Objective The proposed project is focused on the farming & agricultural sector within which there are 135.000 farms concentrating on ecological agriculture and 20.700 SMEs in their supply chains. Ecological agriculture has today only reached 2,0% of the targeted 10% level of cultivated land during the next decade. They faces great challenges to increase competitiveness and meet customers demand, among those getting access to methods and equipment that increases efficiency, enables cost reduction and thus increases competitiveness.The global market for sowing and manuring/fertilizing machines is worth approximately 3.1 billion in 2002, and is growing at a constant 4,7% per year, but a substantial amount of all sowing and/or manuring/fertilizing machines is imported in to Europe from USA. In addition, the 135.000 EU ecological farmers faces increasing competition, demonstrated i.e. by the steady growth in import of seed and corn from low cost countries.Agriculture ranks among the most hazardous industries. Farmers are at high risk for fatal and nonfatal injuries, work-related lung diseases, noise-induced hearing loss, skin diseases, and certain cancers (brain, lip, and skin cancer). The total consumption of fertiliser in Central Europe is more than 5 Million ton and increasing and the total consumption of pesticides in UE-15 are more than 320 ton of active substance. Agriculture is the he main source for "man made" Nitrogen Oxide (N2O) being a very potent greenhouse gas as well as having high ozone depletion potential.The farmers and the agricultural community and industry in Europe faces great challenges to meet the customers growing demand for ecological products and react to the increasing scepticism with regard to use of chemicals and genetic manipulated products in the agricultural sector. Several EU Commissioninitiatives are addressing these issues including Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologyskin cancerengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencesozone depletionsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator AGROMILJO AS Address Judaberg Finnoy Norway See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGROFINAL S.R.O Slovakia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mierova 24 Hlohovec See on map Links Website Opens in new window CAPFLOW SA Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue rené descartes 1 boite 5 Mons See on map Links Website Opens in new window DODA COSTRUZIONE MACCHINE AGRICOLE DI DODA ALDO & C. SNC Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via sante salmaso, 18/20 Buscoldo See on map Links Website Opens in new window JAEREN FORSOKSRING Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Postvegen 211 Klepp See on map Links Website Opens in new window LYKKETRONIC AS Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Stengaardsvej 20 Logstor See on map Links Website Opens in new window PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Pera innovation park, nottingham road Melton mowbray, leicestershire See on map REBRUK FARM Estonia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Reopalu Jrvamaa See on map TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUTT AS Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Akersveien 24, st. hans haugen Oslo See on map Links Website Opens in new window
