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Early Prevention of Diabetes Complications in people with Hyperglycaemia in Europe (E-PREDICE)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2017,
"Background: A significant proportion of pre-diabetics, show macro and micro vascular complications associated with hyperglycaemia. Although many trials have demonstrated the efficacy of lifestyle and pharmaceutical interventions in diabetes prevention, no trial has evaluated the extent to which mid- and long-term complications can be prevented by early interventions on hyperglycaemia.Aims: To ass ...
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Regenerative agricultural practices: demonstration of an alternative sustainable management of agrarian soils (LIFE REGEN FARMING)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2013, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2016,
Background
Soil performs vital ecological, social and economic services for society. Its importance for the production of food, fibre and wood has been long recognised, as has its role as a surface for housing and infrastructure development. However, it is now recognised that soil also filters and buffers contaminants, allowing us to have clean drinking w ...
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INTEGRAL USE OF OIL SEEDS TO REDUCE GREEN HOUSE GASES EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FARMING ACTIVITIES (LIFE SEED CAPITAL)
Date du début: 2 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
Background
The use of fossil fuels accounts for 8% per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural production. However, vegetable oil is an interesting bio-fuel alternative for use in agrarian systems, since it can be produced on the farm. Oil can be extracted mechanically with a ram press that uses a piston inside a cage to crush the oilseed ...
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Integrated solutions for Tuberculosis control in animals combining vaccination and multi-species diagnostics (WILDTBVAC)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,
Recent studies have showed estimations of worldwide 50 million cattle infections with M. bovis, at a cost to the agricultural community of 2-3 billion € per year. In developing countries, M. bovis infection is still widespread, in both cattle and humans. Even in developed countries, successful eradication of disease from livestock is hampered by the presence of wildlife reservoirs of M. bovis. Und ...
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Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based welfare indicators, including pain, in commercially important husbandry species, with special emphasis on small ruminants, equidae & turkeys (WELFARE INDICATORS)
Date du début: 1 mai 2011, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2015,
Animal welfare is one of the topics that has consistently ranked on the top of items brought to the attention of governmental organizations and politicians across European countries. Concerns about animal welfare among European citizens are founded in well thought expectations from governments, industry and other stakeholders. The tremendous public scrutiny on animal welfare related issues put exc ...
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Biocontrol and Bioremediation agents and their role in Agriculture and Forest health (BioReGent)
Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2014,
BioReGent brings together six centres and universities specialised in the area of improvement of forest and agro ecosystems by means of bioremediation and biological control agents. This network covers a unique set of competencies, expertises, infrastructures and training possibilities. The overall objective of this proposal is the establishment of a small network of specialised scientists from bo ...
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Knowledge brokerage to promote sustainable food consumption and production: linking scientists, policymakers and civil society organisations (FOODLINKS)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,
The policy issue central to this project is food as many of today’s sustainability problems (e.g. water shortage, GHG emissions, pollution of soil and water, decrease of biodiversity, urban waste) are related to the prevailing pattern of food production and consumption (including processing and distribution). Hence, developing more sustainable food production and consumption patterns will have a s ...
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DIGITALWORLD FORUM ON ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE ICT (DIGITALWORLD)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2008, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2009,
The DigitalWorld Forum is an attempt to gather the foremost experts in the field of inclusive and accessible ICT and Developing Countries in a context of Sustainable Development and to create a Forum where the different initiatives and actors would be able to network and to exchange best practices and success stories in order to deliver development-related ICT research exploitation and cooperation ...
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