Many technological innovations based on Artificial Intelligence contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goal dedicated to industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9). Among them, agent-based modeling and IoT-based crowdsourcing methods appear as promising approaches for two main reasons: (1) on the one hand, enable scientists and stakeholders to virtually explore the sustainability of different pathways in the management of complex socio-environmental systems and, (2) on the other hand, empower stakeholders so that they themselves can monitor the progress of the chosen pathways. The objective of PREMISS is to go further and demonstrate the extent to which a combination of these two technologies can effectively support transdisciplinary approaches, which are based on the integration of knowledge between disciplines and actors in society, which promote the creative and collaborative design of new problem-solving methods, and which are gradually becoming an essential part of the sustainability science paradigm to address complex socio-environmental problems. PREMISS, handled by an international consortium gathering South-African, French, Turkish, Vietnamese and Taiwanese academic and non-academic partners, will (1) deliver a systematic review of the literature that addresses these subjects, with the goal of producing operational and policy conclusions alongside at least two scientific review papers; (2) implement and manage three case studies that represent the three nexuses formed by SDG 9 and, respectively, SDG 6 (about the sustainable management of irrigation systems, through participatory modeling, in Vietnam), SDG 13 (about citizen science and participatory environmental mapping in Taiwan) and SDG 15 (about the adoption and impact of sensor networks on precision agriculture in Turkey); (3) deliver a scholarly book and a methodological guide providing new perspectives and sets of recommendations to support transdisciplinary approaches in sustainability science projects.
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Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a staple food in many regions in the world. Bean seeds are a major source of dietary fibers, essential amino acid-rich proteins, some vitamins and often display a high content in essential minerals such as iron, zinc and calcium. However, these minerals are scarcely bioavailable, mainly due to the presence of phytic acid (PA) and phenolic compounds. Besides, about 60% of common beans produced worldwide are grown in regions subjected to water stress, thus after diseases, drought is the second most important factor that contributes to yield reduction. BIO-BELIEF, a multidisciplinary project which is born from the establishment of a trans-continental consortium between European and African excellences, aims to select new biofortified and drought resilient bean lines, in order to promote a healthy diet in a general frame of food security. The project will release breeding lines with high nutritional values and develop nutritional improved and drought resilient beans suitable to be grown in Europe, Africa and Latin America (last two are regions where bean is a major staple food). BIO-BELIEF will capitalize previous works carried out by some partners that have selected biofortified lines with reduced level of PA, increased iron content and improved drought resilience. About 20 lines will be tested for seed quality in response to drought treatment in two continents. Meanwhile, the biofortification traits will be introgressed in the drought resilient genetic backgrounds. The innovative technology of Genome Editing (GE) will also be applied to explore candidate genes involved in drought resilience. The biofortified lines will be exploited by preparing beanbased recipes, which will be characterized for their nutritional profile and micronutrient bioavailability. The selected lines will be used for testing by the consumers to validate new biofortified diets for European, African and South American populations.
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Although eradication has traditionally been the goal for many infectious diseases, it is not achievable for vector-bone diseases for which multiple epidemiological compartments (urban and sylvatic vector species, domestic and wild hosts, human populations) co-exist and interact in a changing environment. Additionally, although control or preventive measures are available, this may not ultimately impact the success of a programme and lead to the reduction of disease burden. Consideration of socio-economic and cultural factors affecting the livelihood and well-being of farmers and animal breeders can be important incentives for participation or non-compliance. Biological understanding of disease epidemiology is therefore as important as socio-economic considerations of farmers, limitations of stakeholders and communities’ engagement, assessment of attitudes and expectations of the end-users, evaluation of technical tools (diagnostic tests, vaccines, trained staff) and surveillance and control measures. The assessment of these factors should guide the strategic planning and surveillance and control of vector-borne disease programme implementation. Therefore, we present the MAKEDA project (Multi-Actor Knowledge on surveillance and control of Emerging vector-borne animal Diseases in Europe and Africa), regrouping key researchers with expertise on animal and zoonotic vector diseases from leading institutes in Africa and Europe. The MAKEDA project aims at establishing an integrated One-Health approach to characterize emergence and outbreak drivers of vector-borne diseases affecting livestock along an Africa-Europe transect, raising awareness among stakeholders and farmer communities of risks and good practices for surveillance and control, preparing and anticipating current and emerging threats. The originality of the MAKEDA project will be achieved by merging unconventional approaches for surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases (sociological methods, participatory modelling and epidemiology) with classical epidemiological, entomological and microbiological studies to optimize actions in challenging environments. It also owes its originality in contributing towards controlling and monitoring animal diseases by deploying great efforts to integrate numerous inter-sectorial actors into the One Health paradigm and considering of high importance continuous assessment of impact pathway with partners and end-users. To this purpose, the MAKEDA project will link research, national and international animal and public health organizations, and farmer organizations in Europe and Africa to develop. The broad inclusion of experts from animal diseases epidemiology and surveillance, risk modelling and analysis, vaccine development and control strategies, health economy, applied social sciences to livestock disease management and the upstream inclusion from the planning of the project and experiments to implementation and dissemination of the results will ensure involvement of various animal health actors and beneficiaries of the project.
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There is growing evidence that biodiversity of cold regions, including high latitude insular systems, will be increasingly threatened by climate change and biological invasions. In this project, we aim to combine existing data with new experiments and observations from cold environments in polar and alpine regions to better understand the synergisms between climate change and biological invasions on species redistributions, to predict how these may change into the future, and to develop mitigation measures to deal with impacts. (a) We will focus on cold environments at high latitudes and elevations (Arctic, sub-Arctic, Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and alpine systems from Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greenland [Denmark], Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, and the UK, in addition to the data we will be able to access via collaborators and/or public databases [MIREN, GMBA, SoilTemp, National botanic conservatories, ect? ), as they are warming at an unprecedented rate and are becoming increasingly vulnerable to invasions under a milder climate. Hence, these environments are excellent sentinels for change, and can act as natural laboratories in which to study the synergisms between, and the combined effects of climate change and biological invasions. (b) We will focus on terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems/communities/habitats/organisms from cold environments. We will use long-term monitoring data for plants and invertebrates, including georeferenced non-native and native species records (e.g. presence/absence, abundance) collected in surveys spanning a wide range of habitat types, (micro)climatic conditions and elevation gradients. These extensive datasets are already available from members of the proposed consortium, and will be further enriched by new experimental research. If funded, this proposal will lead to the development of new analytical tools and scientific insights, using cutting-edge modelling techniques relying on databases with an unprecedented size and scope to improve our understanding of the dynamics of native and non-native species biogeography in cold environments. Our effort will greatly improve the current knowledge of the mechanisms and factors driving the distribution and assemblages of species at local and regional scales. (c) We will focus on plants and invertebrates whose ecology, fitness and distribution are driven by the microclimatic characteristics of their habitats. Plants and insects are often keystone or pioneer species structuring ecological networks, and especially so in cold environments. Several plants are also ?umbrella? species, for which the long-term conservation will allow protection of their associated habitats and species. By linking the distribution of plants and invertebrates, we will be able to consider and reveal the cascading effects of changes of their ecological interactions.
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