Call for proposals

Sustainable food security - resilient and resource-efficient value chain H2020-SFS-2016-2017 Closed!

Official Launch: 4 years ago
Closed: 2 years ago
Global Budget: 407.5 M€
Official page of the Call

Objectives

The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) is implemented by specific programme and work programmes.

The “Industrial leadership” priority aims to speed up development of the technologies and innovations that will underpin tomorrow's businesses and help innovative European SMEs to grow into world-leading companies. It consists of three specific objectives.

"Innovation in SMEs" provides SME-tailored support to stimulate all forms of innovation in SMEs, targeting those with the potential to grow and internationalise across the single market and beyond.

Actions

Actions foreseen within this call for proposals include the following topics:

SFS-01-2016:Solutions to multiple and combined stresses in crop production
SFS-02-2016:Teaming up for good: Exploiting the benefits of species diversity in cropping systems
SFS-03-2016:Testing and breeding for sustainability and resilience in crops
SFS-04-2017:New partnerships and tools to enhance European capacities for in-situ conservation
SFS-05-2017:Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
SFS-06-2016:Weeding - strategies, tools and technologies for sustainable weed management
SFS-07-2016-2017:Organic breeding – Increasing the competitiveness of the organic breeding and farming sectors
SFS-08-2017:Organic inputs – contentious inputs in organic farming
SFS-09-2016:Spotlight on critical outbreak of pests: the case of Xylella fastidiosa
SFS-10-2017:Research and approaches for emerging diseases in plants and terrestrial livestock
SFS-11-2016:Challenges for disease management: Perennial crops in the tropics and sub-tropics
SFS-12-2016:Support for international research on animal health
SFS-13-2017:Validation of diagnostic tools for animal and plant health
SFS-14-2016:Understanding host-pathogen-environment interactions
SFS-15-2016-2017:Breeding livestock for resilience and efficiency
SFS-16-2017:Bee health and sustainable pollination
SFS-17-2017:Innovations in plant protection
SFS-18-2016:Framework Partnership Agreement supporting Joint Actions towards Public-Public Partnerships in the Bioeconomy
SFS-19-2016:ERA-NET Cofund: Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy
SFS-20-2017:Towards a science-based regionalisation of the Common Fisheries Policy
SFS-21-2016-2017:Advancing basic biological knowledge and improving management tools for commercially important fish and other seafood
SFS-22-2017:Smart fisheries technologies for an efficient, compliant and environmentally friendly fishing sector
SFS-23-2016:Improving the technical performance of the Mediterranean aquaculture
SFS-24-2016:Reinforcing international cooperation on sustainable aquaculture production with countries from South-East Asia
SFS-25-2016:Support Action to a common agricultural and wider bioeconomy research agenda
SFS-26-2016:Legumes - transition paths to sustainable legume-based farming systems and agri-feed and food chains
SFS-27-2017:Permanent grassland – farming systems and policies
SFS-28-2017:Functional biodiversity – productivity gains through functional biodiversity: effective interplay of crop pollinators and pest predators
SFS-29-2017:Socio-eco-economics – socio-economics in ecological approaches
SFS-30-2017:Closing loops at farm and regional levels to mitigate GHG emissions and environmental contamination - focus on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in agro-ecosystems
SFS-31-2016:Farming for tomorrow - developing an enabling environment for resilient and sustainable agricultural systems
SFS-32-2017:Promoting and supporting the eco-intensification of aquaculture production systems: inland (including fresh water), coastal
SFS-33-2016:Understanding food value chain and network dynamics
SFS-34-2017:Innovative agri-food chains: unlocking the potential for competitiveness and sustainability
SFS-35-2017:Innovative solutions for sustainable food packaging
SFS-36-2017:Co-fund on "One Health" (zoonoses – emerging threats)
SFS-37-2016:The impact of consumer practices in food safety: risks and mitigation strategies
SFS-38-2016:Impulsivity and compulsivity and the link with nutrition, lifestyle and the socio-economic environment
SFS-39-2017:How to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic?
SFS-40-2017:Sweeteners and sweetness enhancers
SFS-41-2016:EU-Africa Research and Innovation partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture
SFS-42-2016:Promoting food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture in Africa: the role of innovation
SFS-43-2017:Earth observation services for the monitoring of agricultural production in Africa
SFS-44-2016:A joint plant breeding programme to decrease the EU's and China's dependency on protein imports
SFS-45-2016:Increase overall transparency of processed agri-food products
SFS-46-2017:Alternative production system to address anti-microbial drug usage, animal welfare and the impact on health
SFS-47-2017:Management of soil water resources in the EU and China and its impact on agro-ecosystem functions
SFS-48-2017:Resource-efficient urban agriculture for multiple benefits – contribution to the EU-China Urbanisation Partnership

European community funding

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

407,50 Million EUR (Global Budget)

All the important deadlines

17 February 2016 - 4 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 1)
13 September 2016 - 3 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 2)
14 February 2017 - 3 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 3)
13 September 2017 - 2 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 4)
17 February 2017 - 3 years ago (The deadline for the presentation of proposals for area 5)