SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

 

• Competences in agrifood systems for present and future needs

• Enhancing the co-creation of innovation and knowledge in agriculture, forestry and related bio-value chains

• Developing an innovative European science and education roadmap for sustainable agriculture

• Inducing a paradigm shift from a linear to a cyclical approach of learning

 

MAIN ACTIVITIES

 

• A shared inventory of skills needed for a transition to more competitive and sustainable agriculture and forestry system

• Improved technical and soft skills for individuals in the agrifood and forestry sector

• Greater awareness of gaps in research capacities and specific fields of science of crucial importance for sustainable agriculture

• Increased efficiency of agricultural knowledge and innovation systems in the EU (and beyond)

• Improved quality and usefulness of practice-oriented research

• Recommendations for improved policies for education and research