Gerhard Gass  National Contact Point Food Euresearch Head Office   phone Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy – SC2 21 January 2014, Bangkok

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Approach of Food Security…. SC2  Making the best out of biological resources  Innovation and market drive  Multi actor approach

Societal Challenge 212 Focus Areas of H and 2015 HEALTH AND CARE FOOD SECURITY SEAS AND OCEANS SMART CITIES LOW CARBON ENERGY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MOBILITY WASTE WATER INNOVATION OVERCOMING THE CRISIS DISASTER RESILENCE DIGITAL SECURITY

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Workprogramme  Sustainable Food Security SFS  Blue Growth BG  Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy ISIB  'Waste‘ WASTE SC5, Climat  Biotechnologies BIOTECH LEIT

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Sustainable Food Security (SFS)  Pre –harvest losses  Soil management  Genetic Resourses  Improved livestock  Crop productivity  Genetics for sustaining agriculture

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Blue Growth (BG)  Diversity of marine life  Preservation of marine ecosystems

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy (ISIB)  Innovative feedstocks  Next generation bio-refineries  Supporting markets for bio-based products

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Waste SC5 Climate  Waste prevention  Processes and products for recyclability  Waste management

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Biotechnology Part of LEIT  Cutting edge biotechnologies  Innovation drivers

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  International Cooperation  General opennes to third coutries  Int cooperation relevant topis in - Sustainable Food Security SFS - Blue Growth BG - Innovative, sustainable and inclusive Bioeconomy ISIB  Waste and Health calls

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© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  Networking!! Find a running FP7 project

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture 

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  January 2014  Food Agriculture  H Important  Challenge based approach  Less prescription than Framework 7  Broader topics  Cross-cutting issues  Workprogrammes for 2 years

© Euresearch  Gerhard Gass  December 2013  Food Agriculture  The Multi-Actor Approach Involvement of end-users (farmers/farmers‘ groups) Complementary types of knowledge More than a strong dissemination Innovative solutions that are more likely to be applied