CORDIS Archive

Click here for projects that were carried out under the ambit of Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) and FAIR.

Browse the following FAIR workprogramme sub-areas to find project information:

AREA 1: INTEGRATED PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING CHAINS

• The biomass and bioenergy chain
  • Production of raw materials
  • Processing of raw materials
  • End-use of products and market requirements
    
    
• The "green" chemical and polymer chain
  • Production of raw materials
  • Processing of raw materials
  • End-use and market requirements
    
    
• The forestry-wood chain
  • Production of raw materials
  • Wood products
  • Pulp and paper
  • End-use and market requirements

AREA 2: SCALING-UP AND PROCESSING METHODOLOGIES

• Chemical and physical processes
• Bioprocessing
• Control systems

AREA 3: GENERIC SCIENCE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUTRITIOUS FOODS

• Consumer nutrition and well-being
  • Nutritional adequacy and bioavailability
  • Role of diet in diseases and disorders
  • Nutritional modulation of the genetic potential of the individual
  • Physico-chemical aspects of food absorption and metabolism
  • Food consumption trends, consumer behaviour and nutritional status and sensory analysis
    
    
• New and optimized food materials and nutritious food products
  • Application of biotechnology to food materials
  • Functional foods
    
    
• Advanced and optimised technologies and processes
  • Process optimization
  • Advanced technologies
  • Quality monitoring and quality assurance for fish and fish products
  • Development of environmentally friendly procedures and processes
  • Upgrading of underexploited and underutilized fish species and by-products
  • Packaging and packaging processes
    
    
• Generic food science
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics and bioengineering
  • Biotechnology
  • Toxicology
  • Food microbiology

AREA 4: AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

• Reformed CAP: optimization of methods, systems and primary production chains
  • Optimization of methods, systems and primary production chains
  • Agriculture-environment interactions
  • Policy relevant economic analysis. Impact assessment
    
    
• Quality policy
  • Consumers' expectations
  • Technological instruments and methods
  • Organizational aspects
    
    
• Diversification
  • Speciality products
  • Biomass production (food, feed, non-food and energy uses)
  • Development of complementary on-farm activities
  • Socio-economic research to facilitate diversification
    
    
• Animal and plant health, animal welfare
  • Plant health
  • Animal health
  • Animal welfare
    
    
• >Multifunctional management of forests
  • Forestry policy and socio-economic aspects
  • The functioning of the forestry ecosystem
  • Forest conservation and protection
  • Afforestation, sustainable management of forests, integration of functions, agro-forestry
  • Cork and cork-oak
    
    
• Rural development
  • Situation of rural areas
  • Changes underway in rural areas
  • Development of rural areas
  • Rural development policy
    
    
• Complementary activities by JRC in support of DG VI
  • Institutional support activities

AREA 5: FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

• Impact of environmental factors on aquatic resources
  • Effects of environmental factors on fish and fisheries
  • Multispecies interactions
    
    
• Ecological impact of fisheries and aquaculture
  • The effects of fisheries on the environment
  • The effects of aquaculture on the environment
  • Modelling
    
    
• Biology of species for optimisation of aquaculture
  • Genetics
  • Health of aquacultured species
  • New species
  • Reproduction
  • Fish nutrition
    
    
• Socio-economic aspects of the fishing industry
  • Behaviour and strategies in the fishing sector
  • Fishery management systems
  • Integrated coastal area management
    
    
• Improved methodology
  • Improved methodology

AREA 6: ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS - ELSA

• Ethical, legal and social aspects - ELSA

For information on Agriculture and Fisheries research launched under the Fifth RTD Framework Programme (1998-2002) visit the Quality of Life website.

Click here to access exploitable FAIR research results, or browse the CORDIS RTD-Results database for EU RTD research outputs in general.