Mineral Improved Crop Production for Healthy Food and Feed.
COST Action 0905 will enable significant progress in:
enhancing bioavailability in soils and plant uptake and translocation of minerals to edible food parts[fortified food],
reducing amounts of toxic minerals in food crops [food chain safety]
and thus leading to improved human health.
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Aims COST FA 0905 is a network of co-ordinated national research projects. The main aims of the Action are to: • identify bottlenecks limiting the content of bioavailable minerals (Fe, Zn, Mg, Se) in the consumable crop part • provide solutions for 3-fold increase in bioavailable food/feed mineral content • assess ways to limit the entry of Cd and As into the food chain • disseminate this knowledge to stakeholders and the public. European dimension and added values COST
FA 0905 will strive to • maximise European synergy in research cooperation, • provide innovative ideas to improve the mineral status of food and feed, • Find methods to exploit genetic variability of food and fodder crops, • enhance scientific know how to improve minerals in food under modern processing, • create training and exchange programs, for students, postdoctoral fellows, and young researchers, especially women, and • identify key institutes and personnel for efficient assessment of food and feed mineral quality across
Europe 29 countries have now joined COST 859 EU Framework Programme COST Action FA0905: • is supported by the EU Framework programme • lies in the domain of Food and Agriculture, and • operates according to the guidelines of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology ) intergovernmental framework.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) came into effect on 21 January 2010 .
The Action is of 4 years duration and will last on April 13, 2014. Statistics (as of April 2010)
Number of participants from COST countries: 227 ( About 38% female) Number of participating COST countries: 26 Number of participants from non-COST countries: 7 Number of participating non-COST countries: 3
COST is supported by the EU Framework Programme ESF (Fondation européenne de la science) est une association à but non-lucratif de droit français (Alsace) 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, B.P. 90015, 67080 Strasbourg cedex, France
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