1. European Non-Food Agriculture ENFA FP6 Scientific Support to Policies (SSP 3)

2. 1. Sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources Task 1: Non-Food Crops 1.2 Tools and assessment methods for sustainable agriculture and forestry management Policy-oriented research

3. Task 1: Non-Food Crops "use available research data" "evaluate the true market and economic prospects" "integrate non-food crop production with traditional food production systems" "assess the energy and environmental balance of non-food crops"

4. ENFA - Objectives To assess the competitive economic potentials and major environmental impacts of major non-food options in the European forest and agricultural sector To provide decision support to EU policymakers and industries

5. 13 ENFA Partners Poland Sweden Ireland France Greece Germany Netherlands Austria Wales

6. ENFA Links to Non-Food Projects European Miscanthus Improvement (EMI) Switchgrass as an alternative energy crop in Europe Clear Views on Clean Fuels; Data, Potentials, Scenarios, Markets and Trade of Biofuels (VIEWLS) Poplars - A multiple-use crop for European arable farmers

7. ENFA Links to Non-Food Projects Reed canary grass research project Hemp as Raw Material for Novel Industrial Applications Southern Europe: BEAVER, ACE, BIOCHAINS, ACICA, MULTISEES Dissemination of results concerning the integrated production and exploitation of biological materials for non-food uses (BioMatNet)

8. ENFA Links to GHG Projects Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA) Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases from managed European grasslands and mitigation strategies (GreenGrass) Multi-Source Inventory Methods for Quantifying Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in European Forests (CarboInvent)

9. Non-food WP 2x Food WP 4x Forestry WP 5x Environmental impacts WP3x ENFA Model WP 6x Non-Food Potentials WP 7x Project Management WP 1x

10. ENFA time line May 2005Project start Year 1Technologies Year 2ENFA model Year 3Analysis, Dissemination April 2008Project end

11. Additional Remarks Everybody is invited to participate in the project beyond his/her "paid" time Aim for dissemination of findings including publications ENFA model code will be available to all partners The research is interdisciplinary and will cause misunderstandings