FACCE JPI pilot action: ‘A detailed climate change risk assessment for European agriculture and food security’

Co-funding

Austria - Bundesministerium für Land und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
Belgium - Public Service of Wallonia
The Czech Republic - Ministry of Agriculture CR
Denmark - Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Estonia - Ministry of Agriculture
Finland - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
France - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Germany - Federal Ministry of Education and Research & Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Israel - Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development of Israel
Italy - Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
The Netherlands - Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
Norway - The Research Council of Norway
Poland - Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Romania - Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
Spain - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Sweden - Research Council Formas
United Kingdom - Scottish Government: Main Research Providers

Funding total

BBSRC contributed £0.75M.

No. of projects funded

We funded one project, a knowledge hub consisting of 73 partners from 17 countries from the European Research Area.

Purpose

To bring together major European research groups, with existing funding from participating funding organisations in the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE JPI), in one knowledge hub (network).

Key aims

To foster interaction and synergy between European modellers in the areas of crops, livestock and trade
To look at how climate variability and change impact on these models

Contact

Gabriela Pastori
gabriela.pastori@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 413363
fax: 01793 413234