At the SCAR Steering Group Meeting on 11 March 2022, the French Presidency gave an overview of their priorities at the. The French Presidency called attention to the current difficult times due to the war in Ukraine and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Presidency highlighted that European food sovereignty, including protein autonomy, is now more important than ever. The need to push the agroecology transition forward, producing in a more sustainable manner, is more important than ever. Reducing pesticides and finding nature-based alternatives, applying low carbon agriculture, and keeping carbon in soils and agricultural markets alive are some of the levers promoted by the French Presidency. The French Presidency is...
The SCAR Plenary focusses on Cluster 6 Horizon Europe Partnerships and their Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda preparation process. It will also tackle current relevant topics in agriculture, food systems, bioeconomy and forestry, including the response of SCAR to challenges triggered by the war in Ukraine and other SCAR Groups priorities.
See the draft Agenda here.
“Humans in transitions: towards agroecological approaches and sustainable food systems”
The SCAR conference will be celebrated under the title “Humans in transitions: towards agroecological approaches and sustainable food systems”. The French EU Presidency hosts the conference on 14 June 2022 in Paris. The conference focusses on the importance of people in the agroecological and food systems transitions. SCAR plays an essential role in highlighting the emerging transitional research...
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EU foresight expert group urges reform of food systems to drive COVID-19 recovery
The pandemic highlights the global problem of food insecurity. A new report prepared by an expert group for the European Commission details how research and innovation can tackle the problem – and ‘build back better’
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5th SCAR Foresight Conference
RESILIENCE AND TRANSFORMATION
How EU research in food systems and natural resources can speed Europe’s recovery from the pandemic, and ‘build back better’
Recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic will require many changes – including in the way we produce and consume our food. This has a direct effect on our health, our environment and our society. A special 5th SCAR Foresight Exercise Report, initiated by the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Agricultural...
5th SCAR Foresight Conference
RESILIENCE AND TRANSFORMATION
15th December 2020, 9:00 – 13:00 (CET)
WebEx Conference in cooperation with the German Presidency
We invite SCAR Members, researchers, innovators, food system actors and citizens to join us to exchange and debate ideas on how Research and Innovation can accelerate the transition of food systems, and contribute to take conclusions from the 5th SCAR Foresight report.
It is co-organised by...
EVALUATION OF THE FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE RESEARCH NEEDS IN EUROPE"
As a result of the discussions about EU aquaculture research priorities during the meetings of the Strategic Working Group on Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR-Fish), it was realized that freshwater issues were strongly underrepresented in the fisheries and aquaculture research priority list. To determine the freshwater aquaculture priorities in the EU and strengthen...
"PREPARING FOR FUTURE AKIS IN EUROPE" - 4th Report of the Strategic Working Group on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), is now available in the AKIS documents area, see here: https://scar-europe.org/index.php/akis-documents.
The Commissioner Phil Hogan welcomed the fourth Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) report, putting together the work done for the past three years in this area. During this mandate, a key priority was to...