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FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)

• G5RD-1999-00147: Ecoefficient technologies and products based on natural fibres composites
• G5RD-1999-00148: High mouldable fibreboard
• QLK3-2000-00273: Engineering of hybrid proteins containing cellulose-binding domains - Novel biotechnological tools for pulp, paper and textile industry
• QLK5-1999-01209: POPWOOD - Engineering fibre and wood properties in Poplar using innovative functional genomic approaches
• QLK5-1999-01505: HARMONIA: Hemp as Raw Material for Novel Industrial Applications
• QLK5-2000-00443: Enzyme discovery in hybrid aspen for fibre engineering
• QLK5-2001-01363: HEMP-SYS: Design, Development and Up-Scaling of a Sustainable Production System for Hemp Textiles: an Integrated Quality Systems Approach
• QLK5-2001-01729: Biomass Production Chain and Growth Simulation Model for Kenaf - BIOKENAF

FAIR Programme (1994-1998)

• Commercial Success of ECLAIR Programme: AGRE-0044: Upgrading straw into pulp, paper and polymeric materials
• Commercial Success of ECLAIR Programme: AGRE-0050: Fibre and pulp from unconventional biomass fibreplastic blending trials and applications
• Commercial Success of ECLAIR Programme: AGRE-0051: Development of chickpea germplasm resistant to Ascochyta blight and Fusarium wilt as a winter planting alternative to Southern European cereal grains
• FAIR: EUR 18304 EN: Green Chemical and Polymer Chain - Catalogue of Contracts
• FAIR-CT95-0069: Innovative Harvesting and Sugar-Juice Separating Machine for Sweet Sorghum and Fibre Sorghum
• FAIR-CT95-0195: AFPP-QCPC: Annual fibre reinforced polypropylene composites for industrial applications: development of a quality controlled fibre production chain
• FAIR-CT95-0286: Blowline Blending and Fibre Drying in the Wood Fibre Processing Industries
• FAIR-CT95-0396: Hemp for Europe - manufacturing and production systems
• FAIR-CT96-1392: European Miscanthus improvement: broadening the genetic base, testing genotypes and developing breeding methods
• FAIR-CT96-1495: An Interactive European Network for Industrial Crops and their Applications (IENICA)
• FAIR-CT96-1597: Increasing competitiveness of high quality European animal textile fibres by improving fibre quality
• FAIR-CT96-1624: The Strength of Wood Fibres: Association Between Hemicellulose and Cellulose at the Molecular Level
• FAIR-CT96-1697: Validation of Raw Materials Coming From Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)
• FAIR-CT96-1707: Concerted action on Miscanthus
• FAIR-CT96-1747: Bamboo for Europe
• FAIR-CT96-1792: Improving protection and resistance of forests to the spruce aphid
• FAIR-CT96-1904: NF-2000: Non-Food Agro-Industrial Dissemination (NF-AIRID) Through Paper and Electronic Means
• FAIR-CT96-1913: SORGHUM: Environmental studies on sweet and fibre sorghum sustainable crops for biomass and energy
• FAIR-CT96-2028: Giant reed (Arundo donax L) network improvement of productivity and biomass quality
• FAIR-CT97-3527: Exploitation of the unique genetic variability of peas in the production of food and non-food ingredients
• FAIR-CT97-3679: Utilisation of European wool as insulation material
• FAIR-CT97-3784: Optimisation of the production chain for high performance "light natural sandwich materials" (LNS) as a basis for scaling-up
• FAIR-CT97-3881: Robinia multipurpose sustainability: Internet assisted
• FAIR-CT97-3894: Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica): a new European fruit crop for production of novel juice, flavour and fibre
• FAIR-CT98-3919: New functional biopolymer - natural fibre - composites from agricultural resources
• FAIR-CT98-9574: Cultivation and processing systems for the cost efficient recovery of fibres from flax for use as a staple textile
• FAIR-CT98-9615: Nettle - reintroduction of stinging nettle cultivation as a sustainable raw material for the production of fibres and cellulose

AIR Programme (1990 -1996)

• AIR1-CT92-0026: New Processes for the Biological Transformation of Agricultural Residues for the Production of High Added Value Flavours
• AIR1-CT92-0041: Sweet Sorghum, A Sustainable Crop for Energy Production in Europe
• AIR1-CT92-0071: EUROSORGHO: New Hybrid Plant - Fibre Sorghum - as a Component in Mixtures of Pulps Currently Used in the Paper Industry
• AIR1-CT92-0198: A Contribution to the diversification of the production of vegetable crops by research on cultivation methods and selection of Halophytes European market, adapted to low water availability and saline conditions
• AIR1-CT92-0216: Improvement of the Flash-Pyrolysis Process and Pilot Plant for Bio-Oils Upgrading
• AIR1-CT92-0294: Miscanthus Productivity Network
• AIR1-CT92-0321: Cellulose Degradation by Clostridium thermocellum
• AIR1-CT92-0367: Demonstration of New Harvesting and Breaking-Down Processes for Flax and Hemp Short Fibres
• AIR1-CT92-0461: Demonstration Project: Agricultural Refining of Bitter Lupins into Derivates with High Added Value
• AIR1-CT92-0496: KENAF: An Agricultural Crop for Industrial Uses
• AIR1-CT92-0511: The Use of C4 Perennials (Miscanthus) as Basic Material for the Construction of Buildings: Phase II
• AIR2-CT92-1089: Cynara cardunculus L. as New Crop for Marginal and Set-Aside Lands
• AIR2-CT92-1796: Renewpack: Improved Packaging Products From Renewable Materials
• AIR2-CT93-0985: Models for the Economic Evaluation of Biomass Production as an Alternative Land Use in the EC
• AIR2-CT93-1272: Cellulases and Hemicellulases from the Thermophilic Fungus Thermoascus aurantiacus
• AIR2-CT94-1162: Improvement of Economics Through Integration of Small Scale Heat and Power Production with Non-Food Value-Added Products
• AIR2-CT94-1416: Developing Analytical Methods from Fluorescence Spectra and Video Images with Relevance to Food and Non-Food Agro-Industrial Engineering Using New Computer Based Evaluation Techniques (AFFLUENCE)
• AIR2-CT94-1416: Developing Analytical Methods from Fluorescence Spectra and Video Images with Relevance to Food and Non-Food Agro-Industrial Engineering Using New Computer Based Evaluation Techniques (AFFLUENCE) - Final Report
• AIR3-CT93-1236: Hibiscus esculentus: Development of an Integrated Exploitation System with High Added Value
• AIR3-CT94-2000: High Performance Biocomposites with Improved Durability and Dimensional Stability from Non-Toxic Chemically Modified Lignocellulosic Fibres
• AIR3-CT94-2065: Use of New Technical Enzyme and Its Biomimetric System to Improve the Properties of Poplar High Yield Pulp
• AIR3-CT94-2077: Potential for Quality Improvement of Wood Based Panels Through Enhanced Process Control Based on Comparative Non-Destructive Testing Data
• AIR3-CT94-2178: Alternative oil-seed crop - Camelina Sativa
• AIR3-CT94-2299: Non-Food Agro-Industrial Research Information Dissemination (NF-AIRID) Including Development of an Information Network and CD-ROM Based Distribution
• AIR3-CT94-2455: Environmental Aspects of Biomass Production and Routes for European Energy Supply
• AIR3-CT94-2465: Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinaceae). Development of A new Crop Production System Based on Delayed Harvesting and A System for its Combined Processing to Chemical Pulp and Biofuel Powder
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica - Production and Utilization - A Comprehensive Programme

ECLAIR Programme (1988-1993)

• AGRE-0044: Upgrading Straw into Pulp, Paper and Polymeric Materials
• AGRE-0050: Fibre and Pulp Production from Unconventional Biomass Fibreplastic Blending Trials and Applications
• AGRE-0051: Development of Chickpea Germplasm Resistant to Ascochyta Blight and Fusarium Wilt as A Winter Planting Alternative to Southern European Cereal Grains

Other European Commission Programmes, Publications, etc

• AIR: Directory of Non-Destructive Testing Methods for the Wood-Based Panel Industry (AIR3-CT94-2077)
• BRPR-97-0490: BIOFLAX Title: Merging technologies from cell-wall biochemistry and advanced enzymology for high added value flax fibres
• Renewable Bioproducts: EUR 18034 EN: Renewable Bioproducts - Proceedings of the Wageningen Symposium June 1997

Other Activities

• International Activities - Europe: 10th European Biomass Conference, Wurzburg, Germany
• National Activities - Austria: Forschungsforum 3/97 - Renewable Raw Materials, Pave the Way for Sustainability
• National Activities - Canada: Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance
• National Activities - Denmark: Danish research programme on renewable resources for industrial non-food purposes
• National Activities - Denmark: Non-Food Activities in Denmark
• National Activities - Denmark: Research and development activities 1997
• National Activities - Finland: Non-Wood Fibres in Papermaking - Literature Review
• National Activities - Hungary: Where does Biomass fit in Hungary?
• National Activities - UK: Crops for Industry and Energy - a report of a study sponsored by the Ernest Cook Trust, UK
• National Activities - USA: Ag Fiber Technology Showcase and Program
• Organisation Description - Europe: European Biomass Association (AEBIOM)
• Organisation Description - Italy: ITABIA Italian Biomass Association