The strategic goal of SUSFOOD is to reinforce the scientific cooperation between EU member and associated states in order to maximise the contribution of research to the development of food systems aiming at more sustainability from production to consumption. This implies: - Responding to the increasing demand for food by increasing food production sustainably (i.e. with reduced CO2 emissions, energy consumption and water use) and reducing losses and wastes in the food supply chain - Improving the quality of food in a sustainable way, to improve the quality of life (better access to food and to a healthy diet) - Improving the resilience of the food supply chain - Encouraging consumption behaviours to be more sustainable - Improving the European agri-food business competitiveness and economic growth, with an additional focus on SMEs To reach this overall aim, SUSFOOD will: - Enhance synergies between research programmes on sustainable food production and consumption, taking account of existing EU initiatives. Thus duplication of efforts could be avoided and resources could be targeted to unaddressed issues, research questions and knowledge gaps, with a focus on the post-harvest area - Increase cooperation between the organisations in order to carry out ambitious research projects that cannot be undertaken at an individual level - Maximise assets exploitation by pooling material and intellectual resources existing in the partner states - Promote outputs of the network via dissemination and knowledge transfer activities to the wider EU research community and to industry.
Vastaava tutkija
Kurppa Sirpa Hankkeen kesto 2011 - 2014
Asiasanat
Sustainability, , food production, , food chain, , loss, , waste, , environment, , consumer, , nutrition, , agribusiness, , competitiveness, , cooperation, , local food , organic food
Hankkeen vaihe: Päättynyt
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