Description du projet
Mettre en service l’infrastructure de recherche EMPHASIS
Le Forum stratégique européen pour les infrastructures de recherche (ESFRI) a identifié le phénotypage des plantes comme une priorité, et a par conséquent intégré l’infrastructure de recherche EMPHASIS dans sa feuille de route. Étant donné que la production végétale joue un rôle central dans l’agriculture, les systèmes alimentaires et les applications bioéconomiques, le phénotypage des plantes s’avère essentiel pour relever les défis futurs et atteindre la plupart des objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies, notamment en ce qui concerne notre capacité à nourrir une population croissante et à assurer la durabilité des terres agricoles. Le projet EMPHASIS-GO, financé par l’UE, mettra en service cette infrastructure de recherche paneuropéenne en s’appuyant sur les résultats du projet préparatoire EMPHASIS-Prep. Il préparera le terrain en vue de proposer des services liés au phénotypage des plantes aux chercheurs européens. Par ailleurs, il mettra en œuvre le cadre juridique, financier et organisationnel d’EMPHASIS tout en fournissant une première série de services aux chercheurs.
Objectif
Plant production is central in agriculture, food systems, and in bio-economy applications, which is essential to address future challenges related to growing population, climate change, scarcity of agricultural land, loss of biodiversity etc. Integrated solutions and new technologies are needed to improve plant production, based on knowledge-driven innovation to the farming sector, agricultural and seed industries. Therein, the analysis of crop performance with respect to structure, function, quality and interaction with the environment (“phenotyping”) is key for the exploitation of crop genetic diversity required for the enhancement of plant productivity and progress in plant breeding. This requires substantial and concerted action to develop and to increase the availability of phenotyping infrastructures. The European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) has thus identified “Plant Phenotyping” as a priority for the European research area and EMPHASIS has been listed on the ESFRI ROADMAP, addressing primary plant production as the key step in future European agro-food-systems and bio-economy transformation. The Preparatory Phase project (EMPHASIS-PREP, 2017-2021) paved the way towards implementation and subsequent operation. It developed a business plan and established the Interim General Assembly, as main decision-making body, comprising high-level representation from policy and science. EMPHASIS-GO will build on the successful work in the Preparatory Phase, extend the membership with partners from eleven countries fully committed to support EMPHASIS and bring EMPHASIS into operation to fully explore the potential European plant phenotyping by i) developing and deploying services, ii) implement the legal, financial and organisational framework and iii) consolidating the business plan for future operations.
Champ scientifique
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomyplant breeding
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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