Identification of research priorities in transnational EU projects in organic food and farming
2011
Bellon, Stephane | Alfödi, Thomas | Anil, Sahin | van der Meulen, Suzanne
Transnational cooperation is increasingly advocated in organic research and development. The ERA-Net CORE organic aims at coordinating research efforts among 21 European participating countries. It includes a specific work package to identify research topics for transnational calls. In this paper, we account for the process used and results achieved for the first call. Consultations and surveys among national contact persons enabled us to identify national research plans and needs. Research areas were ranked in order to define 3 main themes of common interest. Thematic research areas were then detailed in sub-topics likely to lead to the definition of research projects. The projects were then evaluated in a two-stage process. This process lead to 59 pre-proposals, among which 26 were selected to submit a full proposal. Results are discussed in two directions: (i) complementarity between national plans and transnational projects, and (ii) relationships between institutional positions and scientific evaluation. As a whole, the process generated many research ideas likely to feed further research agendas
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