The second e-newsletter of RATION was issued. Have a look on the activities of RATION so far and its prime goals).
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The first e-newsletter of RATION was issued. Have a look on the activities of RATION so far and its prime goals).
Continue ReadingΝew Position in Environmental Microbiology and Risk Assessment in RATION, University of Thessaly
RATION – Risk Assessment Innovation of Low-Risk Pesticides
Postdoc position in environmental microbiology and risk assessment
University of Thessaly is offering a Postdoc position in environmental microbiology and risk assessment with expected commencement November 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is offered in the frame of the project RATION, a Horizon Europe project. RATION is a 4-year project started at 1.11.2022 and involves 22 partners.
Presentation of RATION in the XII European Congress of Entomology
The Coordinator of RATION Prof. Karpouzas presented RATION and its main goals and progress in the XII European Congress of Entomology which was held in Crete on the 16-20 October 2023. The title of his talk was Setting the scene for a scientifically sound risk assessment of low-risk pesticides.
The 2023 Annual Meeting of RATION was held in Larissa, Greece at 27-29 September 2023
More than 35 scientists representing the different partners of RATION met in the first in person meeting in the Hotel Dionysos, Larissa, Greece. The partners had the chance to discuss the progress made so far and the follow up steps while separate meetings per Working Package were also organized to discuss specific details of the work. The members of the Advisory Board that were present in the meeting Anne Steenbergh (Ctgb), Jacobjin van Etten (Ctgb), Magdalini Sachana (OECD) and Rachel Sharp (EFSA, remotely).
Challenges for Implementing the EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy – Pests, Plants, and Profits – Inter-model Cooperation Between the BrightSpace, GeneBEcon,...
Pre-Congress Workshop of the EAAE Congress, 29th August 2023
The EU Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F) aims to speed up the transition to a sustainable food system. The F2F Strategy targets a 50% reduction in the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides and the use of more hazardous pesticides by 50%, which should be achieved by 2030. The three EU Horizon-funded projects BrightSpace, GeneBEcon, and RATION presented their work and cooperation in economic modelling, tackling issues related to the Farm to Fork Strategy.
Continue ReadingGeneBEcon’s Symposium
The EU-funded GeneBEcon project and the Cyprus University of Technology are organizing the Science-Policy Symposium about New Genomic Techniques in Plants and Microalgae and their impact on agriculture, aquaculture, food security and bioeconomy. The Symposium will be held at the Municipal Cultural Centre Panos Solomonides, Limassol, Cyprus on October 6th, 2023, from 09:00 – 14:00. The Symposium will be held under the auspices of Cyprus’ Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.
Co-organized Pre-Congress Workshop of the EAAE Congress
The three EU Horizon-funded projects BrightSpace, GeneBEcon, and RATION co-organized a Pre-Congress Workshop in the frame of the 2023 Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists which was held in Remmes, France. The three project presented their work and cooperation in economic modelling, tackling issues related to the Farm to Fork Strategy.
Continue ReadingNew position in Microbiology in RATION, UNIVERSITY THESSALY
University of Thessaly is offering a position in microbiology with expected commencement July 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is offered in the frame of the project RATION, an HORIZON Europe project (Risk Assessment Innovation of Low Risk Pesticides). It is a 4-year project which has stared at 1.11.2022.
Continue ReadingRATION collaboration with Brighspace and GenBEcon HORIZON Europe projects
RATION in collaboration with two other EU projects, Brightspace and GeneBEcon, is organizing a Pre-Congress Workshop with the title “Challenges for Implementing the EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy – Pests, Plants, and Profits – Inter-model Cooperation Between the Brightspace, GeneBEcon, and RATION Projects” in the morning of the 29th of August, 2023. The event will be linked with the XVII Symposium of European Association of Agricultural Economists. The workshop will be free for attendees and will be held in the Congress venue Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes.
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