Highlights
of current EULAFF activities
Workshop on “Opportunities for new functional food, healthcare and wellness products”
8-9 December 2008 - Gent, Belgium
Journey on “Functional Foods and Biotechnology”
30 September 2008 - Sao Paulo, Brasil
Symposium on “Biocommerce of agricultural crops with health-beneficial traits”
21-23 August 2008 - Lima, Peru
Debate on “Economic valorisation of agro-biodiverse crops”
6-8 May 2008 - Porto, Portugal
Debate on “Traditional knowledge biodiversity and functional foods”
31 March - 1 April 2008 - Mexico City
Lectures on “Traditional medicinal plants and other uses of Amazonian Crops”
3-5 December 2007 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Symposium “Biodiversity and intellectual property rights: building a new functional food chain”
22-25 October 2007 - Viña del Mar, Chile
Roundtable “European IPR position on functional foods”
17-19 September 2007 - Barcelona, Spain
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EULAFF is supported by the European Commission Directorate-General
for Research
European Action on Latin American Functional Foods
The EULAFF project focuses on supporting the functional food sectors in Europe and Latin America. It aims at creating an agri-food chain innovation system for identification and development of novel functional foods, in order to build a sustainable bi-regional functional food sector.