European Non-Food Agriculture ENFA FP6
Scientific Support to Policies (SSP 3)
European Non-Food Agriculture ENFA FP6
Scientific Support to Policies (SSP 3)
1. Sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources
1.2 Tools and assessment methods for sustainable agriculture and forestry management Policy-oriented research Task 1: Non-Food Crops
Task 1: Non-Food Crops
"use available research data"
"evaluate the true market and economic prospects"
"integrate non-food crop production with traditional food production systems"
"assess the energy and environmental balance of non-food crops"
ENFA - Objectives
To assess the competitive economic potentials and major environmental impacts of major non-food options in the European forest and agricultural sector
To provide decision support to EU policymakers and industries
13 ENFA Partners
Poland Sweden Ireland France Greece Germany Netherlands Austria Wales
ENFA Links to Non-Food Projects
European Miscanthus Improvement (EMI)
Switchgrass as an alternative energy crop in Europe
Clear Views on Clean Fuels; Data, Potentials, Scenarios, Markets and Trade of Biofuels (VIEWLS)
Poplars - A multiple-use crop for European arable farmers
ENFA Links to Non-Food Projects
Reed canary grass research project
Hemp as Raw Material for Novel Industrial Applications
Southern Europe: BEAVER, ACE, BIOCHAINS, ACICA, MULTISEES
Dissemination of results concerning the integrated production and exploitation of biological materials for non-food uses (BioMatNet)
ENFA Links to GHG Projects
Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA)
Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases from managed European grasslands and mitigation strategies (GreenGrass)
Multi-Source Inventory Methods for Quantifying Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in European Forests (CarboInvent)
May 2005 Project start
Year 1 Technologies
Year 2 ENFA model
Year 3 Analysis, Dissemination
April 2008 Project end
Additional Remarks
Everybody is invited to participate in the project beyond his/her "paid" time
Aim for dissemination of findings including publications
ENFA model code will be available to all partners
The research is interdisciplinary and will cause misunderstandings
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