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Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research
EXPO2015 „Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”Dr. Viktor Korzun
KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Einbeck, Germany
World population
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Population growth and food security
• The global population will increase to 9 – 10 billion people by 2050
• Cultivation area per capita decreases to 0,2 ha
World population growth (Prognosis until 2050)
Planting the Future: Key points from the EASAC project, Ralph Bock (Max Planck Institute)EXPO2015 „Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”
Stimulating innovation: Innovation is not self-evident
Increasing complexity- Themes- Regulatory requirements- IP landscape
Enormous development in technology
Long time lines
- high financial intensity
- framework to stimulate sustainable
innovation
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Stimulating innovation: Collaboration - PPP
Economy
Basic ‚model‘ research & technology development
Basic research (e.g. on crop plants)
Applied projects"Proof of Concept"
Product
Policy Academia
Transfer of research results to the economic area
Publications
contact to qualified young academics
multi disciplinary networks (national and international)
Creation of synergies
Input Output
Plant research needs efficient pipelines from inventions to innovations,
- driven by collaborations between Business and Science
- supported by secured political and legal frameworks
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Support of wheat research in Germany
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Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
(BMBF)
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
(BMEL)
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Support of wheat research in Germany
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Source: http://www.pflanzenforschung.de/de/plant-2030
Support of wheat research in Germany
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Part of the national research strategy „BioÖkonomie 2030“ with focus on global food security and sustainable agricultural production
Duration of initiative: 10 years
Project cycle: 3-5 years
Evaluation: 11 projects including 37 sub projects
Budget 16,6 Mio € (Funding 12 Mio €)
Start of projects: 2014
Major players in wheat research/breeding in Germany
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Source: Prof. F. Ordon, JKI
Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research in Germany
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www.proWeizen.de
Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research in Germany
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proWeizen was recently founded and is funded by the German Wheat breeders in November 2012
The structure in Germany is unique due to the variety in company size ranging from small family run enterprises to multi-national companies.
All German wheat breeding companies are united in the proWeizen alliance
The German Alliance for Wheat Research and Breeding
Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research in Germany
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Aim to politically influence for a long-term wheat programme
Actively mobilising for public funding opportunities in wheat research and breeding
Arrangement of partnering events
Support with project design and project execution
Direct result transfer into breeding
Increasing prospects for project funding
www.proWeizen.de
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