Project description
Promoting non-food crop cultivation in Europe
Although there is increasing demand for non-food crops (NFCs), especially as feedstock and biofuel, they are not widely produced within the EU. To address this issue, the EU-funded PANACEA project aims to encourage the cultivation of NFCs in Europe by establishing a network for the open exchange of expertise and business advice among researchers, industry, and the farming community. To do so, it will first inventory sustainable NFCs and analyse their potential effectiveness in rural areas. It will then create and administer a platform through which information will be disseminated, courses and educational material on specific value chains will be made available, and stakeholders can share knowledge and establish business contacts.
Objective
Non-food Crops (NFC) are used to produce a wide range of bio-products and bioenergy. In spite of considerable investment
in R&D and the increasing need of bio-based industries for feedstock, NFCs are not widespread in EU agriculture, mainly
due to challenges in supply chains and gaps in policy framework and investment incentives. PANACEA aims to set up a
thematic network to foster the effective exchange between research, industry and the farming community so that direct
applicable solutions are widely disseminated and grassroots-level needs and innovative ideas thoroughly captured in order
to design the penetration path of NFC into European agriculture. To achieve this goal, an inventory of long-term scientific
results on the NFC sustainable production will be created building on the profound experience of the consortium, and the
NFC close to implementation will be identified (WP1). Combining the farmers’ and bio-based industries’ needs and interests
(WP2) with the NFC ready-to-practice potential the role of NFC in the rural renaissance will be analysed. A strong and
interactive multi-actor forum will be established with actors from science, industry and agricultural practice to facilitate
capturing and spreading of innovative ideas (WP3). Practice-oriented knowledge on specific value chains easily accessible
and available in the long term will be assured through training courses and relevant educational material (WP4). Knowledge
sharing on technical, economic and environmental aspects of NFC, extensive communication and networking, matching
between the supply and demand sides will be facilitated by the PANACEA Platform (WP5). The project findings will be
disseminated at large following an extended exploitation and dissemination plan that will be active during the project and
beyond and ensure the sustainability of the ‘Thematic Network on Non-food Crops’ through its link with EU wide initiatives,
the EIP-AGRI and its Operational Groups (WP6).
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- social sciences economics and business economics production economics productivity
- social sciences economics and business economics bioeconomy
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society
- social sciences economics and business economics sustainable economy
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy
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H2020-EU.3.2.4. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy
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H2020-EU.3.2.1. - Sustainable agriculture and forestry
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H2020-EU.3.2.2. - Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet
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Funding Scheme
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-RUR-2016-2017
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19 009 PIKERMI
Greece
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