The SMARTCHAIN project is holding its final event online on July 6 at 9 AM, CET. SMARTCHAIN supports the development of collaborative short food supply chains (SFSCs), promoting a more favourable framework for sustainable, local, healthier and ethically produced food in Europe. After 3 years of intensive work, the SMARTCHAIN consortium is proud to present…
The SMARTCHAIN project was presented, as well as its main results, during a poster session at the 6th International ISEKI Food Conference ”Sustainable development goals in food systems: Challenges and opportunities for the future”. The Conference took place virtually between 23 and 25 June, 2021. Below you can see the SMARTCHAIN poster.
EUREKA is building the EU FarmBook – a centralized, open-source e-platform for collecting and sharing the many different types of end-user material and practical knowledge produced by Horizon 2020 multi actor projects related to agricultural and rural-innovation in Europe. The purpose is to make accessible the most relevant and high impact knowledge to the rural…
The H2020 SMARTCHAIN project participated in “INNOSETA networking: Joining efforts and ideas to improve education in agriculture” together with a large group of H2020 European Projects working on the future of EU agriculture and innovation in Europe! The event counted with Inge van Oost from DG AGRI as the main speaker. Dr. F° Javier Casado…
SmartAgriHubs offers funding to digital innovation services providers. This includes the overall lifecyle for developing, seting-up, offerring, providing, testing, validating, refining as well as enhancing services for Digital Transformation and Innovation. You can receive either 70 or 100% of funding to cover your eligible costs. This shall help you to: Become a regional partner for…
Get involved in the EU online dialogue on sustainable food systems The European Commission is organising an online dialogue with Europeans on 12-13 July 2021 to prepare our inputs for the UN Secretary-General’s Food Systems Summit, which will take place in September 2021. If you have ideas on how to achieve sustainability in European and…
The annual PIC Meeting is the most important Cluster Event in the plant production industry in Europe. It aims at fostering innovation in plant production and at building a common agenda to support the international development of Plant clusters and their members. Leading Italian and European regions for agriculture production and innovation, Emilia-Romagna’s Agrifood Clust-ER…
In the frame of the 6th ISEKI International Conference, the H2020 FoodSafety4EU project is organising a free online workshop (25th June, 2021). This event is intended as an interactive discusssion on the impact of the new provisions of the Transparency Regulation calling for an integrated framework for risk communication by EU food safety risk assessors…
In a new Trends in Food Science and Technology editorial, Hugo de Vries (the newly elected President of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology – EFFoST) reflects on the essential contribution of Food Science and Technology to create more sustainable food systems, striving for more sustainable outcomes, which are presented at the annual…
Under the Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, Cluster 6 aims to reduce environmental degradation and tackle the biodiversity decline on land, waters and oceans, through transformative change including with digitalisation. It deals with natural resources, food security, agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, food systems, circular economy, sustainable bioeconomy and forestry. There is € 1 billion to support…