Arcadia has been awarded a contract by the JRC-IPTS to carry-out a study on 'Plant Breeding for an EU bio-based economy 2020: the potential of public sector and public/private partnerships'.
For more information, please contact Daniel Traon.
Sur la base d’une initiative du MAAPRAT (Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l'Alimentation, de la Pêche, de la Ruralité et de l'Aménagement du territoire) et du MEDDTL (Ministère de l’Ecologie, du Développement Durable, des transports et du Logement) avec comme opérateur l’ONEMA, il a été décidé de réaliser une évaluation in itinere (définition) du volet épidémiosurveillance (Axe 5) du Plan ECOPHYTO 2018.
Arcadia International et ses partenaires Agra CEAS Consulting et Van Dijk Management Consultants ont été chargés de mener à bien cette mission d’évaluation.
DG SANCO has asked Arcadia International to conduct a study on existing monitoring and surveillance activities, communication of the results of these activities to the public and awareness raising programmes put in place by Member States on the impacts of use of plant protection products on human health and on the environment.
For more information, please contact Daniel Traon.
BioBridge Ltd, the UK based consultancy and the Arcadia International associate, has been selected by IFAH, the International Federation for Animal Health, to manage its 2011 Global Benchmarking Survey, which is an update of IFAH’s 2006 survey.
Barbara Freischem, Executive Director of IFAH, said, “This 2011 survey is an opportunity for IFAH, its regional organisations and member companies to reflect on progress over the past 5 years since the last survey was undertaken and consider the changes and impact on the animal heath industry.”
BioBridge’s international team of consultants is led by Mr Meredith Lloyd-Evans and includes Dr Jane Eagleson of AlcheraBio LLC for USA, Dr Earle Nestmann of Cantox Health Sciences International for Canada, Brett Price and Dr Bruce Chick of Veterinary Health Research Pty Ltd for Australia, Dr Atsuo Hata and Dr Yuki Ujimasa for Japan and other colleagues.
Meredith Lloyd-Evans said, “I am proud that IFAH has selected BioBridge to help with this work. We look forward to working with IFAH on conducting this survey and towards some interesting results.”
The work will be carried out throughout 2011 with the results expected late 2011 to early 2012.
Further contacts, please contact Mr Meredith Lloyd-Evans mlloydevans@biobridge.co.uk
Arcadia International selected by the French Ministry of Environment to study feasibility and economic sustainability of GM free supply chains in France.
For more information, contact Daniel Traon who is leading Arcadia efforts for this project.
Together with VDMC and BiPRO, Arcadia International will conduct a study on options to fully harmonise the EU legislation on fertilising materials including technical fesability, environmental, economic and social impacts.
The study includes organis fertilisers, growing media, soil amendments and, also, biostimulants.
For more information, contact Daniel Traon who is leading Arcadia efforts for this project.
On 24th April 2010, Dr. Rodolphe de Borchgrave gave a presentation entitled “EU GMO Legislation and the Turkish Bio-safety law” at the Annual Meeting of Tüyem, the professional organisation of the Turkish Animal Feed Manufacturers. This gathering took place in Antalya (Turkey) and was attended by some 900 participants. The Turkish Bio-safety law came very recently into force and is of particular concern for the feed industry, a massive importer of soya products. The EU regulation is of interest for Turkish operators and government because of the legislative alignment that is part of the pre-accession process.
Arcadia International experts are involved in two key evaluations of the European Commission DG SANCO, that have been launched in early June. These evaluations concern the Community Plant Health Regime (CPHR) which has never been evaluated and dates back to the 70s, and the GM Food and Feed legislation.
For more information, please visit the DG SANCO website where these two evaluations are presented or contact Daniel Traon.
On the behalf of CIAA, within the Business Support Programme (BSP) project framework, Arcadia International assessed the level of compliance of Turkey vis-à-vis the European policy and regulatory framework regarding food safety. This implied benchmarking Turkey's progress against EC standards and milestones e.g. regulation, administrative arrangements, implementation, procedures, systems, resources, etc.
Arcadia won a four-year contract with the European Commission (EC DG SANCO) through the FCEC consortium for the provision of evaluation, impact assessment and related services in the field of the food chain. This contract is a renewal to a previous four-year contract with the European Commission.
For more information, contact Daniel Traon who is leading Arcadia efforts for this project.
On 11th March 2009, Rodolphe de Borchgrave, Associate consultant with Arcadia International, made a presentation on 'Innovation in the agrofood value chain' at the Conference on 'EU Food Industry and Market:Implications for the Serbian Economy' in Belgrade. This conference was organised jointly by CIAA (Confederation of the food and drink industries of the EU) and by Prikvredna Komora Beograda (the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade), with a view to assist Serbian agrofood companies increasing their presence in the EU market.
Together with Deloitte and the LEI Wageningen University, Arcadia has been selected by DG AGRI for the evaluation of CAP measures related to small 'CMOs', hops, fibre plants and seeds.
The first evaluation to be carried out in 2009 is the evaluation of the hops sector in the EU.
Following the evaluation of the Community acquis of seed, Arcadia starts 2 new projects for DG SANCO. The first project is an analysis of the economic, social and environmental impacts of options for the long-term EU strategy against Diabotrica virgifera (Western Corn Rootworm), a regulated harmful organism of maize. The second study is on the introduction of electronic identification (EID) as an official method to identify bovine animals within the European Union.
The Arcadia International web site has a new look - and new features - intended to make it easier to use. The list of consultants has, also, been updated.
After the 2 seminars organised in Rennes(FR) and in Den Haag(NL), Arcadia prepares additional seminars on EU food competitiveness for EC DG ENTR. 2009 program starts with a 2 days events planned in early March in Thessaloniki, Greece.
