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Achieving Ecological Resilient Dynamism for the European food system through consumer-driven policies, socio-ecological challenges, biodiversity, data-driven policy, sustainable futures

Project description

A real-time food system surveillance system puts power in the hands of consumers

Ensuring a sustainable and resilient food supply in the face of climate change requires all hands on deck. The EU-funded ECO-READY project will ensure that European farmers and society’s interests are reflected in future policymaking and monitoring with its real-time surveillance system, the Observatory, available as both an e-platform and a mobile app. The platform will include policy recommendations, contingency plans and resilience strategies developed by 10 Living Labs and provide real-time assessments for the food system, with forecasts updated frequently and consistently. The mobile app will empower citizens to actively engage in policymaking and interact directly with the scientific community, farmers, the agri-food industry and policy makers.

Objective

The ECO-READY project will develop a real-time surveillance system, an Observatory offered as an e-platform and as a mobile application. This will function as the necessary singular source of information, provide real-time assessments for the food system, and update forecasts frequently and consistently. The Observatory will be available to society, policymakers, the scientific community, and the agri-food industry, and integrated with a network of 10 Living Labs, supported through the third party funding process, covering all bioclimatic regions in Europe, forming the ECO-READY project knowledge infrastructure. ECO-READY will produce knowledge-based resilience strategies, and develop tools that will be embedded on the Observatory. The underlining principle behind the ECO-READY approach is, resilient dynamism, or tackling immediate problems and long-term challenges at the same time. The Living Labs network will facilitate ‘concept to action’ through the co-creation of scenarios addressing their regional needs, the development of policy recommendations, contingency plans, and resilience strategies, and embed them on the Observatory. Furthermore, ECO-READY will develop an early warning system and decision support tools using innovative Artificial Intelligence based on holistic prediction models and Life Cycle Assessment results. ECO-READY will ensure that European farmers and society’s interests be reflected in future policy-making and monitoring, through early-stage active engagement incorporating bottom-up recommendations, facilitated by the increased usership of the digital tools developed, and resulting in increased awareness for climate-adaptive and mitigating agri-food products. Furthermore, the Observatory smart application will include tools that will empower the citizens to actively engage in policy making, and interact directly with the scientific community, farmers, and industry and policy makers, thus driving change in consumption habits.

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01

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Coordinator

CESKA ZEMEDELSKA UNIVERZITA V PRAZE
Net EU contribution

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€ 5 595 250,00
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KAMYCKA 129 SUCHDOL
165 00 PRAHA
Czechia

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Region
Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 5 595 250,00

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