Descrizione del progetto
Avvio delle operazioni dell’infrastruttura di ricerca EMPHASIS
Il Forum strategico europeo sulle infrastrutture di ricerca (ESFRI, European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) ha individuato la fenotipizzazione delle piante come una priorità e ha quindi integrato l’infrastruttura di ricerca EMPHASIS nella propria tabella di marcia. Poiché la produzione vegetale è centrale nell’agricoltura, nei sistemi alimentari e nelle applicazioni della bioeconomia, la fenotipizzazione delle piante è essenziale per affrontare le sfide future e la maggior parte degli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile delle Nazioni Unite, come nutrire una popolazione in crescita e garantire la sostenibilità dei terreni agricoli. Il progetto EMPHASIS-GO, finanziato dall’UE, renderà operativa l’infrastruttura di ricerca paneuropea sulla base dei risultati del progetto preparatorio EMPHASIS-Prep. In tal modo, getterà le basi per la fornitura di servizi di fenotipizzazione delle piante ai ricercatori in Europa, metterà in atto il quadro giuridico, finanziario e organizzativo di EMPHASIS e fornirà inoltre i primi servizi ai ricercatori.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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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Programma(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
52428 Julich
Germania