FOODCONFERENCE
Food and nutrition in the 21st century
| Coordinatore | INSTYTUT OGRODNICTWA
Organization address
address: KONSTYTUCJI 3 MAJA 1/3 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Poland [PL] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.foodconference2011.inhort.pl/ |
| Totale costo | 188˙149 € |
| EC contributo | 79˙983 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-Adhoc-2007-13 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-SA |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-06-01 - 2012-05-31 |
Partecipanti
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INSTYTUT OGRODNICTWA
Organization address
address: KONSTYTUCJI 3 MAJA 1/3 contact info |
PL (SKIERNIEWICE) | coordinator | 79˙983.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The agri-food industry is one of the most important sectors of EU economy while proper nutrition is essential for health and well being of European citizen. It is estimated that almost 80 % of heart disease, strokes and type 2 diabetes, and 40 % of cancers, could be avoided by proper diet. However, both production of healthy food and promotion of healthy nutrition face serious challenges, like global climate changes and its impact on food security and safety, increasing global food demand, food waste, or high incidence of diet-related diseases and bad dietary habits in most of developed countries. European Union recognizes the importance of these challenges and they had been addressed in several research programmes and strategic documents. However, there is still a need for a throughout discussion of all the aspects of food and nutrition research and policy with major players, like representatives of policy makers, consumers, agriculture, industry and science. Thus, the Polish Technology Platform on Food come up with an initiative to organize a conference “Food and Nutrition in 21st Century” within Polish Presidency in the EU. The main objective of the Conference is to review the most important challenges to European agri-food sector as well as the impact of a diet on health and well-being of European population, in the context of the new European policies. The outcome of the discussion should assist the European Commission in identifying the strategic research needs and their coherence with EU policies in areas linked directly or indirectly to food and nutrition. The Conference should also help to elaborate a common cooperation floor for the existing EU Technological Platforms and research centres active in broadly-defined area of food and nutrition and shall contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of the European science and bio-based economy.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Upcoming needs, trends and challenges in the agri-food sector will help Europe better prepare itself for a more demanding future. An informative conference on the topic has laid the groundwork for progress in the field.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
As consumers become better informed and food trends evolve rapidly, the EU is looking at ways to improve the agri-food industry. It is launching different initiatives to ensure the availability of better, safer and more nutritious food, as well as advance the sustainability of the food chain. In this spirit, the EU-funded project 'Food and nutrition in the 21st century' (FOODCONFERENCE) launched a conference to gather key stakeholders in the agri-food sector and advance these pivotal topics.
The conference investigated the agri-food industry's challenges and mapped trends in food and nutrition research and technology. Specifically, it discussed the technological, environmental, economic and social challenges in the sector, proposing approaches to address emerging issues and outlining recommendations to upgrade related research and innovation policies. Having taken place in Poland in September 2011, the event gathered 500 participants from across Europe, in addition to 900 people who followed the debate online.
Numerous observations emerged from the conference that will help shape the agri-food industry and its policies. For example, the conference noted that high economic growth in developing countries such as China and India will drive the global food market. It underlined how higher incomes and shifts from rural to urban areas will increase demand for quality food, moving from cereals to fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, fish and processed foods. Developed countries, on the other hand, are set to focus on obesity and diet-related disorders, increasing the need for personalised diets.
These revealing conclusions and related papers have been published on the project's website (http://foodconference2011.inhort.pl). No doubt the European agri-food sector will play an important part in the European bioeconomy, supported by the latest findings and conclusions of important initiatives such as FOODCONFERENCE. The sector's future will also benefit from new technologies such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics, which will maintain its competitiveness and innovativeness.