Ongoing Projects
One of the most important economic sectors of the border region of Germany/Netherlands, farming and the food industry, is constantly under pressure to adapt in order to maintain its competitiveness on national and international markets. On both sides of the border it has become clear that the systematic combating of zoonoses and epizootics and the improving of food safety and quality are a key factor. more>>
The goal of the project is to develop sustainable production chains of high quality pork products matching the consumers demands for quality of the products and for production methods with low environmental impact. It is the largest research project in the field of meat science financed by the EU Commission (EU 6th Framework Programme). more >>
The research network FIN-Q.NRW was chosen as one of seven winners at the end of 2008 within the framework of the competition "Cluster Ernährung NRW", a food processing initiative sponsored by the German Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (MUNLV). The network project with a budget of almost three million euros for the first time managed to unite the three "heavyweights" of the meat industry in a consortium together with six other partners from NRW. more>>
QUARISMA represents an interdisciplinary and intersectoral co-operation in a European main area of meat production, which is reaching from the Netherlands to Germany. more>>
The establishment of the network is funded by Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM) (module: network projects) of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. more>>