Objective

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EUROCROPAgricultural Research for Improving
Arable Crop Competitiveness
Concerted Action in FP6 as Scientific Support to
Policies () 1st May 2006 to December 2008 (for
32 months) EU subvention (mobility costs,
coordination) 599 947 euros Coordinator
CETIOM (France)

• Objective
• To define a common vision for the future of
  research and development related to arable crops

() FP6 Priority 8.1 Scientific Support to
Policies (SSP) / 8.1.B.1.1 Modernisation and
sustainability of agriculture and forestry,
including their multifunctional role, to ensure
the sustainable development and promotion of
rural areas / Task 6 - Crop specific concerted
action arable crops
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EUROCROP - Summary

• Setting up a network with all stakeholders
• to organize a collective research needs analysis
  to improve the European arable crop
  competitiveness
• to propose research actions
• Cross-cutting approach
• by arable crop cereals, oilseeds, sugar beets,
  fibre crops, potatoes, grain legumes and maize
• by transversal elements of the competitiveness
  technical aspects at farming level, farm
  economics and production costs, outlets and
  markets, quality of agricultural products and
  environmental impacts
• To deliver
• a set of research proposals re arable crops
• a European network of specialists to be continued

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EUROCROP 23 partners

• Institute Kromeriz Cz. Rep
• UFOP Germany
• IIRB EU/ Belgium
• INF Poznan Poland
• BPC United Kingdom
• AEP EU/ France
• CEPM EU / Spain
• ORGECO France
• FEFAC EU /Belgium
• CEMA EU / Belgium

• EURAGRI EU/The Netherlands
• DEIAGRA Italy
• ITACYL Spain
• FAL Germany
• INRA CEPIA France
• CSL United Kingdom
• Agroscope Fal Reckenholz Switz.
• ESA EU/ Belgium
• EFMA EU/ Belgium
• ECPA EU/ Belgium
• COPA/COGECA EU/ Belgium
• ARVALIS France

associated partners as PADCO members CIAA and
CEFIC (industry) ORGECO, member of BEUC
(consumers) GRUPPO 183, an Italian group
(environmental stakes)
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EUROCROP 23 partners
Institutional Agricultural Research EURAGRI
Research/ innovation suppliers
Research on competitiveness elements General WP3
coordination...................DEIAGRA (3)
Technical aspects at farming level ...... ITACYL
(4) Farm economics and production costs FAL
(GE) (5) Outlets and markets....................
.......... INRA (6) Quality of agricultural
products ............. CSL (7) Environmental
impacts..............Agroscope Fal (8)
Socio-economic issues............DEIAGRA (8)
Civil society actors

• Innovation suppliers
• Seeds ESA
• Fertilizers EFMA
• Crop protection ECPA

• Consumer interests in the agricultural research
• ORGECO (member of BEUC)

• European farmers organization
• COPA / COGECA (12)

• Environmental concerns
• GRUPPO 183

Research users through the production
processing chain
Crop chain organizations Crop chain
organization General EUROROP coordination
CETIOM (1) Cereals (Wheat).. ARVALIS (13)
Minor cereals ...... Institute Kromeriz (14)
Oilseeds.............. UFOP (15) Sugar beet
.......... IIRB (16) Fibre crops.......... INF
Poznan (17 gl WP2 coord) Potatoes.............
. BPC (18) Grain legumes..... AEP (19) Maize
.................. CEPM (20)
Processing organization by commodity compound
feed industry (FEFAC) can be invited to
participate to the stakeholder board if necessary
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EUROCROP
WP0 General coordination Cetiom
WP1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Managed by the PADCO
Lead by CETIOM (PROLEA, EURAGRI, ESA, EFMA,
ECPA, COPA/COGECA, ORGECO, FEFAC, CEMA assoc
Gruppo183, CIAA, CEFIC) General specifications
(socio-political guidelines indicators) Set
of indicators to assess proposals (prioritise
research action proposals) Validation of the
proposals Three workshops
Common questions Eight workshops Analysis
(synergies, divergence, recommandations)
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EUROCROP WP1

• Objectives
• To prioritise research actions proposals
• Tasks
• To define socio-political guidelines and
  indicators to address research issues at
  individual crop level and horizontal thematic
  level.
• To benchmark and strengthen successively the WP2
  and WP3 conclusions, and to validate the final
  report enriched with comments
• Three stakeholder board workshops (beginning /
  mid term / end)
• Deliverables
• D1.1 Handbook to manage the thinking under
  EUROCROP
• D1.2 Intermediary report validated analysis of
  research needs / crop
• D1.3 Validated analysis of research needs
  analysis crossed by horizontal themes
• D1.4 Final report enriched from comments
  received in the feedback conference (WP4)

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EUROCROP WP2

• Objectives
• To draw the specifications of the issues to be
  addressed by research for each crop chain
• To identify the common issues and divergences
  among different crop chains.
• Tasks
• Preliminary method and questions about research
  needs
• Eight WG per crop sector
• Consolidated analysis to identify common RDT
  priorities, synergies and divergences
• Deliverables
• D2.1 Discussion paper Research needs in a crop
  chain perspective general framework and key
  questions
• D2.2a-h Proceedings Crop chain workshops
  proceedings
• D2.3 Final WP report Consolidated analysis of
  crop chain approach common and specific
  research needs for arable crops

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EUROCROP WP3

• Objectives
• To draft a set of thematic research proposals in
  answer to the issues raised in WP2 and to the
  issues coming from transversal aspects,
• To rank those proposals according to their
  efficacy to improve competitiveness, their chance
  and delay of fulfilment, their estimated cost
  benefit ratio and recognize the more promising as
  a priority
• Tasks
• Summarise the key questions from WP2 workshops
  into document for thematic analysis.
• Workshops per themes to reach consensus document
  describing research priorities and guidelines for
  research implementation.
• Consolidate analysis of horizontal analysis to
  identifying research priorities, ranked according
  to their chance and delay of fulfilment, their
  estimated cost benefit ratio and more generally
  to the indicators defined in WP1. Guidelines and
  suggestions for research organisations will be
  also elaborated.
• Deliverables
• D

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EUROCROP management