ERIAFF Network

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The ERIAFF Network European Regions for
Innovation in Agriculture, Food and Forestry
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ERIAFF main objectives
To improve the performance of the EIP network
itself by acting as facilitators of information
flow and links between stakeholders across their
territories as well as across the European Union
To develop interregional Operational Groups which
are already linked by common priorities and goals
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The ERIAFF Regions are committed to
Allocate a high level of resources on Rural
Development measures linked with innovative
actions, allowing the best take up from the work
of the Operational Groups
Select common innovation priorities and act as
promoters of close collaborations among their
Operational Groups and other Regional Stakeholders
Promote and support an European Research
Infrastructure for Sustainable Agriculture in a
Changing Environment (SACE), which was submitted
as a proposal during the European Commission
consultation of October 2012
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ERIAFF requests

• To be involved in the EIP Implementation Plan and
  in the process of priorities selection and
  activity deployment. Regions tend to have a deep
  involvement in different EIP tools (Focus Groups,
  Seminars, Experts, etc.).
• Regions are also asking for strong support by the
  Commission in shaping simple and clear
  administrative and financial rules for maximising
  the expenditure in research and innovation by
  combining different funding sources (Structural,
  National and Regional Funds).
• Non-technological and social innovations should
  be considered important aspects of the future
  actions of the EIP.

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ERIAFF requests

• EIP initiatives should take into account the
  different farm size across EU territories, that
  is, the farm size shouldnt be considered as the
  only indicator of quality.
• Regions wishes to understand in practical terms
  the overall ability of the EIP to influence the
  future work programmes of the Research Framework
  Programme.
• Which technical and financial rules the
  Commission intends to activate to translate into
  action the desired coordination/integration among
  Structural, Cohesion and Research funds through
  the integrated operations, as they are proposed
  by the Commission itself and confirmed by the EU
  Council on last 8 February.

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EIP and ERIAFF proposed innovation areas

• Proposed EIP Innovation areas
• Increased agricultural productivity, output, and
  resource efficiency
• Innovation in support of the bio-based economy
• Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, and soil
  functionality
• Innovative products and services for the
  integrated supply chain
• Food quality, food safety and healthy lifestyles
• COM(2012) 79

• Proposed ERIAFF Innovation areas
• Promoting innovative techniques Precision
  farming and technologies for the mitigation and
  adaptation to Climate Changes, with particular
  attention to (a) the efficient use of energy,
  water and genetic resources and (b) the
  development of innovative methods to fight
  against new pests and diseases
• Efficient use of water resources
• Energy transition to renewable energies,
  efficient use of energy and energy independence
  of operations
• Control of greenhouse gas emissions in livestock
  and crops
• Tackling new plant pathologies and diseases

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EIP and ERIAFF proposed innovation areas

• Proposed EIP Innovation areas
• Increased agricultural productivity, output, and
  resource efficiency
• Innovation in support of the bio-based economy
• Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, and soil
  functionality
• Innovative products and services for the
  integrated supply chain
• Food quality, food safety and healthy lifestyles
• COM(2012) 79

• Proposed ERIAFF Innovation areas
• Making farm and forestry management practices
  more environmentally and socially sustainable
• Promotion of new production systems
• Development of ICT systems
• Development of robotics and/or co-botics (man and
  machine)
• Development of Social Innovation in Rural Areas
• Decreasing the environmental footprint of food
  industry
• Development of sustainable agricultural high-tech

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EIP and ERIAFF proposed innovation areas

• Proposed EIP Innovation areas
• Increased agricultural productivity, output, and
  resource efficiency
• Innovation in support of the bio-based economy
• Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, and soil
  functionality
• Innovative products and services for the
  integrated supply chain
• Food quality, food safety and healthy lifestyles
• COM(2012) 79

• Proposed ERIAFF Innovation areas
• Restructuring of territorial management and
  organization in rural areas, assuring a better
  integration with territorial and metropolitan
  planning
• Management of farming systems on a territorial
  basis for the conservation of soil, water,
  landscapes and biodiversity (putting different
  players around the table)
• Improvement of rural landscape and biodiversity

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EIP and ERIAFF proposed innovation areas

• Proposed EIP Innovation areas
• Increased agricultural productivity, output, and
  resource efficiency
• Innovation in support of the bio-based economy
• Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, and soil
  functionality
• Innovative products and services for the
  integrated supply chain
• Food quality, food safety and healthy lifestyles
• COM(2012) 79

• Proposed ERIAFF Innovation areas
• Strengthening the role of farmers (and their
  cooperatives) in the agro-food production chain
  through the development of new organizational
  and managerial systems, the improvement of the
  logistic and the creation of new services to
  farms and food operators
• Short market systems / farmers' markets
• Innovative managerial cooperation solutions for
  the creation of competitive structures in
  agricultural production
• Logistic operations
• Improve feed self-sufficiency of farms
• Shaping and translating into practice new
  approaches towards productivity, competitiveness
  and diversification
• Restructuring the production chains for the
  improvement of contract managementand the
  distribution of value added

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EIP and ERIAFF proposed innovation areas

• Proposed EIP Innovation areas
• Increased agricultural productivity, output, and
  resource efficiency
• Innovation in support of the bio-based economy
• Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, and soil
  functionality
• Innovative products and services for the
  integrated supply chain
• Food quality, food safety and healthy lifestyles
• COM(2012) 79

• Proposed ERIAFF Innovation areas
• Improving the quality of foods (better
  nutritional and ecological profile) and food
  safety
• Genetic profiling and breeding (excluding
  transgenic technologies) and food traceability
  for the agro-food quality systems
• Optimization of technical processes
• Development of innovative diets and products
• Control of the use of chemical inputs
• Nutrition education in the population and raising
  awareness of healthy and safe food in society