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A out Fera
On 1st April 2015, Capita plc and Defra formed a joint venture to operate Fera Science Limited (formerly the Food and Environment Research Agency).
Over the past 100 years, Fera has been a By listening to what our customers tell us, it is clear that leading provider of scientific evidence, advice the ability of our scientists to understand a problem and find solutions is what differentiates Fera. and solutions across plant health and the agri-food supply chain. As we look to the future, Fera is focused on maintaining its leading edge in agri-food through its total commitment to Our business is understanding problems and developing driving innovation whilst at the same time sustaining the sustainable solutions through innovative thinking, and the integrity and quality of all its scientific activity. gathering and analysis of robust scientific evidence.
Fera’s interdisciplinary approach, whereby our teams from across the organisation work together whenever and wherever necessary, gives us the right platform to be able to support customers in both the strategic and day-to-day decisions they face. 9212 MST EU Protocal Book Update v2_Layout 1 04/11/2015 12:27 Page 4
About Fera's EU Work Fera is the lead UK coordinator in the KBBE funding scheme and has many years of experience gained from working on 33 projects and dealing with over 440 partners organisations.
Fera has a track record as the primary body within the UK for successfully managing large projects within the European Knowledge Based Bio-Economy (KBBE) research and development arena, having managed nearly 12% of all the UK- coordinated projects in the six years since the KBBE programme started in 2012. Meeting the increasing demand for food while balancing competing priorities for the environment and commercial enterprises is a core concern for the organisation. Currently, Fera is coordinating five European KBBE projects that have food security as their overarching objective: these projects aim to improve crop yields under conditions of drought and other external stress, eradicate and contain new pests and disease, find new sources of feedstuffs for animals farmed for human consumption, and consolidate agricultural and environmental knowledge gained from EU scientific research projects. 9212 MST EU Protocal Book Update v2_Layout 1 04/11/2015 12:27 Page 5
Fera Coordinated Projects – Consortium Partners
Palm Protect
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PROteINSECT
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PRATIQUE
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Browse
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VITAL
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TESTA
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Abstress
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Q-Detect
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Euphresco
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Pa m Protect Strategies for the eradication and containment of the invasive pests Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier and Paysandisia archon Burmeister
Universities Businesses Research Institutes
Research abstract
Palm Protect aims to develop reliable methods, for use by assessment and optimisation of monitoring and control national plant protection organisations (NPPO), inspection methods. 2) To combat the spread and establishment of R. services, growers and other end-users, for the early detection, ferrugineus and P. archon by the development of technologies eradication, control and containment of the red palm weevil, for the early detection and monitoring of these pests in Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and the Paysandisia archon . quarantine (chemical and acoustic detection) and in open Palm Protect will address gaps in current technology thereby areas (using trapping, aerial imaging, and a decision support helping to minimise th