 2050 and natural resources finite, 
Europe needs renewable biological resources for secure and healthy food and feed, 
as  well  as  for  materials,  energy,  and  other  products.  In  order  to  reduce  the  heavy 
dependency of its economy on fossil resources and mitigating climate change, Europe 
needs to move towards a post-petroleum society. 

In this context, the Theme of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology (FAFB) 
of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), aims to create a strong and competitive 
bioeconomy and to offer solutions to challenges facing Europe and the world, such as 
feeding a growing world population and fighting climate change while mitigating its 
effects. 

International cooperation between Member States and Third Countries is an important 
aspect of FP7 and an integral part of the FAFB Theme. Cooperation with participants 
from Third Countries is encouraged across all the relevant research areas.

This  catalogue  describes  all  projects  funded  under  the  FP7  during  5  years  (2007-
2012)  with  participants  from  Brazil.  These  projects  bring  together  science,  industry 
and  other  stakeholders  to  exploit  new  and  emerging  research  opportunities  in  the 
areas of agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, food, health, well-being and biotechnology.

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Table of Contents

ACTIVITY 2.1  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION: AGRICULTURE

ANIMALCHANGE 
BENWOOD 
BRIGHTANIMAL 
OSCAR 
LOWINPUTBREEDS 
PARAVAC 
STAR-IDAZ 
WELFARE INDICATORS 
NTM-IMPACT   
QBOL 

ACTIVITY 2-1 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION: FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE

MADE 
AFSPAN 

ACTIVITY 2-2 FOOD, HEALTH and WELL-BEING

COLLAB4SAFETY 
PLANTLIBRA 
SALSA 
VEG-I-TRADE   

ACTIVITY 2-3 BIOTECHNOLOGIES

JATROPT 
SWEETFUEL 
BAMMBO 
GLOBAL-BIO-PACT 

ACTIVITY 2.4 OTHER ACTIVITIES  

LIGNODECO 
ALCUE-KBBE   
BIO CIRCLE 
BIO CIRCLE 2   

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(agriculture, forestry); plant health and crop protection

ANIMALCHANGE

AN Integration of Mitigation and Adaptation options for 
sustainable Livestock production under climate CHANGE

ANIMALCHANGE will provide scientific guidance on the integration of adaptation and 
mitigation objectives and design sustainable development pathways for livestock 
production in Europe, in Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. 
ANIMALCHANGE will inform public policy development in EU27 and propose cooperation 
programs addressing smallholder livestock farming in selected developing countries. 
The core analytical spine of the project is a series of coupled biophysical and socio-
economic models combined with experimentation. This allows exploring future scenarios 
for the livestock sector under baseline and atmospheric CO2 stabilization scenarios. These 
scenarios are first constructed in Component (CP) 1. They are elaborated and enriched 
by breakthrough mitigation and adaptation options from CP 2 at field and animal scales, 
integrated and evaluated at farm scale in CP 3 and used to assess policy options and 
their socio-economic consequences in CP 4. 

ANIMALCHANGE will:

-  Quantify and reduce uncertainties in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and assess 

climate change impacts on livestock systems (including grasslands)

-  Revise estimates of the GHG balance of livestock systems and integrate soil carbon 

sequestration

-  Integrate climate variability and extremes into the assessment of impacts, adaptation 

and vulnerability of livestock systems to climate change

-  Develop breakthrough technologies for adaptation and mitigation to climate change for 

both ruminants and monogastrics

-  Study and quantify trade-offs and synergies between adaptation and mitigation options

-  Assess the potential societal and sectoral costs and benefits of these options for the 

livestock sector in Europe and in study regions of Africa and Latin America

-  Assess climate change vulnerability of animal production and of associated GHG emissions

-  Provide direct support through the design of an integrated and consistent mitigation 

and adaptation policy framework for the livestock sector.

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

ANIMALCHANGE

Integrating mitigation and adaptation 
options for sustainable livestock 
production under climate change – SICA 
(Latin America, African Mediterranean 
Partner Countries, African ACP)

www.animalchange.eu

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  SOUSSANA Jean-François 
•  Jean-Francois.Soussana@clermont.

inra.fr

•  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA 

RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (FR)

FUNDING SCHEME CP

EC CONTRIBUTION € 8,999,535.00

PROJECT N° 266018

DURATION 48 months

PROJECT START DATE March 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE (FR)

2.  AARHUS UNIVERSITET (DK)
3.  TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD 

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IE)

4.  UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (ES)
5.  ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY (UK)
6.  STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG 

ONDERZOEK (NL)

7.  SZENT ISTVAN EGYETEM (HU)
8.  CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)
9.  EIDGENOESSISCHES 

VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT (CH)
10. THE SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (UK)
11. COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX 

ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (FR)
12. INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER 

ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE (AT)

13. INRA TRANSFERT S.A. (FR)
14. PROVIMI HOLDING BV (NL)
15. FERTIPRADO SEMENTES E NUTRIENTES, LDA 

(PT)

16. UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO 

SUL (BR)

17. EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

18. INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE (TN)

19. INSTITUT SENEGALAIS DE RECHERCHES 

AGRICOLES (SN)

20. UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (ZA)
21. INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH 

INSTITUTE (KE)

22. AGRESEARCH LIMITED (NZ)
23. EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR ANIMAL 

PRODUCTION (IT)

24. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF 

THE UNITED NATIONS FAO (IT)

25. JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN 

COMMISSION (BE)

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FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-2 Increased sustainability of all productions systems 

(agriculture, forestry); plant health and crop protection

BENWOOD

Coordination Actions in Support Of Sustainable And Eco-Efficient 
Short Rotation Forestry In CDM Countries

The project first assesses the state of the art of SRF as a biofuel source in CDM and 
JI countries (WP1) focuses on CDM countries (WP2) and links the project to current 
European and non-European R&D-activities in the area (WP3).

Main outputs:

1)  SRF guidelines and standards for land use management (WP4) for farmers and 
European JI/CDM project developers as well as stakeholders from the energy 
and biomass sector (electric utilities, pulp & paper, fibreboard etc.)

2)  a SRF R&D agenda (WP5) for researchers and industry (boiler, oven, chipper, 

press producers etc.)

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  LEWIS Thomas 
•  thomas.lewis@energieautark.at
•  ENERGIEAUTARK CONSULTING GMBH 

(AT)

FUNDING SCHEME
CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION €
998,782.00

PROJECT N°
227321

DURATION
29 months

PROJECT START DATE
April 2009

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  ENERGIEAUTARK CONSULTING GMBH (AT)
2.  ALASIA NEW CLONES S.R.L (IT)
3.  KOCHANSKA-DUBAS JOLANTA WENA 

KOCHANSKA-DUBAS JOLANTA WENA (PL)

4.  FACULTY OF FORESTRY,UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB 

(HR)

5.  GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN 
STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS (DE)
6.  KOMPETENZZENTRUM HESSENROHSTOFFE 

(HERO) E.V. (DE)

7.  PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (IN)
8.  PLANTAR S/A (BR)
9.  BIOENERGY 2020+ GMBH (AT)
10. SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET (SE)
11. BANGOR UNIVERSITY (UK)
12. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN 

AGROFORESTRY (KE)

13. BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY (CN)
14. UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN (AT)

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

BENWOOD

Forest energy – Short rotation forestry 
as a sustainable and eco-efficient land 
use management system for fossil fuels 
substitution within CDM-projects

www.benwood.eu

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FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-2 Increased sustainability of all productions systems 

(agriculture, forestry); plant health and crop protection

BRIGHTANIMAL

Multidisciplinary Approach to Practical and Acceptable Precision 
Livestock Farming for SMEs in Europe and world-wide

Livestock farming has a major role to play in the decades to come. Rising protein intake 
in the developing countries as well as rising concern for animal health and welfare in

the developed countries present serious challenges to farmers. Precision Livestock 
Farming (PLF) wants to return to the farmer to connect to individual animals or small

animal groups in spite of growing intensification. PLF uses technology to give farmers 
additional hands, ears and eyes.

The EU funded Coordination and Support Action “BrightAnimal” set out in 2009 to assess 
what has been achieved so far in Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) and to highlight 
needs for future research in the area. The goal of BrightAnimal was to identify practical 
and acceptable PLF. This has been performed with a multi-disciplinary, team of experts 
from all 5 continents. In particular, the project team included experts on

business and on ethics, as well as biologists and engineers.

The team developed and presented in several public conferences a series of 
recommendations for precision livestock farming. These recommendation cover pathways 
for marketing and penetration, research objectives, research fund

expenditure distribution, transparency in the food business, a new farm evaluation 
scheme and education.

As the main result, the project has published a 200 page book on Acceptable and 
Practical Precision Livestock Farming. The book has been distributed to key researchers 
and institutions and will be made available for download as an e-book. It has a novel 
structure and should appeal to both people wanting to get an overview over the different 
subjects covered as well as to specialists. In addition to the book, the project also started 
a Wiki, as a web-home for PLF and its developments. A flyer was developed for farmers 
and distributed.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  LEHR Heiner 
•  heiner.lehr@foodreg.com
•  FOODREG TECHNOLOGY SL (ES)

FUNDING SCHEME
CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION €
997,425.00

PROJECT N°
227138

DURATION
24 months

PROJECT START DATE
May 2009

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  FOODREG TECHNOLOGY SL (ES)
2.  SMARTIDENTIFICATION LTD (UK)
3.  NOFIMA MARIN AS (NO)
4.  BITLAND APS (DK)
5.  EESTI MAAULIKOOLESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF 

LIFE SCIENCES (EE)

6.  INSTITUTE OF QUALITY STANDARDS & TESTING 
TECHNOLOGY FOR AGRO-PRODUCTS, CHINESE 
ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (CN)
7.  CONSUMER GOODS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA 

(ZA)

8.  MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-BASED 

INDUSTRY (MY)

9.  KASETSART UNIVERSITY (TH)
10. EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

11. DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND 

RESOURCES SOUTH AUSTRALIA (AU)

12. AALBORG UNIVERSITET (DK)

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

BRIGHTANIMAL

New and converging technologies for 
Precision Livestock Farming in European 
animal production systems

www.brightanimal.eu

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FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-2 Increased sustainability of all productions systems 

(agriculture, forestry); plant health and crop protection

OSCAR

Optimising Subsidiary Crop Applications in Rotations

There is a need to improve sustainability in farming systems particularly through soil care 
and improvement, but not at the expense of productivity. One approach is to focus on 
a comprehensive advance in conservation tillage. This will be developed from improved 
ways of integrating subsidiary crops (SC) as living or dead mulches or cover crops with 
the main crops in rotations so as to simultaneously improve crop nutrition, health, and 
productivity. The SC will deliver multiple ecological services by increasing the duration 
of soil cover in the rotation overall while increasing species diversity, minimising the use 
of tillage and agrochemicals, enhancing biological N fixation and soil C content, and both 
reducing water demand in dry climates and improving soil workability in wetter climates. 

The research will draw on a wide range of previous and ongoing EU and related projects 
and will be based on 11 coordinated field experiments in different climatic regions 
together with three long-term experiments in Europe and Brazil. These experiments 
will all be assessed for economic and ecological impact including the often neglected 
issue of legume root health. Breeding companies and manufacturers of agricultural 
equipment from all regions of interest will be involved in finding adapted solutions 
for the different environments by extending the range of potentially useful plant species 
and by developing appropriate machinery to promote adoption in practical agriculture. 
The potential for useful chemical extraction from the existing and novel SCs will also 
be investigated.

A central deliverable will be a database supported 'Cover Crop and Living Mulch Toolbox' 
and Decision Support Tool which will encourage multilingual stakeholder exchange 
and dissemination during and beyond the lifetime of the project so as to capture 
farmer experience. The results of the project as a whole will be of use for and improve 
sustainability in low-input, organic, and conventional farming systems.

FP7-KBBE-2011-5

OSCAR

Development of cover crop and mulch systems for 
sustainable crop production

http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/oscar

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  FINCKH Maria R. 
•  mfinckh@uni-kassel.de
•  UNIVERSITAET KASSEL (DE)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,998,654.00

PROJECT N°
289277

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
April 2012

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  UNIVERSITAET KASSEL (DE)
2.  EIDGENOESSISCHES 

VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT (CH)
3.  NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL 

AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH - BIOFORSK 
(NO)

4.  INSTITUTO AGRONOMICO DO PARANA (BR)
5.  INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL 

RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS (SY)
6.  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE (MA)

7.  INSTYTUT UPRAWY NAWOZENIA I 

GLEBOZNAWSTWA, PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT 
BADAWCZY (PL)

8.  PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LTD T/A THE 

ORGANIC RESEARCH CENTRE (UK)

9.  SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET (SE)
10. SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E 

DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA (IT)
11. TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN (DE)
12. KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (DK)
13. UNIVERSITA DI PISA (IT)
14. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA (IT)
15. WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT (NL)
16. ARCOIRIS SRL (IT)
17. FERRARI COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE SRL (IT)
18. MARANGON SRL (IT)
19. P.H. PETERSEN SAATZUCHT LUNDSGAARDGMBH 

& CO KG (DE)

20. FRIEDRICH WENZ GMBH (DE)

FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-3 Optimised animal health production and welfare 

across agriculture

LOWINPUTBREEDS

Development of integrated livestock breeding and management 
strategies to improve animal health, product quality and 
performance in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and 
egg production.

The proposed integrating project LOWINPUTBREEDS aims to develop integrated 
LIVESTOCK BREEDING and MANAGEMENT strategies to improve ANIMAL HEALTH, 
product QUALITY and PERFORMANCE in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and 
egg production through research, dissemination and training activities. The consortium 
includes 11 academic centres of excellence and 6 genetics/breeding companies (4 SMEs) 
in 11 European, 2 ICPC and 2 industrialised third countries. The proposed project has 
4 main Science and Technology OBJECTIVES: 

1.  To DEVELOP and evaluate INNOVATIVE BREEDING CONCEPTS, including (a) genome 
wide and (b) marker assisted selection, and (c) cross-, (d) ‘flower’- and (e) farmer 
participatory breeding strategies, which will deliver genotypes with ‘robustness’ 
and quality traits required under ‘low input’ conditions. The project will focus on 
5 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (dairy cows, dairy and meat sheep, pigs and 
laying hens) and design SPECIES-SPECIFIC BREEDING STRATEGIES for different 
macroclimatic regions in Europe. 

2.  To INTEGRATE the use of IMPROVED GENOTYPES with INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT 

approaches including improved diets, feeding regimes and rearing systems. 
This will focus on issues (e.g. mastitis and parasite control, animal welfare problems) 
where breeding or management innovations alone are unlikely to provide satisfactory 
solutions. 

3.  To IDENTIFY potential ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, GENETIC DIVERSITY and ETHICAL 
IMPACTS of project deliverables to ensure they conform to different societal priorities 
and consumer demands/expectations and are acceptable to producers.

4.  To ESTABLISH an efficient TRAINING and DISSEMINATION programme aimed at rapid 
exploitation and application of project deliverables by the organic and ‘low input’ 
livestock industry.

FP7-KBBE-2007-2A

LOWINPUTBREEDS

Improving animal health, product 
quality andperformance of organic 
and low-input livestock systems 
through integration of breeding and 
innovatiove management techniques

www.lowinputsbreeds.org

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  BUTLER Gillian 
•  gillian.butler@ncl.ac.uk
•  UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON 

TYNE (UK)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
5,999,995.00

PROJECT N°
222623-2

DURATION
60 months

PROJECT START DATE
May 2009

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (UK)
2.  FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR 

BIOLOGISCHENLANDBAU STIFTUNG (CH)
3.  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE (FR)

4.  GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN 
STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS (DE)
5.  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA (IT)
6.  NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 

FOUNDATION. (EL)

7.  JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, 

BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER 
LANDLICHE RAUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI (DE)

8.  KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (DK)
9.  UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI (SI)
10. UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (BE)
11. SWISSGENETICS (CH)
12. SCHWEIZER BRAUNVIEHZUCHTVERBAND (CH)
13. APPLIED GENETICS NETWORK (CH)
14. INSTITUTE FOR PIG GENETICS BV (NL)
15. PIGTURE IBERICA S.L. (ES)
16. INSTITUT DE SÉLECTION ANIMALE BV (NL)
17. INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE (TN)

18. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (NZ)
19. UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (CA)
20. UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE VIÇOSA (BR)
21. STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG 

ONDERZOEK (NL)

22. LOUIS BOLK INSTITUUT (NL)

FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-3 Optimised animal health production and welfare 

across agriculture

PARAVAC

Vaccines against helminth infections

Livestock production efficiency is impaired by helminth infection which is ubiquitous in 
cattle, sheep and goats world-wide. It causes severely debilitating gastro-intestinal, 
respiratory and hepatic disorders, dependent on the infecting species. The treatment 
and prevention of helminth parasitism in livestock continues to rely almost exclusively 
on the use of anthelmintic drugs, an approach threatened by the global emergence of 
anthelmintic resistance. An alternative approach is vaccination. 

Members of the present consortium (11 EU, 1 North American, 3 South American, 
2 North African laboratories, 2 SMEs and 1 commercial company) have developed 
prototype vaccines with the predicted required efficacy to control major gastro-intestinal 
nematode infections of livestock, notably Ostertagia ostertagi in cattle and Haemonchus 
contortus in sheep, the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in sheep and cattle with leading 
positions in subunit vaccine development against Cooperia onchophora, Dictyocaulus 
viviparus in cattle and the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus in dogs. 

This proposal aims to deliver at least one prototype vaccine to the point of uptake by 
the commercial sector or through government/philanthropic agencies and this will be 
addressed by:

1)  Defining the protective immune responses to these helminth parasites induced by the 
vaccines available in the consortium to identify correlates with protection. Outcomes 
from this will be used to inform.

2)  Optimising vaccine delivery. 

3)  Developing effective native or recombinant protein vaccines, the latter using novel, 

customized eukaryotic expression systems.

4)  Defining vaccine efficacy in housed and field trials.

5)   Providing a platform for training and knowledge exchange which includes participation in 
training programmes, short exchanges of staff, training workshops, web site provision.

6)   Interacting closely with the Animal Health industry, farmer organisations and other 

stakeholders to define required vaccine characteristics.

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

PARAVAC

Development of vaccines and improvement of 
detection systems to control helminth parasite 
infections of livestock and reservoirs – SICA (Latin 
America and/or Asia and/or African Mediterranean 
Partner Countries and/or African ACP)

http://paravac.eu

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  KNOX David 
•  dave.knox@moredun.ac.uk
•  MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

(UK)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
8,944,185.00

PROJECT N°
265862

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
April 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (UK)
2.  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)
3.  VIB (BE)
4.  UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL 
UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN (IE)
5.  UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD (FR)
6.  STIFTUNG TIERAERZTLICHE HOCHSCHULE 

HANNOVER (DE)

7.  ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN - LEIDS 
UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM (NL)

8.  UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (UK)
9.  THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (UK)
10. UNIVERSIDAD DE CORDOBA (ES)
11. ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 

OF LEARNING MCGILL UNIVERSITY (CA)
12. INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE 

HASSAN II (MA)

13. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPUBLICA (UY)
14. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC) (ZA)
15. UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA - UNESP 

(BR)

16. ISCONOVA AB (SE)
17. UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH (CH)
18. ECOLE NATIONALE DE MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE 

(TN)

19. PFIZER LIMITED (UK)
20. LARA MEDIA LIMITED (IE)
21. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CAJAMARCA (PE)
22. TRIVERITAS LIMITED (UK)
23. MURDOCH UNIVERSITY (AU)

FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-3 Optimised animal health production and welfare 

across agriculture

STAR-IDAZ

Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination of Research on 
the Major Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses

Animal diseases can cause serious social, economic and environmental damage and in 
some cases also threaten human health. An increasing number of the major disease 
problems or threats faced by the livestock industry and zoonoses are of a global nature. 
The overall aim of the global strategic alliances for the coordination of research on the 
major infectious diseases of animals is to improve coordination of research activities 
on the major infectious diseases of livestock and zoonoses so as to hasten the delivery 
of improved control methods. This will be achieved through the establishment of an 
international forum of R&D programme owners/managers and international organisations 
for the purpose of sharing information, improving collaboration on research activities and 
working towards common research agendas and coordinated research funding on the 
major animal diseases affecting livestock production and/or human health. It will build on 
the groundwork established by the SCAR collaborative working group on animal health 
and welfare research, the EMIDA ERA-NET project and specific INCO-NETs involving 
partner countries. The scope of the project will include co-ordination of research relevant 
to emerging and major infectious diseases of livestock, including fish and managed 
bees, and those infections of livestock that may carry the risk of disease threat to 
human health. Diseases of wildlife will also be considered where they are identified 
as reservoirs of infection with emerging and major infectious diseases of humans or 
production animals.

These objectives will be delivered through the following five workpackages: WP1. Project 
coordination, management, communication and dissemination; WP2. Sharing information 
on existing research programmes; WP3. Analysis of and responding to global, regional 
and industry sector priorities; WP4. Networking of ongoing research activities on major 
issues and WP5. Developing a strategic trans-national animal health research agendas.

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

STAR-IDAZ

Promoting coordination and cooperation at 
international level of research programmes in 
the area of animal health, in particular infectious 
diseases including zoonoses - Mandatory ICPC 
(Latin America and Asia)

www.star-idaz.net

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  MORROW Alexander 
•  alex.morrow@defra.gsi.gov.uk
•  THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL 
AFFAIRS (UK)

FUNDING SCHEME CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION € 999,130.00

PROJECT N° 265919

DURATION 48 months

PROJECT START DATE 
February 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, 

FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)

2.  CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL 

SCIENCES (CN)

3.  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE (FR)

4.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

5.  FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY (NZ)

6.  MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, TECNOLOGÍA E 

INNOVACIÓN PRODUCTIVA (AR)

7.  UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(US)

8.  CONSEJO TECNICO CONSULTIVO NACIONAL DE 

SANIDAD ANIMAL (MX)

9.  MINISTRY OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND 

FISHERIES, DANISH FOOD INDUSTRY AGENCY (DK)

10. FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH (DE)
11. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY (CA)
12. FEDERAL STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF 
HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION MOSCOW 
STATE ACADEMY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 
AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES NAMED AFTER K.I. 
SKRYABIN (RU)

13. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INNOVATIONS IN 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION (RU)

14. MINISTERIE VAN ECONOMISCHE ZAKEN, 

LANDBOUW EN INNOVATIE (NL)
15. MINISTERO DELLA SALUTE (IT)
16. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y 
TECNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA (ES)

17. PFIZER INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS (FR)
18. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND 

FORESTRY (AU)

19. MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IN)
20. MERIAL SAS (FR)
21. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 

RESEARCH COUNCIL (UK)

22. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR ANIMAL 

HEALTH (BE)

FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE KBBE-2-1-3 Optimised animal health production and welfare 

across agriculture

WELFARE INDICATORS

Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based 
welfare indicators, including pain, in commercially important 
husbandry species, with special emphasis on small ruminants, 
equidae & turkeys

Animal welfare is one of the topics that has consistently ranked on the top of items 
brought to the attention of governmental organizations and politicians across European 
countries. Concerns about animal welfare among European citizens are founded 
in well thought expectations from governments, industry and other stakeholders. 
The tremendous public scrutiny on animal welfare related issues put excessive pressure 
on lawmakers who are expected to offer rapid and effective solutions to perceived animal 
welfare problems. The need for rapid responses to address animal welfare issues has, 
oftentimes, pressured animal welfare scientists to develop suboptimal criteria to assess 
animal welfare and created a gap between fundamental scientific questions in this 
new scientific discipline and the applied aspects needed to attend the immediate public 
concerns. In this proposal our goal is to rescue the balance on the need for a science 
based approach to investigate animal welfare questions. We will develop and test animal 
based welfare, including pain, indicators in sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and turkeys. 
In addition we will engage veterinarians to study the relationship between diseases 
and animal welfare. We will also address more fundamental questions measuring 
husbandry factors that may affect pre-natal programming of adaptive strategies that 
my compromise the validity and reliability of welfare indicators. Finally we will integrate 
research, teaching and outreach activities through the Global Research and Teaching 
School in Animal Welfare Science in order to promote sustainability fostering long-term 
competitiveness in the European animal industry through a transparent and inclusive 
relationship among stakeholders.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  ZANELLA Adroaldo  
•  adroaldo.zanella@sac.ac.uk
•  THE SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL 

COLLEGE (UK)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
4,497,894.00

PROJECT N°
266213

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
May 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  THE SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (UK)
2.  UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJO OG BIOVITENSKAP 

(NO)

3.  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (IT)
4.  NEIKER-INSTITUTO VASCO DE INVESTIGACION Y 

DESARROLLO AGRARIO SA (ES)

5.  CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SUPERIORES POSITIVO 

LTDA (BR)

6.  FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA- 
UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA DE LISBOA (PT)

7.  THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF 

THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (UK)

8.  THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY (US)
9.  VYZKUMNY USTAV ZIVOCISNE VYROBY V.V.I. 

UHRINEVES (CZ)

10. TIERARZTLICHE KLINIK FUR PFERDE (DE)

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

WELFARE 
INDICATORS

Development and integration of animal based 
welfare indicators in livestock species

www.animal-welfare-indicators.net

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NTM-IMPACT

Assessment of the impacts of non-tariff measures - NTM on the 
competitiveness of the EU and selected trade partners

The overall objective of the project is to collect and analyze new data on non-tariff 
measures (NTMs), particularly on governmental standards and regulations that prescribe 
the conditions for importing agri-food products into the EU market and into the markets 
of the main competing players. Furthermore, impacts from EU NTMs on least developing 
country (LDC) exports are examined.
The project will deliver the following results: 
1. An analytical framework for defining measures, methods, products and countries. 
2.  A data base on NTMs in EU, USA, Canada, Japan, China, India, Brazil, Argentina, 

Australia, Russia and New Zealand.

3. Comparative analyses on the impact of NTMs on agri-food trade of the EU.
4.  Policy recommendations from case studies for quantifying NTMs on fruits and 

vegetables, meat and dairy trade clusters with the EU. 

5.  Policy recommendations from case studies on the impacts of EU private and public 

standards in LDCs. 

6. Dissemination of project results to key stakeholders.
This will be achieved:
A.  By optimizing complementarities of the project with ongoing NTM research on the 

TRAINS data base at UNCTAD. 

B.  By organizing the research work in research, database, management and 

dissemination work packages.

C.  By developing research methodologies that are innovative and robust, optimizing the 

direct usefulness of the end results for the end users.

D.  By proposing a partner consortium that together reunites the relevant needs, for:
• Scientific excellence and international project experience
• Appropriate geographic coverage to collect the required data in all countries
•  Linkages and complementarities with ongoing international NTM analyses (UNCTAD, 

OECD, World Bank, IFPRI)

• Policy contacts, dialogue and influence
• Efficient and effective project management

E.  With a budget of 326.5 person months, 2.3 M€ EC request, for 18 partners, over 28 months.

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

NTM-IMPACT

Macro-economic analysis of competitiveness, 
including non-tariff barriers

www.ntm-impact.eu

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  HENRY Guy 
•  guy.henry@cirad.fr
•  CENTRE DE COOPERATION 

INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE 
AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,372,534.00

PROJECT N°
227202

DURATION
30 months

PROJECT START DATE
April 2009

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

2.  RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-

UNIVERSITAET BONN (DE)

3.  INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (UK)
4.  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE (FR)

5.  KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (BE)
6.  UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO (BR)
7.  INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA 

AGROPECUARIA (AR)

8.  VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE 

UNIVERSITY (US)

9.  UNIVERSITE LAVAL (CA)
10. UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO (NZ)
11. RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR 

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (IN)

12. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL 

TRADE POLICY COUNCIL (US)

13. THE INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKET 

STUDIES (RU)

14. SLOVENSKA POLNOHOSPODARSKA UNIVERSITA 
V NITRE (SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 
IN NITRA) (SK)

15. INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES AND 
NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH, CHINESE 
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CN)
16. THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY (AU)
17. TSUNEHIRO OTSUKI (JP)
18. FUKUNARI KIMURA (JP)
19. STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG 

ONDERZOEK (NL)

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QBOL

Development of a new diagnostic tool using DNA barcoding 
to identify quarantine organisms in support of plant health

Development of accurate identification tools for plant pathogens and pests is vital 
to support European Plant Health Policies. For this project Council Directive 2000/29/
EC is important, listing some 275 organisms for which protective measures against 
introduction into and their spread within the Community needs to be taken. Those threats 
are now greater than ever because of the increases in the volumes, commodity types and 
origins of trade, the introduction of new crops, the continued expansion of the EU and the 
impact of climate change.

Currently identifying pathogens (in particular new emerging diseases) requires a staff 
with specialised skills in all disciplines (mycology, bacteriology, etc.); which is only 
possible within big centralised laboratory facilities. Taxonomy, phytopathology and other 
fields which are vital for sustaining sound public policy on phytosanitary issues are 
threatened with extinction.

Modern molecular identification/detection techniques may tackle the decline in skills since 
they often require much less specialist skills to perform, are more amenable for routine 
purposes and can be used for a whole range of different target organisms. Recently DNA 
barcoding has arisen as a robust and standardised approach to species identification. 
QBOL wants now to make DNA barcoding available for plant health diagnostics and 
to focus on strengthening the link between traditional and molecular taxonomy as a 
sustainable diagnostic resource. 

Within QBOL collections harbouring plantpathogenic Q-organisms will be made available. 
Informative genes from selected species on the EU Directive and EPPO lists will be DNA 
barcoded from vouchered specimens. The sequences, together with taxonomic features, 
will be included in a new internet-based database system. A validation procedure on 
developed protocols and the database will be undertaken across worldwide partners 
to ensure robustness of procedures for use in a distributed network of laboratories 
across Europe.

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

QBOL

Development of new diagnostic methods in 
support of Plant Health policy

www.qbol.org

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  BONANTS Peter 
•  peter.bonants@wur.nl
•  STICHTING DIENST 

LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK 
(NL)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,991,433.00

PROJECT N°
226482

DURATION
42 months

PROJECT START DATE
March 2009

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG 

ONDERZOEK (NL)

2.  THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, 

FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)

3.  VLAAMS GEWEST (BE)
4.  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)
5.  EIDGENOSSISCHES 

VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT (CH)
6.  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

AGRONOMIQUE (FR)

7.  AARHUS UNIVERSITET (DK)
8.  ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI 

BOLOGNA (IT)

9.  KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN 

WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW (NL)

10. INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER (PE)
11. PLANTENZIEKTENKUNDIGE DIENST (NL)
12. NACIONALNI INSTITUT ZA BIOLOGIJO (SI)
13. STÁTNÍ ROSTLINOLÉKA?SKÁ SPRÁVA (CZ)
14. MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE ET DE LA PECHE 

(FR)

15. CHINESE ACADEMY OF INSPECTION AND 

QUARANTINE (CN)

16. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (NZ)
17. EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

18. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO 

EMILIA (IT)

19. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y 
TECNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA (ES)

20. STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY (ZA)

FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE ACTIVITY 2.1 

 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION: 
FISHERIES and 
AQUACULTURE 

KBBE-2-1-2 Increased sustainability of all productions systems 

(fisheries and aquaculture)

MADE

Mitigating ADverse Ecological impacts of open ocean fisheries

A particular attention has been paid worldwide on longline fisheries as they catch 
considerable amount of by-catch (seabirds, turtles, sharks, etc.). Seabird and turtles 
by-catch mitigation methods have now been established in many fisheries worldwide, 
but similar efforts must be put to reduce by-catch of sharks. In the same ecosystems, 
another issue attracts the attention of international tuna commissions: the use of drifting 
fish aggregating devices (FADs). These FADs are responsible for major catches of juvenile 
tuna and non target pelagic species (sharks). Finally, the effects of thousands of FADs 
released regularly in the tropical oceans are unknown, and must be studied to estimate 
if they impact the biology of pelagic species. The European open ocean tropical and 
Mediterranean pelagic fishery (Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Greece) is one of the main 
sources of catch, income and employment for the European fishery, with interactions with 
many developing countries. The main objective of the project is to develop measures 
to mitigate adverse impacts of fisheries targeting large pelagic fish in the open ocean: 
purse seiners using FADs and longliners. Two main categories of mitigation measures 
will be studied: spatial management issues (e.g. closure areas) and technical solutions 
to reduce by-catch in these fisheries. The main concept of MADE is to follow a multi-
disciplinary and comparative approach, combining biological and technological studies 
with economical analyses in different sites (Indian and Atlantic oceans, Mediterranean 
Sea), with a particular effort to closely associate fishers from the beginning of this 
research. Hightech technology and novel approaches will be employed (electronic 
tagging, in situ and in vitro experiments, etc.), and a particular effort will be devoted to 
disseminate results to fishers, tuna commissions, EU DG Fisheries, and scientists.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Dagorn Laurent 
•  laurent.dagorn@ird.fr
•  INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE 

DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,978,200.00

PROJECT N°
210496

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
May 2008

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE 

DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

2.  SEYCHELLES FISHING AUTHORITY (SC)
3.  UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (BE)
4.  FUNDACION AZTI/AZTI FUNDAZIOA (ES)
5.  AQUASTUDIO (IT)
6.  HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH (EL)
7.  UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE 

PERNAMBUCO (BR)

8.  UNIVERSITE DE LA REUNION (FR)
9.  INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR 

L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER (FR)
10. UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER II (FR)
11. FONDAZIONE ACQUARIO DI GENOVA ONLUS (IT)
12. IMAR- INSTITUTO DO MAR (PT)
13. UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS (EL)

FP7-KBBE-2007-1

MADE

Mitigating adverse impacts of fisheries

www.made-project.eu

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AFSPAN

Aquaculture for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition

Aquaculture is widely considered as important for enhancing food security, alleviating 
poverty and improving nutrition. However, little information is available concerning the 
direct and indirect impacts of aquaculture on food security and poverty alleviation in 
most developing countries and LIFDCs. Strengthening the knowledge base surrounding 
aquaculture and food and nutrition security through this project will provide the 
evidence upon which sound resource allocation and strategies can be based, and 
subsequently plan, implement and coordinate efficiently development and research 
programmes supporting the sustainable expansion of aquaculture and increasing its 
impact to food security and poverty alleviation. The project is to be implemented by 
18 partners in 11 selected LIFDCs, 3 EU partners, and 3 international organizations. 
The project will strengthen the knowledge base on food security and poverty 
and develop new methodologies or more rigorous methodologies to quantify the 
contribution of aquaculture in combating hunger and poverty in developing countries 
and LIFDCs. This will endeavour to better understand aquaculture’s contribution to 
human development. Project partner countries were selected based on varied human 
development conditions and national level efforts in including aquaculture for improving 
national food security and alleviating poverty. They represent all major aquaculture 
regions and ICPCs where aquaculture has major contributions to national economy 
involve high numbers of small-scale aquaculture farms, and with high international 
trade of fish and fishery products. The results of the project will be brought to the 
attention of countries and development partners, particularly the EU, and outputs will 
help LIFDCs and various development partners to improve efficiency and coordination in 
development initiatives focused on aquaculture as a means of promoting food security 
and poverty alleviation.

FP7-KBBE-2011-5

AFSPAN

Role of aquaculture in improving food security 
and eradicating poverty worldwide

http://www.afspan.eu

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Subasinghe Rohana 
•  rohana.subasinghe@fao.org
•  FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 

ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS FAO (IT)

FUNDING SCHEME
CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION €
999,380.00

PROJECT N°
289760

DURATION
36 months

PROJECT START DATE
January 2012

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF 

THE UNITED NATIONS FAO (IT)

2.  INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIVING AQUATIC 

RESOURCES (MY)

3.  INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (UK)
4.  UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH HIGHER 

EDUCATION CORPORATION (UK)
5.  KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (DK)
6.  UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER (NO)
7.  NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA-

PACIFIC (TH)

8.  BANGLADESH FISHERIES RESEARCH FORUM 

(BD)

9.  FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER OF 
CHINESE ACADEMY OF FISHERY SCIENCES (CN)

10. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (IN)
11. SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT 

CENTER (TH)

12. VIEN NGHIEN CUU NUOI TRONG THUY SAN1 

(VN)

13. MINISTRY OF FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT (KE)
14. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY (UG)
15. UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA (ZM)
16. UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARA (BR)
17. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE 

VALPARAISO (CL)

18. UNIVERSIDAD CENTROAMERICANA ASOCIACION 

(NI)

ACTIVITY 2.1 -  SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION: FISHERIES and AQUACULTUREFOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESACTIVITY 2.2 

 FOOD, HEALTH and  
WELL-BEING 

KBBE-2-2-4 Food Quality and Safety

COLLAB4SAFETY

Towards sustainable global food safety collaboration

Guaranteeing the long term availability of safe foods is a global concern that has 
initiated a large number of activities, including research, policy development and 
implementation, legislation and training. Extensive information is generated about food 
safety, but it is fragmented, and not internationally disseminated. The Collab4Safety 
consortium will establish a global network on food safety with the aim of developing 
a sustainable coordination platform for exchange of food safety information about 
research findings, capacity building and policies and facilitate the control and mitigation 
of existing and emerging food risks. Tried and tested methods will be used to identify 
problems and gaps in knowledge, resulting in generation of outputs valuable to research 
managers and interested stakeholders globally. Establishing a permanent structure will 
contribute to the development of trust between key players and institutions, which is 
needed to create an international forum for exchange of information and opinions on 
matters pertaining to food safety in the food and feed chain.

KBBE-2012-2-4-03

COLLAB4SAFETY

Strengthening cooperation for 
global food safety research

Website not available yet

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Marvin Hans 
•  hans.marvin@wur.nl
•  STICHTING DIENST 

LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK 
(NL)

FUNDING SCHEME
CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION €
999,990.00

PROJECT N°
311611

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
August 2012

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG 

ONDERZOEK (NL)

2.  UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (UK)
3.  CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

4.  INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E 

TECNOLOGICA (PT)

5.  SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INOVACAO - 

CONSULTADORIA EMPRESARIAL E FOMENTO DA 
INOVACAO S.A. (PT)

6.  INSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCES, A.N. BACH INSTITUTE OF 
BIOCHEMISTRY OF RAS (RU)

7.  THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST (UK)
8.  INSTYTUT OGRODNICTWA (PL)
9.  INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION CHINESE 

ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES (CN)
10. MINISTERIO DA AGRICULTURA, PECUARIA E 

ABASTECIMENTO (BR)

ACTIVITY 2.2 - FOOD, HEALTH and WELL-BEING FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESKBBE-2-2-4 Food Quality and Safety

PLANTLIBRA

PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and 
Risk Assessment

Plant food supplements, or botanicals, have high acceptance by European consumers. 
Potentially, they can deliver significant health benefits, safely, and at relatively low 
costs. New regulations and EFSA guidance are also now in. However, concerns about 
safety, quality and efficacy of these products remain, and bottle-necks in risk and benefit 
assessments need to be solved.

PlantLIBRA (PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment) 
aims to foster the safe use of food supplements containing plants or herbal extracts, 
by increasing science-based decision-making by regulators and food chain operators. 
To make informed decisions, competent authorities and food businesses need more 
quality-assured and accessible information and better tools (e.g., metadatabanks). 
PlantLIBRA is structured to develop, validate and disseminate data and methodologies 
for risk and benefit assessment and implement sustainable international cooperation. 
International cooperation, on-spot and in-language capacity building are necessary to 
ensure the quality of the plants imported in the EU.

PlantLibra spans 4 continents and 23 partners, comprising leading academics, Small- 
and Medium-Sized Enterprises, industry and non-profit organizations. Through its 
partners it exploits the databases and methodologies of two Network of Excellences, 
EuroFIR and Moniqa.

Plantlibra will also fill the gap in intake data by conducting harmonized field surveys in 
the regions of the EU and apply consumer sciences to botanicals. Existing composition 
and safety data will be collated into a meta-databank and new analytical data and 
methods will be generated. The overarching aim is to integrate diverse scientific expertise 
into a single “science of botanicals”.

PlantLIBRA works closely with EFSA since several PlantLIBRA partners or experts are 
involved in the relevant EFSA Working Groups, and also plans shoulder-to-shoulder 
cooperation with competent authorities and stakeholders.

KBBE-2009-2-4-02

Risk-benefit assessment of food supplements – SICA

PLANTLIBRA

www.plantlibra.eu

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Restani Patrizia 
•  patrizia.restani@unimi.it
•  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO 

(IT)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
5,985,934.00

PROJECT N°
245199

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
June 2010

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (IT)
2.  BIODETECTION SYSTEMS B.V. (NL)
3.  COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 

RESEARCH (ZA)

4.  EUROPEAN ADVISORY SERVICES (BE)
5.  EUROPEAN RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION ALLIANCE 

(BE)

6.  FINNISH FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY EVIRA (FI)
7.  HYLOBATES CONSULTING S.R.L. (IT)
8.  FUNDACIO PRIVADA PER A LA INVESTIGACIO 

9. 

NUTRICIONAL (ES)
INTERNATIONALE GESELLSCHAFT FUR 
GETREIDEWISSENSCHAFT UND -TECHNOLOGIE (AT)

10. INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH (UK)
11. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT 

DEVELOPMENT , CHINESE ACADEMY OF 
MEDICAL SCIENCES (CN)

12. ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA (IT)
13. PHYTOLAB GMBH & CO KG (DE)
14. SOCIETA ITALIANA DELLE SCIENZE E DELLE 

TECNICHE ERBORISTICHE (IT)

15. SCHWEIZERISCHES TOXIKOLOGISCHES 

INFORMATIONSZENTRUM (CH)

16. TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS (FI)
17. UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES (AR)
18. UNIVERSITY OF SURREY (UK)
19. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (UK)
20. UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO (BR)
21. UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV (RO)
22. VETERINAERMEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET 

WIEN (AT)

23. WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT (NL)
24. EUROPEAN FOOD INFORMATION RESSOURCE 

AISBL (BE)

25. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, 

FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)

26. EUROPEAN BOTANICAL FORUM AISBL (BE)

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ACTIVITY 2.2 - FOOD, HEALTH and WELL-BEING FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESKBBE-2-2-5 Environmental Impacts and Total food Chain

SALSA

Knowledge-based Sustainable vAlue-added food chains: 
innovative tooLs for monitoring ethical, environmental and  
Socio-economical impActs and implementing Eu-Latin America 
shared strategies

According to bilateral EU-Latin America cooperation agreements, there is a mutual 
interest in developing strategies to tackle Latin American eco-challenges by promoting 
social cohesion, economic development, and improving food SMEs markets access. SALSA 
defines an integrated strategy for reducing negative socio-economic and environmental 
impact of soya bean and beef chains. The rationale is that these productions influence 
Latin America eco-challenges, reduction in food security and exclusion of SMEs and 
smaller farmers from market. SALSA belief is that sustainable competitiveness derives 
from multi-facet determinants that need to be jointly considered to reach a grass 
root development. The adoption of guidelines for sustainable agro-food productions 
is constrained by the lack of: i) technical and managerial solutions able to lower costs 
and cultural barriers for small farmers and SMEs; ii) research and training supporting 
new knowledge transfer among the food chain stakeholders and research institutions; 
iii) consumers and policy makers awareness. SALSA aims at developing monitoring tools 
based on a Life Cycle thinking approach suitable for integrating ethical, environmental 
and socio-economical impacts in one consistent model. SALSA provides sustainable 
solutions (strategies and processes) suitable to support farmers and SMEs relations 
within entire food chains. Shared benefits for end-users will derive from an increased 
efficiency of knowledge-based sustainable food production and management: fairer food 
chain relations, higher incomes, safer and better quality food, reduced environmental 
burden. SALSA added value relies on strengthening the EU- Latin America cooperation 
between leading institutions and industries; a joint EU-Latin America Industrial Platform 
will exploit the results. Guidelines will be produced for the benefits of food chain 
stakeholders and policy makers to improve food production sustainability and EU-Latin 
America trade relations.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Zanasi Cesare 
•  cesare.zanasi@unibo.it
•  ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-

UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (IT)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,999,493.00

PROJECT N°
265927

DURATION
36 months

PROJECT START DATE
May 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI 

BOLOGNA (IT)

2.  WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT (NL)
3.  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)
4.  FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR 

BIOLOGISCHENLANDBAU STIFTUNG (CH)

5.  PROQUANTIS LTD & CO KG (DE)
6.  CAMPDEN BRI MAGYARORSZAG NONPROFIT 
KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG (HU)

7.  UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE VIÇOSA (BR)
8.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

9.  ROUND TABLE ON RESPONSIBLE SOY 

ASSOCIATION (CH)

10. BEROEPSVERENIGING VAN DE 

MENGVOEDERFABRIKANTEN VZW (BE)
11. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE 

MEXICO (MX)

12. FUNDACION SOLIDARIDAD LATINOAMERICANA 

(PA)

KBBE-2010-2-5-02

SALSA

Eco-challenges in the food chain of the Latin 
American region – SICA (Latin America)

www.salsaproject.eu

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VEG-I-TRADE

Impact of climate change and globalisation on safety of 
fresh produce – governing a supply chain of uncompromised 
food sovereignty
VEG-I-TRADE will develop problem solving technologies leading to safe food products. 
It will investigate aspects of water quality and water treatment, horticultural production 
practices, disinfection treatment and packaging technologies. The importance and 
implementation of these control measures will be evaluated in collaboration with SMEs 
and larger industrial partners. Baseline studies on the hazards, intervention technologies 
and best practices in the fresh produce chain will provide input for both microbial and 
chemical risk assessment. Results will be used to support risk-based sampling plans, 
evaluating the risks of newly identified threats as affected by the global trade system 
and anticipated 

The safety of food becomes more of a problem as the breath of supply sources increase 
from the local, to the national and then the international scale. Procedures developed by 
this project should help mitigate such problems. It should answer questions concerning 
the type of monitoring required, the methods to be used and the place where this 
should take place. Control measures of a managerial and technological nature will be 
developed in the supply chain of crop production, post-harvest processing and logistics 
to minimize food safety risks. The assessment of the performance of horticultural 
safety management systems by a novel diagnostic instrument at EU level exemplified 
by several countries in Europe and tailored on a global level including major EU trade 
partners from various climate zones will be developed. The project will establish a 
discussion forum for stakeholders in the global food chain covering issues of acceptable 
risk, sustainability of fresh produce production and long term strategy for international 
food trade, while making no compromise in food safety for European consumers while 
respecting food sovereignty. Risk communication to increase awareness of trade partners’ 
production systems and uneven consumer behaviour will provide key information for 
prioritisation of risk management strategies for the producers. It should answer questions 
concerning the type of monitoring required, the methods to be used and the place where 
this should take place. It should also alert the various authorities involved to actions that 
may need to be taken to reduce risks.

KBBE-2009-2-5-01

VEG-I-TRADE

International food trade: Anticipating the 
impact of climate change on the safety of 
European and global food markets – SICA

www.veg-i-trade.org

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Uyttendaele Mieke 
•  mieke.uyttendaele@ugent.be
•  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
5,999,997.00

PROJECT N°
244994

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
May 2010

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)
2.  VETERINAERINSTITUTTET - NATIONAL 

VETERINARY INSTITUTE (NO)

3.  AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE 

INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (ES)

4.  WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT (NL)
5.  NORGES VETERNINAERHOGSKOLE (NO)
6.  HOGESCHOOL WEST-VLAANDEREN HOWEST 

(BE)

7.  NORSK INSTITUTT FOR VANNFORSKNING (NO)
8.  UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO 

SUL (BR)

9.  INAGRO, PROVINCIAAL EXTERN 

VERZELFSTANDIGD AGENTSCHAP IN 
PRIVAATRECHTELIJKE VORM VZW (BE)
10. COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 

RESEARCH (ZA)

11. UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (ZA)
12. ROYAL INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION 

LABORATORY JSC (EG)

13. ALLGRO NV (BE)
14. SPECIAL FRUIT NV (BE)
15. VAN LAETHEM BVBA (BE)
16. A.L GARTNERHALLEN (NO)
17. SAT 9855 PRIMAFLOR (ES)
18. SCIPROM SARL (CH)
19. TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (IN)
20. VEGA MAYOR SL (ES)
21. CONTARIEGO S.L. (ES)
22. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE - UNIVERSITY OF 

BELGRADE (RS)

23. ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES 

BELGIUM (BE)

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 BIOTECHNOLOGIES

KBBE-2-3-1 Novel sources of biomass and bio-products

JATROPT

Jatropha curcas – breeding strategy – towards a sustainable crop 
for biomaterials and biofuels – SICA (India and/or African ACP 
and/or Latin America)
Jatropha curcas shows a big promise towards sustainable and affordable biofuels. 
Several groups are working independently towards development of both agrosystems 
and high quality germplasm of Jatropha, and downstream processing and biodiesel 
markets. The challenges are to make the big promises come true: high oil yield, 
low competition with food crops, use in various agrosystems from monoculture 
plantations, to mixed cropping and use in hedges around agricultural fields. JATROPT 
aims at linking high quality research groups and companies that are now operating in 
different continents in order to achieve a large synergy in research and development of 
jatropha as a biofuel crop. In five Workpackages (Breeding, Genetic tools, Sustainable 
Agrosystems, Demonstrating and Dissemination), the following aims are pursued:

1)  Achieve a world wide germplasm collection of Jatropha curcas, molecularly 

characterised in order to classify the collection into groups with similar genetic 
backgrounds; evaluation of elite germplasm of this collection in Asia, Africa and  
Latin-America; linking segregating population based on parents from different parts of 
the world and creating a global Jatropha linkage map.

2)  Develop genetic information and marker tools (genetics of toxic/low toxic trait, 

branching patterns; disease resistance) to speed up the breeding process.

3)  Develop agrosystems that yield sustainable and affordable biofuels - and interesting 

uses of the co-products (biomass/protein residues after oil extraction), with a focus on 
Pro Poor development and on designing systems in which competion for food and fuel 
can be minimised; 

4)  Demonstration of the potential of local/regional use of produced biofuels to increase 

agricultural and general economic productivity will be investigated.

5)  Achieve dissemination of knowledge on quality of germplasm, on genetics and 

sustainable agrosystems setting up distribution of combined packages of agronomic 
guidelines and germplasm.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Jongschaap Raymond 
•  raymond.jongschaap@wur.nl
•  STICHTING DIENST 

LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK 
(NL)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,995,739.00

PROJECT N°
245236

DURATION
48 months

PROJECT START DATE
January 2010

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG 

ONDERZOEK (NL)

2.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)
3.  UNIVERSITY OF YORK (UK)
4.  BIOCOMBUSTIBLES DE GUATEMALA SOCIEDAD 

ANONIMA (GT)

5.  BIONOR TRANSFORMACION SA (ES)
6.  CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

7.  QUINVITA PLANT SCIENCE LIMITED (UK)
8.  UNIVERSIDAD SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA (GT)
9.  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 

APPLIQUEE AU DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL (MG)

10. KEYGENE NV (NL)
11. TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (IN)
12. UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHAPINGO (MX)

FP7-KBBE-2009-3

JATROPT

Jatropha curcas Applied and 
Technological Research on Plant Traits

www.jatropt.eu

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SWEETFUEL

Sweet sorghum – An alternative energy crop for biofuel 
production in semi-arid and temperate regions – SICA 
(Latin America, South Africa, India)
Increasing world market prices for fossil fuels, driven by limited reserves, growing 
demand and instability in producing regions, now render renewable fuels economical. 
Such fuels are also a pathway to reducing GHG emissions and mitigating climate change. 
Bio-ethanol from crop plants is a promising, partial solution to sustainably satisfy 
the energy demand for road transport while respecting food security. The success of 
bio-ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil demonstrates proof of concept but cannot be 
transferred to water-limited or temperate environments. Sweet sorghum, as a source 
of either fermentable free sugars or lignocellulosics, has many potential advantages, 
including: high water, nitrogen and radiation use efficiency; broad agro-ecological 
adaptation; rich genetic diversity for useful traits; and the potential to produce fuel 
feedstock, food and feed in various combinations. Fuel-food crops can thereby help 
reconciling energy and food security issues. This project will breed for improved 
cultivars and hybrids of sorghum for temperate, tropical semi-arid and tropical acid-soil 
environments by pyramiding in various combinations, depending on region and ideotype, 
tolerance to cold, drought and acid (Al-toxic) soils; and high production of stalk sugars, 
easily digestible biomass and grain (WP 1-3). Molecular-genetic and physiological 
breeding support is given by WP4, and agro-ecological adaptation and sustainable 
practices are developed by WP5. Other WPs (6, 7, 8) provide for integrated technology 
and impact assessments including economics, dissemination and coordination. 
The Consortium is composed of 10 members from France (leader), Italy, Germany, Brazil, 
India, Mexico and South Africa, including a seed company. Research involves structured 
participation of stake holders, including policy makers. Project outcomes will be new 
germplasm, sustainable practices and commodity chain concepts adapted to each target 
region. The duration of the project is 5 years.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Sannie Daniel 
•  daniel.sannie@cirad.fr
•  CENTRE DE COOPERATION 

INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE 
AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,967,975.00

PROJECT N°
227422

DURATION
60 months

PROJECT START DATE
January 2009

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

2.  INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

FOR THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS (IN)
3.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

4.  KWS SAAT AG (DE)
5.  IFEU. INSTITUT FUER ENERGIE UND 

UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GMBH (DE)

6.  ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI 

BOLOGNA (IT)

7.  UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE (IT)
8.  AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC) (ZA)
9.  UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON 

(MX)

10. WIRTSCHAFT UND INFRASTRUKTUR GMBH & CO 

PLANUNGS KG (DE)

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop

SWEETFUEL

www.sweetfuel-project.eu

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ACTIVITY 2.3 -  BIOTECHNOLOGIESFOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESKBBE-2-3-2 Marine and fresh-water biotechnology (blue biotechnology)

BAMMBO

Sustainable culture of marine microorganisms, algae and/or 
invertebrates for high added value products

Innovation is the most important engine of growth and jobs in knowledge-based bio-
economies. The scope of BAMMBO (Biologically Active Molecules of Marine Based Origin) 
is ambitious. This is intentional. BAMMBO will provide innovative solutions to overcome 
existing bottle-necks associated with culturing marine organisms in order to sustainably 
produce high yields of value-added products for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic 
and industrial sectors. BAMMBO will screen and identify target marine organisms 
(e.g. bacteria, fungi, sponges, microalgae, macroalgae and yeasts) from diverse global 
locations for potential as sustainable producers of high–added value molecules (HVAB’s). 
Our project will apply analytical methods for the extraction, purification and enrichment 
of targeted bioactive compounds. A detailed life cycle analysis of the production 
pathways developed in the project will be undertaken to fully evaluate the sustainability 
of production of biologically active products from marine organisms. BAMMBO will exploit 
knowledge and technologies developed during the project and effectively manage their 
transfer to relevant stakeholders in industry and the research community, as well as to 
policy-makers. We have brought together a multidisciplinary consortium of specialist 
Research and SME partners representing 8 countries including partners from ICPC 
countries Russia and Brazil, and from EU member states at Mediterranean, Adriatic and 
Atlantic coasts. In adhering to the European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research 
this three year project will encourage capacity-building, integration and synergies 
across relevant marine sectors. Innovative technologies developed in the project will 
be demonstrated with the involvement of industry partners, and the results will be of 
interest not only to companies directly involved in the marine sector, but to other large 
scale industry players such as pharmaceutical companies with interest in added-value 
bioactive compounds.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Walsh Daniel 
•  daniel.walsh@lit.ie
•  LIMERICK INSTITUTE OF 

TECHNOLOGY (IE)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,992,421.00

PROJECT N°
265896

DURATION
36 months

PROJECT START DATE
March 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  LIMERICK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IE)
2.  UNIVERSITE DE NICE - SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS (FR)
3.  UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (BR)
4.  ALGAE HEALTH LIMITED (IE)
5.  GREENSEA SAS (FR)
6.  UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 

(ES)

7.  INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE LEIRIA (PT)
8.  UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (BE)
9.  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)
10. FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE 

STATE SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF 
GENETICS AND BREEDING OF INDUSTRIAL 
MICROORGANISMS (RU)

11. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA (IT)

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

BAMMBO

Sustainable production of biologically active 
molecules of marine based origin

www.bammbo.eu

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GLOBAL-BIO-PACT

Biomass and bioproducts: sustainability certification and 
socioeconomic implications – Mandatory ICPC (Latin America 
and/or African ACP and/or Asia)
The objective of the Global-Bio-Pact project is the development and harmonisation of 
global sustainability certification systems for biomass production, conversion systems 
and trade in order to prevent negative socio-economic impacts.

A functioning and sustainable certification scheme requires reliable data and profound 
research in order to evaluate impacts of biomass production. Currently, the sustainability 
debate is faced by the lack of data on socio-economic impacts. Furthermore, mainly 
impacts of biofuels are investigated and impacts of bioproducts are neglected. 
Thus, a harmonised certification scheme for biofuels and bioproducts is required. 
In order to harmonise sustainability certification globally, the Global-Bio-Pact proposal 
includes partners from Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and USA. 

Emphasis of the Global-Bio-Pact proposal will be placed on a detailed assessment of the 
socio-economic impacts of raw material production and a variety of biomass conversion 
chains. The impact of biomass production on global and local food security and the links 
between environmental and socio-economic impacts will be analysed. The Global-Bio-
Pact project will investigate the interrelationship of global sustainability certification 
systems with international trade of biomass and bioproducts. Furthermore, Global-Bio-
Pact will assess public perception of biomass production for industrial uses. 

This will be completed by the development and test audit of a set of socio-economic 
sustainability criteria and indicators for inclusion into a future effective certification 
scheme. Thereby, opportunities and limitations of social issues in biomass/
bioproducts certification schemes will be investigated. Finally, the project will 
elaborate recommendations on how to best integrate socio-economic sustainability 
criteria in European legislation and policies on biomass and bioproducts. Results of the 
Global-Bio-Pact project will contribute to the EU energy policy and to the MDG.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Janssen Rainer 
•  rainer.janssen@wip-munich.de
•   WIRTSCHAFT UND INFRASTRUKTUR 

GMBH & CO PLANUNGS KG (DE)

FUNDING SCHEME
CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION €
999,494.00

PROJECT N°
245085

DURATION
36 months

PROJECT START DATE
February 2010

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  WIRTSCHAFT UND INFRASTRUKTUR GMBH & CO 

PLANUNGS KG (DE)

2.  IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY 

AND MEDICINE (UK)

3.  UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT (NL)
4.  B.T.G. BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY GROUP BV (NL)
5.  IFEU. INSTITUT FUER ENERGIE- UND 

UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GMBH (DE)

6.  PROFOREST LTD (UK)
7.  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE 

LAUSANNE (CH)

8.  UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (BR)
9.  INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA 

AGROPECUARIA (AR)

10. CENTRO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE 

INVESTIGACION Y ENSENANZA CATIE (CR)

11. TANZANIA TRADITIONAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 

ORGANISATION (TZ)

12. MALI-FOLKECENTER NYETAA (ML)
13. PT GREENLIGHT BIOFUELS INDONESIA (ID)

FP7-KBBE-2009-3

GLOBAL-BIO-PACT

Global Assessment of Biomass 
and Bioproduct Impacts on Socio-
economics and Sustainability

www.globalbiopact.eu

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LIGNODECO

Biomass pre-treatment for optimised biomass deconstruction 
and analytical characterisation – SICA (Brazil)

Biomass production costs are low in Brazil compared to other parts of the world, due 
to proper climate and advanced forest and agricultural technologies. The productivities 
of elephant grass (Pennisetum spp; 30-45 t/ha/yr bone dry) and eucalypt crops  
(20-30 t/ha/yr bone dry) in Brazil are amongst the world largest, with good perspectives 
of growing even further. Thus, Brazil presents great potential for application of the 
Biorefinery concept. It is our contend that production of biofuels and bio-products from 
lignocellulosics is better fit to existing pulp manufacturing facilities, to take advantage 
of existing infrastructure and the possibility of process integration. The objective of 
the LIGNODECO proposal is developing pre-treatments for optimized deconstruction 
of hybrid eucalyptus clones and elephant grass biomass into its components aimed at 
production of biofuel (bioethanol and biogas) along with specialty grade pulps and other 
bio-products, strongly emphasising feedstock selection and use of advanced analytical 
tools. This will be accomplished by collection/selection of feedstocks for deconstruction 
studies, optimized pre-treatments for woody and nonwoody materials, physical/chemical 
characterization of the pre-treated materials, and tie in between pre-treatment and 
industrial use of lignocellulosics. LIGNODECO incorporates innovations such as tailor-
made modifications of existing technologies for paper-pulp industry, mild biotechnological 
pre-treatments based on biocatalysts, modern analytical techniques for characterizing 
lignin, hemicelluloses and cellulose, utilization of Brazilian fast-growing woody and 
nonwoody crops as feedstock for future biofuels, novel high value-added cellulosic pulps 
from eucalypt and grasses for specialty papers, integrated use of xylan and lignin-
containing by-products and effluents in energy and biogas production, and production 
of hemicellulose-based additives for wood pulps, and lignin-based chemicals  
and power/steam.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Colodette Jorge Luiz 
•  colodett@ufv.br
•  Universidade Federal de Viçosa (BR)

FUNDING SCHEME
CP

EC CONTRIBUTION €
2,988,219.00

PROJECT N°
244362

DURATION
36 months

PROJECT START DATE
January 2010

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE VIÇOSA (BR)
2.  AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE 

INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (ES)

3.  VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS (FI)
4.  NOVOZYMES A/S (DK)
5.  SUZANO PAPEL E CELULOSE S.A (BR)
6.  CENTRE TECHNIQUE DE L'INDUSTRIE DES 
PAPIERS, CARTONS ET CELLULOSES (FR)

FP7-KBBE-2009-3

LIGNODECO

Optimized pre-treatment of fast growing woody 
and nonwoody Brazilian crops by detailed 
characterization of chemical changes produced in 
the lignin-carbohydrate matrix

www.lignodeco.com.br

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 OTHER ACTIVITIES 

Activity 2.4 OTHER ACTIVITIES

ALCUE-KBBE

Towards a Latin America & Caribbean Knowledge Based  
Bio-Economy (KBBE) in partnership with Europe

The project objective is to establish a LAC-UE platform bringing together regional and 
continental organizations involved in research funding and implementation, as well as 
other relevant stakeholders from the public and private sector and the civil society, in 
an effort to generate relevant information for the design and implementation of specific 
plans and projects, included the needed R&D and set the basis for the establishments 
of an enabling policy and institutional environment, as well as, for the development and 
consolidation of the KBBE in both the regions. To achieve this aim the project activities 
are oriented to generate information relevant to KBBE related issues in LAC, to help 
establish a strategic reflection and analysis on KBBE opportunities and limitations in 
the region, to stimulate KBBE related research and development ALC-UE cooperation, 
and to insert the KBBE theme in ALC policy agendas. 

The proposed structure to implement these activities include (i) a partner consortium 
of ALC and EU organizations directly involved in different aspects of R&D and 
implementation of KBBE concepts in both regions, which will assume the project’s 
operational responsibilities, with the French CIRAD as consortium coordinator, 
and (ii) a broader array of stakeholders (institutions –public and private – playing 
key roles in different aspects of the KBBE: R&D, policy advice, advocacy, key sectors 
representation, etc.) which will participate as platform members in accordance to their 
interests and areas of expertise. This platform will constitute the cornerstone of the 
project and will be convened regularly during the project to analyze information and 
options, identify possible scenarios and R&D and policy agendas, and institutional and 
other issues that could emerge as the discussion evolves. (iii) strategic and macro 
guidance of the project will be the responsibility of a Steering Committee integrated by 
people from ALC and UE with recognized experience.

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

ALCUE-KBBE

Towards a Latin America & Caribbean Knowledge 
Based Bio-Economy in partnership with Europe

http://alcue-kbbe.eu/

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Nesius Brigitte 
•  brigitte.nesius@cirad.fr
•  CENTRE DE COOPERATION 

INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE 
AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

FUNDING SCHEME
CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION €
995,314.00

PROJECT N°
264266

DURATION
30 months

PROJECT START DATE
June 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT (FR)

2.  GRUPO CONSULTORES EN ECONOMIA Y 

ORGANIZACION SA (AR)
3.  UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BE)
4.  INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E 

TECNOLOGICA (PT)

5.  CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DE ESTUDIOS 
AVANZADOS DEL INSTITUTO POLITECNICO 
NACIONAL (MX)

6.  WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT (NL)
7.  CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE AGRICULTURA 

TROPICAL (CO)

8.  MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, TECNOLOGÍA E 

INNOVACIÓN PRODUCTIVA (AR)
9.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

10. FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH (DE)
11. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA (CO)
12. INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE COOPERACION 
INTERNACIONAL PARA LA AGRICULTURA IICA 
(CR)

ACTIVITY 2.1 - SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIONFOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESActivity 2.4 OTHER ACTIVITIES

BIO CIRCLE

Creating a CIRCLE by extending the BIO NCP network to 
Third Country NIPs

BIO CIRCLE will extend the network of National Contact Points for the FP7 theme 
“Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology” (BIO NCP) to National Information 
Points (NIP) from Third Countries over a two year period. The European Commission 
needs to implement the bilateral Scientific & Technological Agreements signed with 
Third Countries (TC), for increasing their participation in FAFB FP7 and strengthening 
the collaboration between European and TC researchers. The main focus of the project 
will be on identifying, sharing and implementing good practices between NCPs and 
NIPs. The expected results of BIO CIRCLE are: 1. Capacities built for Third Country 
BIO NIPs (through SWOT analysis, training of NIPs and twinning); 2. Strengthened 
consortium building in FAFB international cooperation projects (through mapping of 
Third Country research potential and the organisation of 2 international Brokerage 
Events); 3. Capacities built for Third Country Researchers to participate in FP7 
(through preparation of specific training materials, training and networking with EU 
researchers); 4. Strengthened identification, development and sharing of Good Practices 
to enhance cooperation between the NCP and NIP networks (through 5 Regional 
Benchmarking Workshops, a Common Benchmarking Workshop and the design of a 
Good Practices Guide). The 6% of budget is foreseen to grant researchers from TCs to 
attend the 2 International Brokerage Events. The 5 BIO NCP partners of BIO CIRCLE led 
by APRE will assure the successful implementation of the project. The 18 NIPs partners 
of BIO CIRCLE will be embraced in this circle of activities aimed at ensuring quality and 
dynamism in implementing the Scientific & Technological Agreements between the EU 
and Third Countries. BIO CIRCLE will work in synergy with and be closely linked to the 
BIO-NET project, the complete NCP FAFB network.

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

BIO CIRCLE

Network of Third Countries National Information 
Points – (ICPC and countries with bilateral S&T 
agreements with the EC)

http://old.biocircle-project.eu/dnn4/

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Zurlo Claudia 
•  zurlo@apre.it
•  AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE 
DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA (IT)

FUNDING SCHEME CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION € 1,412,680.00

PROJECT N° 227204

DURATION 28 months

PROJECT START DATE
October 2008

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA 

EUROPEA (IT)

2.  ASSOCIATION DE COORDINATION TECHNIQUE 
POUR L'INDUSTRIE AGROALIMENTAIRE (FR)
3.  FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH (DE)
4.  ANONYMI ETAIREIA VIOMICHANIKIS 

EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS 
TIS VIOMICHANIAS TROFIMON - FOOD 
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL 
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY SA (EL)

5.  TUDOMANYOS ES TECHNOLOGIAI ALAPITVANY (HU)
6.  SENTERNOVEM (NL)
7.  MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, TECNOLOGÍA E 

INNOVACIÓN PRODUCTIVA (AR)
8.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

9.  COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION 

CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA (CL)

10. CHINA NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY 

DEVELOPMENT (CN)

11. NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER (EG)
12. FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN 

AFRICA (UK)

13. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (IN)
14. INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CONSULTING BOARD 

TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN 
KAZAKHSTAN (KZ)

15. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE 

MEXICO (MX)

16. MINISTÈRE DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE, 
DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPÉRIEUR, DE LA 
FORMATION DES CADRES ET DE LA RECHERCHE 
SCIENTIFIQUE, DIRECTION DE LA TECHNOLOGIE 
(MA)

17. INSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCES, A.N. BACH INSTITUTE OF 
BIOCHEMISTRY OF RAS (RU)

18. COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 

RESEARCH (ZA)

19. CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE BORJ CEDRIA (TN)
20. THAILAND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (TH)

21. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE (UA)

ACTIVITY 2.1 - SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIONFOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIESActivity 2.4 OTHER ACTIVITIES

BIO CIRCLE 2

Reinforcing the international cooperation in FP7 FAFB 
strengthening the CIRCLE of Third Countries BIO NCPs

The main objective of BIO CIRCLE 2 is to foster the knowledge base about FP7 FAFB 
& the networking capacities of Third Country researchers in order to reinforce their 
participation in FP7 projects. 3 project goals are distinguished: 1.Disseminate information 
effectively to Third Country researchers; 2. Organise information days and training for 
Third Country researchers; 3. Provide Third Country researchers with efficient networking 
opportunities. 5 European plus 18 Third Country partners (International Cooperation 
Partner Countries ICPC and Industrialised Countries) will all be involved in the activities. 
Apart from Kazakhstan and Thailand all involved countries (and the African continent 
represented by FARA) have signed a bilateral S&T agreement with the EU. The expected 
impacts are supported by various activities: Enhanced awareness of the Third Country 
researchers on the FP7 FAFB: WP2 will develop the dissemination strategy at national 
& regional level in Third Countries. Increased Third Country researchers’ participation 
in EU projects: WP3 will organise at least 2 trainings for Third Country researchers at 
national and regional level, 3 trainings of Third Country BIO NCPs and the organisation 
of 2 Regional Events per World Region. Strengthened collaborations with Third Countries 
signatories of bilateral S&T agreements with the EU: WP4 will implement networking 
activities for Third Country researchers, including brokerage events and working visits 
of Third Country researchers to EU research institutes and vice versa. Finally WP5 on 
dissemination activities will increase the awareness of European researchers about 
the international cooperation in FP7 FAFB. The impact of the activities will be further 
maximised by: 1. involving other countries that are not partners through a regional 
approach; 2. linking the BIO CIRCLE 2 activities to the activities of related INCO projects; 
3. involving industrialised countries that are global S&T leaders in FAFB related research.

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

Network of Third Countries bio NCPs

BIO CIRCLE 2

www.biocircle-project.eu

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PROJECT COORDINATOR
•  Zurlo Claudia 
•  zurlo@apre.it
•  AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE 
DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA (IT)

FUNDING SCHEME CSA

EC CONTRIBUTION € 999,969.00

PROJECT N° 265608

DURATION 24 months

PROJECT START DATE
February 2011

LIST OF PARTNERS
1.  AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA 

EUROPEA (IT)

2.  ASSOCIATION DE COORDINATION TECHNIQUE 
POUR L'INDUSTRIE AGROALIMENTAIRE (FR)
3.  FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH (DE)
4.  TUDOMANYOS ES TECHNOLOGIAI ALAPITVANY 

(HU)

5.  ANONYMI ETAIREIA VIOMICHANIKIS 

EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS 
TIS VIOMICHANIAS TROFIMON - FOOD 
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL 
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY SA (EL)

6.  MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, TECNOLOGÍA E 

INNOVACIÓN PRODUCTIVA (AR)
7.  EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA 

AGROPECUARIA (BR)

8.  AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA (CA)
9.  COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION 

CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA (CL)

10. CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL 

SCIENCES (CN)

11. NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER (EG)
12. FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN 

AFRICA (UK)

13. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (IN)
14. INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CONSULTING BOARD 

TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN 
KAZAKHSTAN (KZ)

15. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE 

MEXICO (MX)

16. INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE 

HASSAN II (MA)

17. EURO RESEARCH SUPPORT LIMITED (NZ)
18. INSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCES, A.N. BACH INSTITUTE OF 
BIOCHEMISTRY OF RAS (RU)

19. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ZA)
20. CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE BORJ CEDRIA (TN)
21. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE (UA)

22. ENIEOS FOREAS ELEGHOU TROFINON (EL)

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The Brazil catalogue presents 24 projects selected for 
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Fisheries, and Biotechnologies” during 5 years (2007-2012). 

By bringing together science, industry and other 
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biotechnologies, and therefore contribute to creating 
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