A workshop was organized by RATION in collaboration with two other EU projects ARISTO and INTOMED on the use of soil microbiome as a tool for ecotoxicology and the development of novel plant protection solutions. The workshop attracted people from industry, academia and local authorities. Relevant videos and articles published in e-magazines, websites and tv programs follow.
Video presentation of the 2nd Stakeholder Forum workshop (October 2023)
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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.
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.
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).
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 ReadingThe 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.
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 ReadingUniversity 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 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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