THE ERA-NET SUSCROP COFUND ACTION IS CURRENTLY PREPARING A SECOND CALL FOR PROPOSALS

SusCrop is an ERA-Net Cofund Action under H2020, which aims to strengthen the European Research Area (ERA) in the field of Sustainable Crop Production through enhanced cooperation and coordination of different national and regional research programmes. The main aim of the call is to ensure food and nutrient security for a growing population under climate change and pressure on natural resources. The call launch is expected in early 2020.

Focused Areas:

·         Enhancement of new and/or predictive breeding technologies and the development of new genotypes leading to new phenotypes towards the release of improved crop varieties that are capable to adapt to future changes in environmental and climatic conditions. Projects could also target improvement of variety selection processes to support agroecological practices.  

·         Development and exploitation of integrated pest and crop management methods and practices. This includes, for example, basic and translational research leading to practical on-farm applications and/or the development of novel detection systems for integrated pest and crop management.

·         Improvement of resource-use efficiency of cropping systems by agroecological approaches to increase the efficiency of nutrient, water and energy utilisation. This could include the use of improved crops.

·         Investigations on agricultural crops as part of an ecosystem. Studies must have a clear focus on interactions between plants and other organisms leading to practices that support more sustainable agriculture.

Deadline for submission of stage 1 proposals to the Joint Call Secretariat: 07.04.2020

Deadline for submission of stage 2 proposals to the Joint Call Secretariat: 10.09.2020

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