IENICA-MILLENIUM: The interactive European network for industrial crops and their applications in the changing millenium

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 02.0310

Key words (German)

Nachwachsende Rohstoffe; Netzwerk; Länderbericht; non-food-crops; network; country report;
Agriculture; Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Life Sciences; Resources of the Sea; Fisheries

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLK5-CT-2000-00111

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.5 Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau FAL

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Central Science Laboratory Sand Hutton, York (UK)

Abstract (English)

Markets for non-food crop products are emerging, but development is hampered by uncoordinated efforts, lack of sector structure & produce specifications. End users are often unaware of benefits of & opportunities for non-food products. There has been much 'science push' but market orientation is now the key to success in this sector. This project will characterise markets & specifications for primary produce as major targets, & ensure focused networking & information transfer to the whole industry.

The project will:
- disseminate information at meetings;
- assess potential for non-food crops in EU accessing/associated state extend a database of products from plants;
- verify market size/specification forn-on-food crop products & disserts on website & data sheets;
- extend existing on-food contacts;
- measure uptake of non-food crops.

Total market orientation is essential for successful development of non-food crop products.

Objectives for this project are to:
- extend interaction & dataflow in the industrial crops sector through an integrated network linking key individuals in industry, government & science;
- disseminate existing data characterising market opportunities for specific industrial crops/uses at national & EU level;
- identify opportunities in EU accessing/associate states, which will maximise efficiency of use of funding &effort between states.

In support of these objectives, I-M will:
- deliver 2 pan-European conferences & 4 regional seminars;
- publish 12 newsletters, 4 sets of specifications for industrial crops, 1 agronomy booklet;
- extend existing Intemetsite on crops, contacts & associated issues;
- link to EU & other networks.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 02.0310