CORDIS · 613609 · FP7

HEALTHYMINORCEREALS An integrated approach to diversify the genetic base, improve stress resistance, agronomic management and nutritional/processing quality of minor cereal crops for human nutrition in Europe

Coordinator: VYZKUMNY USTAV ROSTLINNE VYROBY VVI (CZ)

Consumers have increasing demands for healthy, nutritious, and innovative food produced sustainably. Minor cereals can address these points, as well as contributing to feed and non-food markets. However, they have been hardly developed as commercial varieties, with no major investment to exploit genetic diversity in breeding programmes, and have low yields. There has been little research to optimise agronomy, food processing and marketing.HealthyMinorCereals will apply state of the art methods for genetic characterisation and phenotyping of >800 genotypes of 5 minor cereal species (spelt, rye…

EU contribution
€4.9M
Total cost
Period
2013-09-01 → 2018-08-31
Framework
Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013)
Funding scheme
CP-TP
Status
CLOSED

About Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013)

The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) ran from 2007 to 2013 and was the EU's main research-funding instrument of that period. It mobilised roughly €50 billion across cooperation projects, ERC frontier grants, Marie Curie fellowships, capacity-building actions and Euratom research. FP7 closed to new calls in 2013 but its projects continued for years after under their original grant agreements.

EU contribution: €4.9M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 5 years from 2013-09-01 to 2018-08-31.

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Frequently asked questions

Who funds this research project?
This project is funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013) programme, under the CP-TP funding scheme.
What is the EU contribution?
The European Commission contributes €4.9M.
Which EU programme funds it?
The project is funded under Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013).
Who coordinates the project?
The project is coordinated by VYZKUMNY USTAV ROSTLINNE VYROBY VVI (CZ).
What is the project timeline?
The project runs from 2013-09-01 to 2018-08-31 — approximately 5 years.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 613609.