{"id":3328,"date":"2021-12-20T09:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T08:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategiska.se\/en\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T10:00:13","slug":"ssf-food-feed-and-forest-here-are-the-projects-that-receive-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategiska.se\/en\/ssf-food-feed-and-forest-here-are-the-projects-that-receive-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"SSF Food, Feed and Forest – here are the projects that receive funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four projects in the call for biotechnology and plant breeding – food, feed and forest\u00a0 will share 120 million SEK. The call is a multidisciplinary biotechnological initiative with a focus on plant breeding with the long-term goal of increasing Swedish self-sufficiency and exports, as well as reducing our climate impact.<\/p>\n

The following projects receive 5 years of funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Applicant<\/strong><\/td>\nProject<\/strong><\/td>\nGrant (SEK)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar\u00eda Rosario Garc\u00eda-Gil, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences<\/td>\nLandscape Breeding: A new paradigm in forest tree management<\/td>\n34 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elton Hudson, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology<\/td>\nFood ingredients from CO2 with flexible microbial consortia<\/td>\n29 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stefan Jansson, Ume\u00e5 University<\/td>\nTrees that grow better<\/td>\n28 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ove Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences<\/td>\nRapid-Cycling Breeding<\/td>\n29 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Mar\u00eda Rosario Garc\u00eda-Gil’s<\/strong> project is about developing a digital forest breeding tool that will maximize growth, trunk quality and the health of trees, while key biotopes can be saved to preserve biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Elton Hudson’s<\/strong> project wants to produce important food additives that can replace, for example, coconut or palm oil, which has a major environmental impact. In the process, the researchers will use carbon dioxide, waste from the forest industries and yeast, among other things.<\/p>\n

Stefan Jansson<\/strong> uses biotechnology to improve photosynthesis and optimize the trees’ nitrogen uptake. The goal is to create more profitable and sustainable plantings of deciduous trees, by the trees capturing more carbon dioxide and having a better nitrogen balance.<\/p>\n

Ove Nilsson<\/strong> wants to increase the growth rate and improve the resistance to diseases of spruce. This should be done, among other things, by shortening the trees’ youth and getting them to set cones earlier.<\/p>\n

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For further information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Secretary \u00c5sa Jansson, asa.jansson@strategiska.se<\/a>, 073-358 16 72<\/p>\n

Program Manager Joakim Amorim, joakim.amorim@strategiska.se<\/a>, 08 – 5058 16 65<\/p>\n

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