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A universal tool to share knowledge about animal gene banks

Gene banks keep a range of biological material: gametes, embryos, DNA, somatic tissues, biological fluids. They represent a major investment for research institutions as...

The shifting landscape of animal genetic resources in Europe

The EFRP’s Coralie Danchin spoke to SE about how the landscape of animal genetic resources (AnGR) is changing in Europe today. The European Regional Focal...

Food safety standards in agriculture: a Dutch overview

Following a raft of safety scandals on Dutch farms, Member States must work together to enforce standards and provide quality to consumers. Improving food safety...

Sustainable aquaculture: the solution to food procurement?

In the face of plastic pollution, global warming and overfishing, can sustainable aquaculture offer a solution to our procurement needs? Aquaculture production, the rearing and...

Phytoponics: hydroponic technology for sustainable agriculture

Phytoponics have created a high quality hydroponic system, costing significantly less than traditional designs – their technology has the potential to meet global food...

Will Brexit affect the EU meat trade industry?

Many of the agricultural products imported and exported within Europe are covered by the Single Common Market Organisation, which provides market instruments to stabilise...

Integrated farm management: transforming sustainability in agriculture

Martijn Buijsse from the European Initiative for Sustainable Development in Agriculture talks about European sustainable agriculture and how ‘integrated farm management’ could help to...

Preventing health and safety risks in agriculture with technology

New technology in farming machinery coupling could make agriculture safer and reduce health and safety risks for farmers. Here, Innovation News Network speaks to...

Masters of magic: using marginal lands for growing industrial crops

Dr Efthymia Alexopoulou of the Centre for Renewable Sources and Energy Saving (CRES) describes the use of marginal lands for growing industrial crops (MAGIC). Industrial...

SIWI®: The automated hitch system transforming agriculture

The SIWI® automated hitch system is poised to revolutionise agriculture in Europe by boosting productivity and promoting safety on farms. Steen N Jensen explains...

Automated agriculture with Sparter, the selective harvester

The automation transformation is seeing agriculture transformed. Cerescon’s Thérèse van Vinken and Ad Vermeer discuss how their selective harvesting machine, Sparter, will revolutionise asparagus...

Agri and food: the engine for regional change

The STRING project details how the performance of regional development instruments and programmes depends on building strong agrifood innovation systems for creating and co-operation pp The...

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