WELCOME TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGRINET PORTAL.
This European portal is dedicated to EU-funded research in agriculture,
fisheries, forestry and rural development. Users will find here
all information related to research themes, research projects,
on-going and future calls, related policies, future research and
all practical information (calendar, contacts, publications).
This information website is managed by DG Research - E4 Unit, in charge of Agriculture, Forests , Fishing and Aquaculture.
This portal covers past, on-going and future activities, led under
the several Research & Development Framework Programmes (FP4,
FP5, FP6 & FP7).
Call for applications for the “expert group for technical advice on organic production”
The Commission has published a call for applications with a view to appointing the members of the expert group for technical advice on organic production and establishing the relevant pool list.
The text of the call and the relative application forms are published in the Official Journal of the European union series C.
They are also accessible from the European Commission Organic Farming website. In particular, the documents for the application are accessible in PDF and WORD format in order to allow them to be downloaded, filled in and signed.
Events: Dialogue between Europe and its Southern partners
on agricultural research and climate change
Press release :First European Protocols for assessing Farm Animal Welfare published.
Assessment systems to evaluate the quality of animal welfare on farms or at slaughter, have been developed by researchers of the European research project Welfare Quality®.
| 13.10.2009
Library: New publication in our library:
Synopsis of FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE research projects in the 6th Framework Programme.
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| 09.10.2009
Events: European Food Science Day - 18 November 2009 Bruxelles.
Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, Bruxelles
Success stories: project PROTECTOR (FOOD-CT-2005-514082)
Phosphorus is an essential, critical and limited nutrient in crop production with no alternative substitutes. All living organisms require phosphorus to grow and it forms part of important life sustaining molecules such as DNA and RNA. | 25.08.2009
This year, the 4th SABRE Conference will be integrated with the 60th Annual Meeting of the
European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) in Barcelona from 24th-27th August 2009.
There will be 21 theatre presentations and 13 posters arising from SABRE research,
distributed throughout the four days of the conference, and there will be one dedicated
EADGENE-SABRE session, titled “Molecular tools for disease resistance” on Thursday 27th
August, during which the SABRE Work Packages on Gut Health (WP4) and Udder Health
(WP5) will be addressed. A list with all SABRE presentations at the 60th EAAP is available on
the SABRE website at www.sabre-eu.eu > News and Events > 4th SABRE Conference.
The EAAP meetings attract typically 600-800 scientists, guaranteeing a broad dissemination of results. From the
EAAP’s point of view, the inclusion of the SABRE Conference into EAAP programme adds some ‘spice’ to the
Genetics sessions. From the SABRE perspective it aids dissemination of our results to a wider audience than we
would usually reach at our annual conferences.
ECVAM, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods is renewing its Scientific Advisory Structure. An Open Call for the Expression of interest to become a member of the ECVAM Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) has been published. For more information: http://ecvam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.htm. The deadline is 30 September 2009.
The 19 ESAC members will be in charge of advising ECVAM on all scientific aspects of its work and in particular with regard to the scientific validity of methods that would replace, reduce or refine animal experiments. The ECVAM plenary will be supported by specialist experts who will prepare peer reviews of validation reports and provide specialist input to ESAC whenever needed.
Events: Delivering Animal Welfare and Quality: Transparency in the food production chain
8–9 October 2009 in Uppsala, Sweden
| 26.06.2009
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The Final Stakeholder conference of the research project Welfare Quality® wil be held on 8 and 9 October 2009, in Uppsala Sweden. This conference will be organised in close collaboration with the Swedish ministry of Agriculture during Sweden’s´ presidency of the European Union. (see website http://www.se2009.eu)
The meeting is intended for representatives from the business sector and stakeholder organisations, as well as animal welfare experts and decision-makers in the field.
The conference will focus on the final results from the EU-financed research project, Welfare Quality®. Since 2004, the project has been developing a scientifically based on-farm assessment system for evaluating how well livestock are cared for and ways to feed this information back to farmers, consumers and other stakeholders. Welfare Quality also developed tools and strategies to support implementation. Another topic of discussion at the conference will be how to improve global animal welfare.
The conference is free of charge but participants pay for their own travel and accommodation. The number of participants is limited. Hotel accommodation has been reserved in Uppsala and will be available for booking when registering to attend the conference, which can be done from July onwards. More detailed information and invitations will be sent out in June.
FP7: Agripolicy is a European support action which is focussed on the agricultural and rural sectors of central and eastern Europe. The overall objective of the project is to support the formulation of Community agricultural policies through developing networking and information sharing, providing direct scientific inputs for policy formulation, preparing future analyses and strengthening the analytical capabilities of partner research organisations involved in the project. The main focus is on market policy and rural development policy. | 26.05.2009
Success stories: The EU-funded project CSFVACCINE & WILD BOAR (SSPE-CT-2003-501599).
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is a recurring infection of domestic pigs and wild boar. Notwithstanding the relative success in eradicating the disease in certain parts of Europe and despite intensive efforts on national as well as on international level, the complete eradication of CSF in Europe has proved to be elusive. | 06.04.2009
Success stories: The EU-funded project RAMSOIL (FP6-SSP-2006-044240) have presented the results of their two-year studies on Harmonization of Risk Assessment Methodologies for Soil Threats in Europe in a Workshop held in Brussels on January 26th 2009. More than 30 people participated in representation of stakeholders from 12 European countries. The European Commission was represented by officers from relevant services in DG ENV, DG AGRI and DG RTD.
More information on the project results and deliverables are available on the project website www.ramsoil.eu. | 29.01.2008
Era-net plant genomics funds 12 transnational research projects through second joint call.
The second joint call of the ERA-NET Plant Genomics, launched in 2008, provided researchers an opportunity to create and extend synergies between research teams from different countries around and beyond Europe. Out of the 54 applications, 12 projects were selected for funding. The total granted budget is approximately 16 Million €. Read more...
Covent Garden Evaluations 2008 - small statistics.
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