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
About EULAFF Project
EULAFF is a project supported by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research which 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. The specific goals of the EULAFF project will contribute to:
- Establish and promote effective open collaborative networking between academic research, industrial, commercial and private investment institutions to achieve the development of a bi-regional agro-industry sector with the aim of making a sustainable use of biological diversity of Latin American agricultural crops.
- Contribute to the sustainable development of marginal rural areas by strengthening formal and informal production chains dedicated to the commercialisation of often under-utilised crops with high nutritional and heath promoting potential.
- Promote transfer of knowledge, innovative technologies and develop appropriate intellectual property protection to meet niche market demands in the global international trade.
For achieving these goals the project has planned a series of lectures, debates, roundtables and symposia with the participation of authoritative scientists, experts from the industry and several stakeholders from Europe and Latin America. The proposal also includes the development of a virtual community networking system and on-line information resources to support the collaborative effort and to stimulate the dissemination of information pertaining to the use of biological diversity of agricultural crops grown in Latin America with functional food potential.