PURE-Pesticide Use-and risk Reduction in European farming systems with Integrated Pest management

Academic head of project management: Imre Holb

• Title of project: PURE- Növényvédő szerek használata és kockázatcsökkentés európai mezőgazdasági rendszerekben integrált növényvédelemmel
• Type of grant: FP7-KBBE-2010-4
• Description: The objective of the project: the objective of the project is to develop a new integrated pest management system based on sustainable farming for the significant agricultural region of Europe. The project aims to introduce such a new, environmentally-friendly pest management system, which applies basic research in biology and innovative, environmentally-friendly pest management simultaneously. As a result, new biological, biotechnological, molecular biology, and nanotechnology systems are also integrated, which is realized in the reduction of the use of chemicals. The system represents a novel approach to the connection points between environmental protection and human health, as well as social and economic considerations.
• The duration of the project: March 1, 2011 – February 28, 2015
• Actual total cost: 242.080 (EUR)
• Type of research: Applied
• Consortium details:
  • Lead applicant: INRA Transfert (IT)
  • Consortium partner:
    • Rothamsted Research
    • Debreceni Egyetem
    • Videncentret for Landbrug (VFL) - Knowledge Centre for Agriculture
    • In Vivo Agrosolutions
    • University of Sheffield
    • INRA Transfert (IT)
    • Soil Cares Research
    • Burkard Manufacturing Co Ltd (Burkard)
    • Natural Plant Protection (NPP)
    • BIOTOP
    • Bayer Crop Science (BCS)
    • Association de Coordination Technique Agricole (ACTA) - Network for Innovative Research in Agriculture
    • Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS)
    • Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute (IOR)
    • Instituto Valenciano de Investigacions Agrarias (IVIA)
    • Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM)
    • James Hutton Institute (JHI)
    • Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (KIS)
    • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - National Research Council
    • Wageningen University (WU)
    • Stichting DLO (DLO)
    • Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
    • Aarhus University (AU)
    • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - National Institute for Agricultural Research