General information about the project/initiative
Name of the Project/Initiative: Resilient, water- and energy-efficient forage and feed crops for Mediterranean agricultural systems
Acronym: REFORMA
General information about the organisation
Name: CRA – Research Centre for Fodder Crops and Dairy productions
City: Lodi
Post Code: 26900
Country: Lodi
Contact details of the person responsible for the project/initiative:
Name: Paolo Annicchiarico
Phone number: +39 0371404751
Website
Description of the project/initiative
Domains covered by the project/initiative:
- Plant genetic resources (PGR)
Number of partners: 9
Scope of the project: International
Initial motivation for starting the project/initiative: Enforcing Mediterranean crop-livestock systems and exploiting stress-tolerant genetic resources
Actions which describe the project – Actions are ranked from 1 to 10
Generating information (phenotyping, genotyping, etc.) | 2 |
Breeding and producing cultivars/breeds (including pre-breeding) | 1 |
Scientific research (analysing diversity, finding traits, etc.) | 3 |
Promoting use (aiming at potential users) | 4 |
Budget and funding
Overall budget of the project/initiative (in Euros): 568,7
Other public authorities than national government and agencies: 100%
Comments: In addition, about 183.000 euro for research work by an associated US partner institution (from its own institutional budget)
Expected outcomes and communication
Outcomes
Increase knowledge | X |
Improve/conserve genetic resource materials | X |
Scientific community | X |
Other(s):
To implement more sustainable and resilient cropping systems
Beneficiaries
Users of genetic resources such as breeders, farmers, industry | X |
Project/initiative to lead to the initiation of further projects/initiatives
– Already in a current FP7 project (LEGATO), and in future research projects within the same class of calls (EU-ArimNet) and/or Horizon 2020