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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...
All CASA deliverables due at the end of the CASA project have been uploaded to the website and are available for download.
See all CASA Deliverables in: https://scar-europe.org/index.php/casa-documents/casa-deliverables
OCTOBER 29/30th 2019
Bioeconomy, opportunities under constraints
4 topics:
• Towards a circular urban bioeconomy: the challenge of closing the loops
• Sustainable production of bio resources: an environmental challenge
• Bioengineering serving the innovative bioeconomy
• Citizen involvement in bioeconomy strategies: understanding their perceptions and motivations to facilitate the transition
Location: Paris - France
Ministry for education, research...
The presentations of the WORKSHOP ON BIOECONOMY - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR THE BIOECONOMY - How to set up a National Bioeconomy Strategy, taken place in 20 May 2019 - PORTUGAL, Carcavelos - Hotel Praia Mar, are now available...
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (SCAR Secretariat) and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, with the support of the H2020 CASA project, are pleased to announce the SCAR Conference 2019 - «CONTRIBUTING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE»
The Conference will be held on 12 June 2019, 09:30 – 17:00 CET at the premises of: Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe (VLEVA), Bruxelles, Belgium.
More information about the Conference here
The Latvian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, and Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs, supported by SCAR CASA Coordination and Support Action, organised jointly a Baltic SCAR Workshop. The overall aim of the meeting: to promote the outcomes of SCAR, increase its visibility and the engagement of national stakeholders. The meeting was held on 4-5 April 2019 in Riga.
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