Request for an European Partnership to support 'optimising genetic potential for resilient and diverse production systems'
Three European Technology Platforms (ETPs), Plant ETP, FABRE TP and EATIP, together with the Animal Task Force, are requesting the EU Commission to consider an additional European Partnership on 'optimising genetic potential for resilient and diverse production systems' under the strategic plan 2025-2027 of Horizon Europe.
According to the four organisations, there is currently no strategic long-term mechanism, partnership or other, to reach the long term goals of the EU Green Deal’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies. The signatories highlight the need for a coordinated and holistic EU-wide development of the necessary knowledge on biological processes and breeding strategies and tools to support other European Partnerships in delivering more sustainable agri-food systems and a circular bioeconomy, in addition to attaining high-level policy commitments encouraging diversification and the adoption of novel species.