Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agriculturaldiversification with impact on food security and health of European population

This project has received funding from the EuropeanUnion‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmeunder Grant Agreement Number 634561

INFODAY de H2020

Reto Social 2 y BIOTECNOLOGÍA

Antonio Granell

Miércoles, 2 de diciembre de 2015

11.45h Experiencia, lecciones aprendidas y oportunidades en H2020

La experiencia de OPIs, Centros Tecnológicos y Universidades

Venue: Auditorio Marie Curie

Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agriculturaldiversification with impact on food security and health of European population

This project has received funding from the EuropeanUnion‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmeunder Grant Agreement Number 634561

TRADITOM

Antonio Granell

Miércoles, 2 de diciembre de 2015

11.45h Experiencia, lecciones aprendidas y oportunidades en H2020

La experiencia de OPIs, Centros Tecnológicos y Universidades

Venue: Auditorio Marie Curie

Infoday Regional H2020

Agroalimentación, Desarrollo Rural y Bioeconomía

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ProposalNo.

Acronym logo emailNum

ParticipantsDuration Starting date

633571-2 DIVERSIFOOD Veronique.Chable@rennes.inra.fr 21 48 1st March 2015

634476-2 TREASURE meta.candek-potokar@kis.si 25 48 1st April 2015

634561-2 TRADITOM agranell@ibmcp.upv.es 16 36 1st March 2015

Some Info about the call results

TRADITOM info available atCordis website: http://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html and theEU Open Data Portal: https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/cordis-h2020-projects

Type of Action 1st stage 2nd stage Granted

SFS 397 145 27

BG 128 37 11

ISIB 30 15 3

Total 560 197 41

• A core-team of researchers, farmers associations and seed companies with experience of working together in national and international projects before H2020

• Core of scientists combining excellence in Science and experience in interacting with farmers, seed companies, product developers, restaurateurs…

• A common objective: interest in traditional tomato variability, its characterization, valorization, and increase their resilience

• We have built trust and enthusiasm for traditionalfood/tomato concepts

• We have created a network to be expanded

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TRADITOM, a follow up and elaborationfrom previous successful experiences

Progress through national andinternational projects

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GENMETFRUQUAL

Sol Genomics Network

SOL initiative 1. Natural Variability in tomato

2. Genomics and metabolomics fruitquality

3. High Quality Solanaceous Crops for Consumers, processors and producers by exploration of Natural Biodiversity

CALITOM

Public and Public PrivatePartnerships(producers/ seed co/scientists)

Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agricultural diversification with impact on food security and health of European populationSOLSIL (wild species)

Large EC investment in good science

Progress through national andinternational projects

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Public and Public PrivatePartnerships(producers/ seed co/scientists)

Modern and Wild relativesSeveral Species

Scientists and Breeding Coand producers

Modern and breedingPotato and Tomato

Scientists and Breedingcompanies

•Traditional EU tomato•Multiactor (SC; BC; AP;FP, REST, etc)•Participative Research•Multidiciplinarity

The TRADITOM consortium at aglace

No Eastern country participationOnly those that made sense

The TRADITOM consortium at aglance

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SCIENTISTS

FoodchainStakeholdersBreeders

AssociationProducers

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How to build the consortium? How to construct the balance between different types of partners and expertise, different regions

•The core-team represents 65% of the consortium and it is composed of association of farmers/end-users and researchers with experience in participative research•The consortium was expanded to include complementary expertises (ie. Socioeconomic aspects, food chain experts, etc.) and to represent the interests of all stakeholders and cover whole foodchain.

Multi-actor

• Genuine and sufficient involvement of various actors(end-users, farmers/farme’s groups, advisors, enterprises)– Farmers association and cooperatives in the different

countries (provide knowledge on traditional cultivationpractices, problems they face, contribute withgermoplasm, cultivation and assesment on variablity; participate in selection of materials)

– Intergovernamental organization for food (assesment onthe quality of products, economics, etc) and cook trainersand educational bodies

– Small seed company (grow, breed and characterizetraditom materials; introduce the companies view)

How did it all start?

• Previous experience of participating in multiactorprojects of the coordinator and other partners (bothnational and international)

• Coordinator with an idea that fits into the programorganizes Conference/Skype calls between core group of scientists and association of producers to discuss themain ideas in response to the call and previousexperience

• Meetings with selected partners from the Academia and productive sector to define the interests/needs in different countries (one scientist per country acting as a seed/ contact) and how they fit with the program/Topic

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• Information and conservation• Assessment• Improvement• Valorisation

All these objectives were fine tuned to tackle the specific challenges of the Topic SFS-7a-2014: Traditional resources for agricultural diversity and the food chain

Objectives and needs TRADITOMtackles

Objectives and needs TRADITOMtackles

• Inventory and seed repository of European traditional tomato varieties(seeds from farmers, small seed companies, and seedbanks 1500 total accs) NEED to know what is still available.

• Detailed phenotypic and genotypic evaluationWhat do we have, and how different or distinctive is (traits of interest for

different actors / protection)• Increasing resilience (what aspects are of interests for the farmers and

consumers)– Environmental effect on traits;– Postaharvest and disease resistance

• Increasing resilience– Environmental effect on traits;– Postharvest and disease resistance

MAKE SURE THEY FIT NICELY WITH THOSE OF THE CALL /TOPIC

Organization of Traditom in WPs, interconnectivity andparticipative activities

Scientist Non- scientist

Traditom main characterization pipelinesand expected outcomes

AS DEFINED BY END USERS ANDNON SCIENTIST PARTNERS

MAKE SURE THE EXPECTED IMPACT OF THE OUTCOMESSATISFIES AS MANY AS THOSE LISTED IN THE TOPIC CALLAS POSSIBLE¡¡¡

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Management Bodies and Interactive Structurewith participation of different stakeholders

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How to illustrate sufficient quantity and quality of knowledge exchange in the proposal? What is the role of "non-scientist" partners? • Complementary roles in order to be efficient all along the food chain• Farmers know how in cultlivation and management practices• Food processors and restaurateurs: know how in the final product and its use• Day-to-day contact• Transfer “traditional” knowledge on the plant materials and management• Organization of common activities beyond research: dissemination and outreach

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How did you organise to engage and reach-out beyond the consortium? (associated partners, interaction modes, involving additional actors during the project) • ‘Non scientist’ partners are used to work within networks• Meeting and interactions on the spot so other actors get to know the materials and we their growing practices • Expand beyond the partners in the consortium for field trials, restaurants and cooks interests, young farmers associations, in activities such as participatory plant breeding, workshops, farm days, children get to know what they eat; the beauty of variablity workshops, local food fairs, etc,)

• 1st stage, 2nd stage “goproposal”

• Grant Agreement GA• Consortium Agreement CA • All financial info at CSIC. Money

Transfer executed (my financialadministrator agreed)

• Some groups agreed on startingactivities: collectinggermoplasm, collecting info, starting cultivation even beforePS

• MTA (material transfer agreement)

• CDA (confidential disclosureagreement)

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1St STAGE

2nd STAGE

GA

CA CDAMTA

Agreements throughout the Process

THE KICKOFFTo manage to AGREE ON MANY THINGS¡Overcome difficulties associated with size

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TRADITOM variability