Actions
High quality transnational research actions
FACCE-JPI pulls together the research capacity required to tackle the challenges. It seeks to avoid unnecessary duplication and to align and integrate national programmes. Since 2012, FACCE-JPI members have participated in a wide range of instruments for the implementation of joint actions among which about 18 joint research actions worth around 250 million Euro.
Based on its experience, FACCE-JPI will continue to strive for more shared visions and integration, in order to increase the joint impact of European research on society. An important goal of FACCE-JPI’s joint actions is to generate research results that can inform policies. Another goal is to support innovations from farmers, food producers and other end-users in the agri-food chain.
Core Research Themes
The Governing Board determines the FACCE-JPI strategy and subsequent activities with support from the Scientific Advisory Board and the Stakeholder Advisory Board. The strategy is laid down in the Strategic Research Agenda, which elaborates four interdisciplinary Core Themes. These core research themes are gradually taken into account by national research agendas in view of aligning national programmes where much research is already undertaken, and inspire pilot joint actions on topics where research is lacking.
In 2020, the original five Core Themes (refreshed in 2016), have been reviewed and reshuffled into four Core Themes in order to better reflect the current scientific, societal and political context. With the new Startegic Research Agenda outlines a path towards an agricultural sector that respects the planetary boundaries, preserves and encourages biodiversity, reduces emissions and inputs, embraces new approaches such as agroecology, and at the same time provides a sufficient and healthy diet.
Core Theme 1: An agricultural sector that contributes to climate neutrality
- investigates the changes needed to reduce the agricultural contributions to climate change. This includes the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the improvement and conservation of carbon storage, driven by technology development and changes in agricultural practices and dietary habits.
Science-Policy Knowledge Forum
Knowledge Hub MACSUR
Impacts on Climate Change - Improving Scenario Studies
FACCE ERA-GAS ERA-Net Cofund
Monitoring and mitigating of greenhouse gases
FACCE ERA-Net Plus on Climate Smart Agriculture
Adaption of agriculture systems
Multi-partner Call
Mitigation of agricultural greenhouse gases
European Joint Programming on Soil
Improving agricultural soil management
Thematic Annual Programming (TAP) Soil
Improving agricultural soil quality
Exploratory Workshops on Novel Techniques in Crop Breeding and Livestock
Core Theme 2: Sustainable & resilient agriculture
- focusses on the need to transition to more resilient farming practices, better adapted to the impacts of climate change. For this, major changes to adapt to societal and economic developments are needed and the value of ecosystem services has to be recognised. The associated risks require careful management in order to establish successful resilient farming enterprises fulfilling all dimensions of sustainability.
ERA-NET Cofund on Food Systems and Climate (FOSC)
Developing climate-resilient food systems
ERA-NET Cofund SusCrop
Sustainable Crop Production
ERA-Net Cofund FACCE SURPLUS
No more waste in the new bioeconomy
Knowledge Network on Sustainable Intensification (KNSI)
More yield with less pesticides, fertilizers and energy
Exploratory Workshops on Urban Agriculture
H2020 CSA ALL-Ready
The transition towards agroecology throughout Europe
Core Theme 3: Nutrition-sensitive agricultural production for food security
- addresses the need to provide sufficient, healthy and nutritious food for all. It highlights the changes necessary to get away from a diet mainly based on available calories and to go towards diverse diets based on nutritional quality. Dietary diversification and a focus on nutritional quality will not only help to increase the diversification of production systems but also support attempts to tackle serious issues such as malnutrition and obesity.
Core Theme 4: Trade-offs and synergies between food production, ecosystems and climate
- will enhance our understanding of the trade-offs and synergies between food security, biodiversity, ecosystems and climate and create support to take decisions for end users. For this, better attention to ethical issues is needed as well as closer connection between science and policy, and the improvement of methodology to establish the economic value of ecosystem services.
Cross-Cutting (valorisation) activities
The following two cross-cutting valorisation activities aim at better communicating and disseminating FACCE-JPI scientific results to national / EU policy makers and other stakeholders.
Project Wheel
FACCE-JPI Scientific Voices
Listen to scientists explaining their research
FACCE-JPI pre-summit Dialogue towards the UNFSS
FACCE-JPI 10 Year Event
AgriGHG2018 International Conference
Valorisation Workshops
Exploratory Workshop on Big Data
Exploratory Workshop on Emerging Technologies
Fostering the Adaptation of Existing and Emerging Technologies