The primary aim of funding the 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' research theme under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is to build a European Knowledge Based Bio-Economy (KBBE).

The 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' theme is built around three major activities:

• sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest and aquatic environments;
• fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well-being;
• life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes.

Researchers and research organisations in the field of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology located outside Austria can find support by FFG in finding Austrian project partners. EU-Initiatives, databases and competence catalogues list profiles of Austrian researchers, research institutions and research-intensive SMEs.

The 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' theme is built around three major activities':

• sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest and aquatic environments
• fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well-being
• life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes.

The European Commission has launched a new approach to international cooperation under FP7. The intensified globalisation process, the rise of new economies, and the global character of 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' problems call for broader international research collaboration.

One of the main objectives of the international cooperation actions is to strengthen European competitiveness through strategic partnership with third countries by engaging best third country scientists to work in and with Europe. In parallel, specific problems that third countries face or that have a global character and may have an impact on their sustainable development, will be addressed in a dialogue based on mutual interest and mutual benefit.

Duration: 2007 bis 2013
Directorate General: Research
Budget: € 1.9 billion