FAIR Programme
(from : http://www.cordis.lu/fair/home.html)
"The objectives of this programme are to promote and harmonise research in the major European
primary production food and non-food sectors of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fisheries and
aquaculture and its links with the input and processing industries, together with the rural activities, the
end user and the consumer.
The programme is extremely diverse in nature, covering all aspects of the production and utilisation
of biological raw materials, with the aim of developing new markets, products and processes for the
raw materials coming from agriculture, forestry and fisheries while supporting evolving Community
policies in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, forestry, industry, energy and the environment.
The programme itself covers the following thematic areas:
Area 1 Integrated Production and Processing Chains;
Area 2 Scaling-up and Processing Methodologies;
Area 3 Generic Science and Advanced Technologies for Nutritious Foods;
Area 4 Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development;
Area 5 Fisheries and Aquaculture. "