The evolutive process of European Agricultural Research Policies and Key Strategies for development

The aim of this paper is to analyse the framework of European Agricultural Research activities (mechanisms, policies, strategies) and to reflect on how to further implement the Lisbon key concept of making EU the most dynamic and competitive knowledge based economy in the world. In this knowledge based economy, research and scientific innovation will be the drivers for human wellness and health and, therefore, research within agribusiness sector and nutrition will have an increasing role in this strategy. The remarks in the first section of the paper are the starting point for the analysis in the following sections and intend to summarize the present literature at European Community level. The statements expressed are compared with the current framework of agricultural research and supported by the investigation on the evolutionary process.

Obiettivo del contributo è quello di analizzare l'attuale funzionamento del sistema della Ricerca Agricola Europea allo scopo di verificare se questa soddisfa le esigenze espressa dalla Politica Comunitaria