Plant Health. The impact of EU research (1998-2004)

This brochure presents the results of an evaluation of 47 research projects on plant and crop health that were funded under the EU’s Fifth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. The evaluators' chosen top 15 projects are described in more detail in "Success stories" (pp 13-22). The results of nine of these projects were also presented at a seminar entitled ‘EU-funded Pesticide Related Research – Agriculture, Human Health and Environment’ (http://www.bcpc.org/Seminars2004/BCPC_Seminars_2004/Eu-Funded_Research/index.asp). The lessons and the recommendations resulting from the Evaluation and the seminar discussion are summarised on pages 23-25. Finally, pages 26-29 offer a glimpse of the research projects on plant and crop health in the current Sixth Framework Programme and
the future possibilities.