HARNESSTOM (101000716)
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101000716
Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)
Harnessing the value of tomato genetic resources for now and the future
Genetic resources and pre-breeding communities (SFS-28-2018-2019-2020)
nongovernmental organizations · food safety · vegetable growing · climatic changes
2020-10-01 Start Date (YY-MM-DD)
2024-09-30 End Date (YY-MM-DD)
€ 8,075,196 Total Cost
Description
Tomato is a paradigm of crop domestication: a widely cultivated and consumed vegetable but with reduced genetic diversity and therefore highly vulnerable to emerging diseases and climate change. Fortunately, tomato is rich in genetic resources and information to overcome those difficulties and a coalition of scientists and breeding experts which have generated a large amount of this information have been organized under an effective management structure and a series of objectives to overcome those threats. HARNESSTOM aims to demonstrate that increasing use of Genetic Resources is key for food safety and security and can lead to innovation and benefit all stakeholders. By capitalizing on the large effort done recently in several EU-funded projects to connect phenotypes/genotypes in a large number of accessions from different germplasm banks and academia, HARNESSTOM will first collect, centralize and normalize this wealth of information in a way that is easily searchable and displayed in a user-friendly manner adapted to different type of users. Second, HARNESSTOM will develop four prebreeding programs addressing the major challenges of the field: 1) introducing resistances against major emerging diseases, 2) improving tomato tolerance to climate change, 3) improving quality 4) increasing resilience in traditional European tomato by participatory breeding. And additional goal is to increase speed and efficiency in prebreeding what is needed to be able to respond to the emerging challenges in a timely and effective manner. Joint leadership of both academia and industry in each of the WP and the participation of two NGOs representing different stakeholders guarantees the results of the project will have an impact in industry innovation and also in the society. An efficient management and outreach and communication platform is also in place to make sure the project runs smoothly and the interests of all stakeholders are protected
Complicit Organisations
3 Israeli organisations participate in HARNESSTOM.| Country | Organisation (ID) | VAT Number | Role | Activity Type | Total Cost | EC Contribution | Net EC Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | PHENOM NETWORKS LTD (987290057) | IL514167535 | participant | PRC | € 250,000 | € 175,000 | € 175,000 |
| Spain | ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO NACIONAL AGROALIMENTARIO EXTREMADURA (971888494) | ESG06334478 | participant | REC | € 136,250 | € 136,250 | € 136,250 |
| Italy | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II (999976590) | IT00876220633 | participant | HES | € 450,000 | € 450,000 | € 450,000 |
| Italy | AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE (999988521) | IT00985801000 | participant | REC | € 500,000 | € 500,000 | € 500,000 |
| Spain | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (999991722) | ESQ2818002D | coordinator | REC | € 1,100,463 | € 1,100,463 | € 1,100,463 |
| Taiwan | ASIAN VEGETABLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (933708518) | nan | participant | REC | € 202,823 | € 0 | € 0 |
| Spain | ASSOC. DE PRODUCTORES Y COMERCIALIZADORES DE LA TOMATA DE PENJAR D'ALCALA DE XIVERT (945480923) | ESG12766903 | participant | OTH | € 150,000 | € 150,000 | € 150,000 |
| Taiwan | NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (998808710) | nan | participant | HES | € 399,036 | € 0 | € 0 |
| Israel | TOP SEEDS INTERNATIONAL LTD (896898958) | IL515631232 | participant | PRC | € 448,250 | € 313,775 | € 313,775 |
| France | VILMORIN & CIE (893745973) | FR55377913728 | participant | PRC | € 187,500 | € 131,250 | € 131,250 |
| Spain | ENZA ZADEN CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION SOCIEDAD LIMITADA (940908925) | ESB04387247 | participant | PRC | € 175,000 | € 122,500 | € 122,500 |
| Bulgaria | MARITSA VEGETABLE CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (999533009) | BG115602330 | participant | REC | € 300,000 | € 300,000 | € 300,000 |
| France | GAUTIER SEMENCES SAS (993770045) | FR32351574017 | participant | PRC | € 200,000 | € 140,000 | € 140,000 |
| Spain | INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS (999499738) | ESQ9650009E | participant | OTH | € 311,500 | € 311,500 | € 311,500 |
| Netherlands | WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY (999981634) | NL811383696B01 | participant | HES | € 446,000 | € 446,000 | € 446,000 |
| Israel | THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM (999975038) | IL500701610 | participant | HES | € 564,000 | € 564,000 | € 564,000 |
| Spain | UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA (999864846) | ESQ4618002B | participant | HES | € 600,000 | € 600,000 | € 600,000 |
| France | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (999993274) | FR57180070039 | participant | REC | € 550,122 | € 550,122 | € 550,122 |
| France | INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE (999836037) | nan | participant | HES | € 450,000 | € 450,000 | € 450,000 |
| Spain | FUNDACION CAJAMAR DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA (928016170) | ESG96343991 | participant | OTH | € 200,000 | € 200,000 | € 200,000 |
| Italy | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA (999896371) | IT00575560560 | participant | HES | € 298,000 | € 298,000 | € 298,000 |
| Italy | LA SEMIORTO SEMENTI SRL (963952439) | IT02274210653 | participant | PRC | € 156,250 | € 109,375 | € 109,375 |