Research and innovation policy reflections relevant to Horizon Europe, the Farm to Fork strategy and European Green Deal
EC (2020) Research and innovation policy as a driver for sustainable, healthy and inclusive food systems European Commission
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Directorate C – Healthy Planet
Unit C2 - Bioeconomy and Food Systems 128 pages
This publication frames the deployment phase of the European Commission’s Food 2030 initiative and is meant to guide future research and innovation policy reflections relevant to Horizon Europe, the Farm to Fork strategy and European Green Deal, and beyond.
The web stream of the conference will available at https://scar-europe.org/ in the coming week.
This publication frames the deployment phase of the European Commission’s Food 2030 initiative and is meant to guide future research and innovation policy reflections relevant to Horizon Europe, the Farm to Fork strategy and European Green Deal, and beyond.
The report sets out 10 Pathways where research and innovation can concretely deliver co-benefits to nutrition, climate, circularity and communities, at multiple levels: from local to international.
It also underlines that a systemic and transdisciplinary approach to research and innovation is crucial for success and improved impact. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that transformations are not only technical and academic; they also encompass social, legal, economic, financial, ethical, and philosophical dimensions, which need to be fully embedded in future R&I policy and programmes.
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16 October 2020. Every year the team behind FOOD2030 has joined forces with FAO, to organize an annual event on World Food Day.. The 2020 event programme included high level speakers from European Commission, FAO and the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education, a keynote by Prof Dr Joachim VON BRAUN (Chair of the Scientific Group for the UN World Food System Summit), a high-level panel debate and testimonials of the next generation of researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs.
EC (2020) Resilience and transformation. Report of the 5th SCAR Foresight exercise expert group : natural resources and food systems : transitions towards a ‘safe and just’ operating space. 146 pages
There have been four such SCAR foresight reports since 2007 – looking at the challenges facing agriculture overall; resilience and crisis in agriculture and food systems; resource scarcities; and the bioeconomy. Each has led to new EU initiatives to address the issues raised.
Natural resources and food systems : transitions towards a ‘safe and just’ operating space
There have been four such SCAR foresight reports since 2007 – looking at the challenges facing agriculture overall; resilience and crisis in agriculture and food systems; resource scarcities; and the bioeconomy. Each has led to new EU initiatives to address the issues raised.
This fifth report takes a somewhat broader view, reflecting the mounting urgency of our food, agriculture, environmental and health problems. The focal point: How to get to “a safe and just operating space” for society, through better management of natural resources and food systems?
The report focuses on ways and develops recommendations for a research and innovation programme how to achieve three main transitions:
- sustainable and healthy diets for all;
- a circular bioeconomy;
- diversifying agriculture and food systems.
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15 December 2020. 5th SCAR Foresight Conference. The conference was focused on the presentation of the SCAR Foresight Report and the SCAR Reflection paper.
The conference featured a key note speech of Urs Niggli on transitions towards sustainable organic agricultural systems. A panel discussion with SCAR Members gave first examples of how food systems transitions can be reflected in national research and innovation programmes. The event set the basis for further SCAR Foresight activities planned for this year.
For society and the economy to become more resilient – a problem highlighted by the pandemic – we need more diversity: in what we eat, what we grow and fish, and how we structure society. R&I can help develop new information and genomic technologies, ecosystem services, environmental policies.
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