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Objective of the workshop
Relying on the advanced knowledge on international research and on food systems, the ARCH, Bioeconomy and Food Systems Strategic Working Groups (SWG) of SCAR is organizing an International Expert Consultation (workshop) on the issue of SFS. The aim is to identify major and priority research questions that shall be addressed in the short, medium and long terms and to support the delineation of urgently needed measures for successful policy...
The webinar "Food Production Externalities Beyond Europe: A Global Perspective", was the first in the webinar series of the EU-funded RefreSCAR project and addressed different perspectives on the externalities of food production.
Date: Tuesday, 12th December
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CET
The webinar featured three panels of experts in the field:
- Dr. Coen van Wagenberg, from Wageningen Economic Research
- Prof. Dr. Gertrud Buchnereider, Professor at the University of Bundeswehr...
The partnership AGROECOLOGY - European partnership on accelerating farming systems transition – agroecology living labs and research infrastructures anticipates to team-up and unlock the transition to agroecology so that farming systems are resilient, productive and prosperous, place-sensitive, as well as climate, environment, ecosystem, biodiversity and people-friendly by 2050!
AGROECOLOGY was prepared under the auspices of the SCAR Strategic Working Group on Agroecology, SCAR-AE...
The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural development of the European Commission (DG AGRI) hosted the 2023 EU AgriResearch Conference “Knowledge, innovation and skills for sustainable horizons” in Brussels on 31 May and 1 June. The Conference gathered 500 participants in person and many more online, from Europe and all over the world. This included scientists, farmers, rural actors, industry, advisors, policymakers, citizens, and NGO representatives.
The conference provided an...
The SCAR Foresight Group hosts the workshop “Shaping the Future – steps to a New SCAR Foresight” on Wednesday 7 June, the afternoon before the SCAR Plenary.
Every three to five years, the SCAR Foresight Group starts a new Foresight Process. The Process consists of two parts: the dissemination of the results of the recent study on the one hand, and setting up a new study on the other hand. Both parts run in parallel. A new Foresight Process is currently being started and the support of the SCAR...
The Protein Task Force is a new Working Group created under the SCAR umbrella. It aims to identify the major hurdles and opportunities to the protein transition and sovereignty in Europe from the R&I perspective. The working group formally began operating in September 2022 and currently brings together 30 members from 10 countries. The Task Force was established following discussions at the Conference in 2022 and the decision of the SCAR Plenary.
The Task Force approaches the protein...
Horizon Europe Partnerships drive green and digital transitions and are impact-driven by deploying a broad range of R&I activities.
They significantly contribute to building a stronger European Research Area (ERA), avoiding duplication of efforts, catalysing investments, and enhancing synergies between research and innovation programmes at EU and national level.
The calls of the four upcoming Horizon Europe Cluster 6 co-funded partnerships (Agroecology, Food Systems, Animal Health and...
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...
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...