The SCAR Agroecology Strategic Working Group (SCAR AE SWG) finalised the draft of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the future European Partnership on Agroecology in February 2023 . It is the result of a co-creation process which started at the end of 2021 and was supported by the European Commission, Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI), and the Coordination and support actions (CSAs) All-Ready , AE4EU, and SMS . Many stakeholders - farmers, researchers, students, authorities, NGOs, and the private sector - were also involved in the process, including through a public consultation.
The SRIA aims to provide ways to team-up and unlock the transition to AE, so that...
The SCAR Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems SWG (SCAR AKIS SWG) has renewed their mandate for a sixth time. Co-chairs Anikó Juhasz and Pascal Bergeret have passed on the torch to Ewa Grodzka and Jan van Esch, who will lead the Working Group for the next two years.
So far, the Working Group has had two meetings under its new mandate. The first on 17 and 18 January 2023, and the second on 12 and 13 April 2023. These meetings dealt with the final report of the Working Group’s 5th...
The SCAR Bioeconomy Strategic Working Group started its third mandate in January 2023. In the next two years, the group will focus on identifying R&I needs in three areas:
- Circular and bio-based value chains
- Ecosystem boundaries, security of supply and competing biomass uses
- Unveiling the demand side
The first order of business is a portfolio analysis, that will be conducted by the SCAR Thematical Support Team. The analysis will look into the demand-side, and plans to identify...
SCAR ARCH SWG adopted its new mandate for 2023 and 2024 at the start of the year. It will focus on food security in Europe, which is facing important challenges due to the COVID pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By strengthening linkages between European and international agricultural research, SCAR-ARCH aims to raise the scope of European research on food systems to the global level.
During 2023 and 2024, SCAR ARCH SWG will join forces with the other SCAR Working Groups, and...
The SCAR FISH SWG is holding a Workshop on enabling mechanisms for science-industry partnerships. The workshop aims to improve the flow of data on fisheries in order to carry out assessments of fishery resources. The organisation is a joint effort by the Working Group as well as external partners ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) and EFARO (European Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Organisations).
The workshop will bring together science and industry so they...
At the end of January 2023, the draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the future Sustainable Food Systems Partnership (SFS Partnership) was finalised and delivered to the European Commission. This was an important milestone for the SFS Partnership development. The SRIA provides a framework for topics and activities for the Partnership and serves as a basis for its Annual Work Plan.
The SRIA co-creation process led by the SCAR Food Systems SWG (SCAR FS SWG), involved the...
SCAR Animal Health and Welfare CWG has published a report that analyses the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and FOOD2030 strategy, focussing on the aspects of livestock health and welfare. The SCAR AHW CWG applauds the strategies as key instruments to overcome the challenges Europe is facing to nourish a growing population and to steer it through climate change. Both strategies will help transform Europe’s ways to produce, process and consume food into more sustainable and resilient food...
The SCAR Sustainable Animal Production CWG started its new mandate on 1 January 2023. The mandate will last for two years and will focus on the common picture of future livestock farming in Europe.
To further contribute to this topic, the Working Group is currently in the process of organising its second workshop, which will be hosted by the Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology, INIA in the autumn of 2023. The results of last year’s workshop will be...
The overall purpose of this Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) is to define the general framework for strategic research and innovation activities to be undertaken under the future partnership “Accelerating Farming Systems Transition: Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures’’ (“the Agroecology Partnership”). The partnership aims to promote a European large-scale endeavour for an agricultural sector that is fit to meet the targets and challenges in relation to climate...