Partnerships
Plant ETP collaborates with its National Technological Platforms, as well as other relevant (international, EU, national, regional) organisations, networks and initiatives
National Technology Platforms (NTPs)
Plant ETP represents the plant sector at the EU level, while NTPs represent the plant sector at national level. NTPs are key partners of Plant ETP. They represent a valuable network of stakeholder communities at the national level and provide an efficient channel for two-way communication with the ETP, in order to increase collaborations, knowledge transfer, and to reach out with the Plant ETP’s Strategic Research and InnovationAgenda, Action Plans and additional recommendations to national funding organisations and ministries. At the same time, information sharing between the NTPs and ETP is extremely valuable for the mission of Plant ETP.
Plant ETP highly recommends you to get in touch with your respective NTP. If an NTP does not yet exist in your country, the Plant ETP can support you in establishing one. Please contact Click here to reveal e-mail for more details.
Czech Technological Platform Plants for the Future (Česká technologická platforma Rostliny pro budoucnost), CTP P4F was established in 2008 and since then has been acting primarily as a platform for the debate and discussion concerning plant biotechnology. CTP P4F is a network of both research organisations and SMEs oriented towards plant biotechnology, bioenergy and biofertilisers. CZT P4F has been building bridges between basic, applied research, and experimental development focused on the implementation of innovations in the agriculture practice in the Czech Republic, fostering innovation processes and supporting stakeholder engagement and capacity building.
Contact: RNDr. Mgr. Tomáš Vaněk, Ph.D., Chairman of the Steering Committee, Click here to reveal e-mail.cz
PlanteAlliance
PlantAlliance consortium is a R&I community, gathering 28 public and private members (research institutes, agronomy schools, seed and agricultural sector companies, competitive clusters), specialised in plant productions and transformation. These actors are associated around a scientific and technical roadmap, focused on genetics, genomics, plant sciences and their interfaces with the fields of plant nutrition and protection, biocontrol, agronomy and cropping systems, and digital aspects. PlantAlliance aims to unite this community in order for their R&I actions to contribute to developing qualitative plant species and varieties that meet sustainable agriculture challenges, and adapted to farming systems and more diverse production.
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ITALY
IT-Plants
The Italian Technology Platform “IT-Plants for the future” (IT-Plants) was established to integrate and strengthen the synergy between public research and industry, in order to promote and increase the development of the national agricultural production system.
The platform aims to draw attention to the strategic value of plant research to improve a sustainable economic growth of the industry based on innovation.
Assosementi, through its direct participation at the Italian Agrifood Cluster CL.A.N. and European Technology Platform “Plants for the Future” is now running the IT-plants platform.
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Topsector Horticulture & Starting materials
The Netherlands has nine Topsectors: sectors that are knowledge-intensive and export-oriented and that contribute to important social issues worldwide. The business community, knowledge institutions and education are working together with the government to ensure that Topsector Horticulture & Starting materials remains among the world’s best. It includes sectors ranging from vegetables, fruit and trees, to flowers and bulbs, but also technical suppliers such as greenhouse builders and service providers. The propagation materials sector concerns seed potatoes, planting material and seeds for horticulture and arable crops. The Topsector is further expanding its international position and focuses on: Knowledge and Innovation; Human Capital Agenda (HCA); and Internationalisation.
Knowledge and Innovation Agenda available here
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Biovegen
BIOVEGEN – Spanish Technology Platform for Plant Biotechnology is a public-private partnership, led by the business sector, which brings together entities from the agri-food sector with an interest in R&D in applied plant biology. Its objective is to improve the agri-food sector’s competitiveness through the incorporation of new technologies based on plant biology. To that end, BIOVEGEN coordinates agri-food entities, connecting technological offer & demand and generating business opportunities through public-private collaboration. BIOVEGEN develops collaborations and R&D projects, identifying technological challenges of the sector. The platform also serves as an interface between the science community, business sector and administration. To do so, BIOVEGEN offers a wide range of tools to facilitate R&D activities to its members. Currently, the Platform has 137 members: 116 companies and 21 research centres, as well as the support of the Spanish Ministry of Science & Innovation, which co-finances the initiative. Furthermore, BIOVEGEN is open to partnerships with other entities within the sector.
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Collaborations
In addition to our collaborations with National Technology Platforms, Plant ETP also collaborates with other ETPs and similar organisations representing the agri-food sector. These include, but are not limited to:
representing the food industry
representing organic food and farming
representing farm animal breeding & reproduction
representing the livestock sector
representing the aquaculture industry
Stakeholder Advisory Boards
Plant ETP is currently a member of the following Stakeholder Advisory Boards
Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
The Executive Manager is currently the co-vice Chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Board
The Joint Programming Initiative ‘A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’
Cofund on Sustainable
Crop Production
Root phenotyping and genetic improvement for rotational crops resilient to environmental change
The European Agroecology Living Lab and Research Infrastructure Network: Preparation phase