Together for healthy and sustainable food
The EU-funded CROSSPATHS project aims at creating a cross-border network of food technology, health and bioeconomy R&I institutions.
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Objectives
The overall objective of CROSSPATHS is to implement a cross-border strategy that aligns ERDF-funded investments with Horizon Europe opportunities for the following 3 institutions :
- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Catholic University of Portugal
- Estonian University of Life Sciences
We will achieve this synergy through 4 specific objectives:
Joint R&I internationalisation strategy to improve access to excellent European R&I networks and communities
Strengthened Human Resources and Skills
Better use of ERDF-funded R&I infrastructures
Successful participation in Horizon and other international calls
Expected project outcomes
The CROSSPATHS project aims to achieve several key outcomes that will benefit stakeholders and contribute to advancements in food, health, and bioeconomy research:
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Activities
We will hold several activities open to stakeholders outside the project.
Thematic focus
There will not be any research work in CROSSPATHS. However, the project will build capacities for our network to deliver better quality research-based outputs in the following topics:
Healthy
Addressing the rising demand for healthier food options, our project will develop capacities to strategically promotes pioneering research and advanced technology to craft nutritious food products that enhance overall well-being and vitality.
Sustainable
Tackling the pressing need for sustainable food production, our project is firmly committed to build capacities to implement eco-conscious practices and bolstering resilience throughout the food supply chain.
Affordable
Responding to the challenge of ensuring affordable food access for all, our project is dedicated to build the capacities to devise economically viable solutions that enhance the availability of nutritious food products while upholding uncompromising quality standards.
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Our solutions for each of you
We are a consortium of 3 research institutions from 3 European countries. Each has its own expertise: in vivo validation of the health-promoting effects of food stuff - IARFR (Poland); food processing with valorisation of side streams - EMU (Estonia); and green extraction with techniques of identification of plant-based bioactive compounds - UCP (Portugal).
We are open for research collaboration, joint grant applications, staff exchanges or organisation or participation in conferences.
Our consortium provides a large set of R&D services to help you develop innovative food products. Benefit from 3 complementary research institutions established all across Europe and working together to deliver customised services. We will soon launch on this website an interactive catalogue of our services. In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact us.
Our project builds synergies between ERDF investments in our 3 European countries to make better use of them, create more value for businesses or the society, and establish international research collaborations.
The focus of our project is also very relevant to address several critical societal challenges for which we are eager to support policy makers with science-backed advice: climate change and its impact of food production, health issues in populations sch as obesity or under-nutrition, sustainability of food production and processing, or inclusivity of food systems.
We are very eager to share with you our knowledge about the current issues related to food, from its production fo its consumption, and introduce to you the solutios coming out from our research. Stay tuned to learn more about our next actions towards citizens!
Get in touch with us to have access to science-backed content about the current issues faced in food systems that you can use in your articles, news, reports. We are very keen to engage with media to jointly create appealing content for your audiences based on our expertise.
Together for healthier and sustainable food
Discover how our project will enable building
health-conscious, eco-friendly and affordable food solutions
Together for healthier and sustainable food
Discover how our project will enable building
health-conscious, eco-friendly and affordable food solutions
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101160325.
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