20151202_Infoday RS2_Antonio Granell

1. Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agricultural
diversification with impact on food security and health of European population
This project has received funding from the European
Union‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under Grant Agreement Number 634561
INFODAY de H2020
Reto Social 2 y BIOTECNOLOGÍA
Antonio Granell
Miércoles, 2 de diciembre de 2015
11.45h Experiencia, lecciones aprendidas y oportunidades en H2020
La experiencia de OPIs, Centros Tecnológicos y Universidades
Venue: Auditorio Marie Curie

2. Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agricultural
diversification with impact on food security and health of European population
This project has received funding from the European
Union‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under Grant Agreement Number 634561
TRADITOM
Antonio Granell
Miércoles, 2 de diciembre de 2015
11.45h Experiencia, lecciones aprendidas y oportunidades en H2020
La experiencia de OPIs, Centros Tecnológicos y Universidades
Venue: Auditorio Marie Curie
Infoday Regional H2020
Agroalimentación, Desarrollo Rural y Bioeconomía

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Proposal
No.
Acronym logo email
Num
Participants
Duration Starting date
633571-2 DIVERSIFOOD Veronique.Chable@rennes.inra.fr 21 48 1st March 2015
634476-2 TREASURE meta.candek-potokar@kis.si 25 48 1st April 2015
634561-2 TRADITOM agranell@ibmcp.upv.es 16 36 1st March 2015
Some Info about the call results
TRADITOM info available at
Cordis website: http://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html and the
EU Open Data Portal: https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/cordis-h2020-projects
Type of Action 1st stage 2nd stage Granted
SFS 397 145 27
BG 128 37 11
ISIB 30 15 3
Total 560 197 41

5. • A core-team of researchers, farmers associations and seed
companies with experience of working together in national
and international projects before H2020
• Core of scientists combining excellence in Science and
experience in interacting with farmers, seed companies,
product developers, restaurateurs…
• A common objective: interest in traditional tomato
variability, its characterization, valorization, and increase
their resilience
• We have built trust and enthusiasm for traditional
food/tomato concepts
• We have created a network to be expanded
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TRADITOM, a follow up and elaboration
from previous successful experiences

6. Progress through national and
international projects
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GENMETFRUQUAL
Sol Genomics Network
SOL initiative 1. Natural Variability in
tomato
2. Genomics and
metabolomics fruit
quality
3. High Quality
Solanaceous Crops for
Consumers, processors
and producers by
exploration of Natural
Biodiversity
CALITOM
Public and Public Private
Partnerships
(producers/ seed co/scientists)
Traditional tomato
varieties and cultural
practices: a case for
agricultural
diversification with
impact on food
security and health of
European populationSOLSIL (wild species)
Large EC investment in good science

7. Progress through national and
international projects
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Public and Public Private
Partnerships
(producers/ seed co/scientists)
Modern and Wild relatives
Several Species
Scientists and Breeding Co
and producers
Modern and breeding
Potato and Tomato
Scientists and Breeding
companies
•Traditional EU tomato
•Multiactor (SC; BC; AP;
FP, REST, etc)
•Participative Research
•Multidiciplinarity

8. The TRADITOM consortium at a
glace
No Eastern country participation
Only those that made sense

9. The TRADITOM consortium at a
glance
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SCIENTISTS
Foodchain
Stakeholders
Breeders
Association
Producers

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How to build the consortium? How to construct the
balance between different types of partners and
expertise, different regions
•The core-team represents 65% of the consortium and it
is composed of association of farmers/end-users and
researchers with experience in participative research
•The consortium was expanded to include
complementary expertises (ie. Socioeconomic aspects,
food chain experts, etc.) and to represent the interests
of all stakeholders and cover whole foodchain.

11. Multi-actor
• Genuine and sufficient involvement of various actors
(end-users, farmers/farme’s groups, advisors,
enterprises)
– Farmers association and cooperatives in the different
countries (provide knowledge on traditional cultivation
practices, problems they face, contribute with
germoplasm, cultivation and assesment on variablity;
participate in selection of materials)
– Intergovernamental organization for food (assesment on
the quality of products, economics, etc) and cook trainers
and educational bodies
– Small seed company (grow, breed and characterize
traditom materials; introduce the companies view)

12. How did it all start?
• Previous experience of participating in multiactor
projects of the coordinator and other partners (both
national and international)
• Coordinator with an idea that fits into the program
organizes Conference/Skype calls between core group of
scientists and association of producers to discuss the
main ideas in response to the call and previous
experience
• Meetings with selected partners from the Academia and
productive sector to define the interests/needs in
different countries (one scientist per country acting as a
seed/ contact) and how they fit with the program/Topic

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• Information and conservation
• Assessment
• Improvement
• Valorisation
All these objectives were fine tuned to tackle the
specific challenges of the Topic SFS-7a-2014: Traditional
resources for agricultural diversity and the food chain
Objectives and needs TRADITOM
tackles

14. Objectives and needs TRADITOM
tackles
• Inventory and seed repository of European traditional tomato varieties
(seeds from farmers, small seed companies, and seedbanks 1500 total
accs) NEED to know what is still available.
• Detailed phenotypic and genotypic evaluation
What do we have, and how different or distinctive is (traits of interest for
different actors / protection)
• Increasing resilience (what aspects are of interests for the farmers and
consumers)
– Environmental effect on traits;
– Postaharvest and disease resistance
• Increasing resilience
– Environmental effect on traits;
– Postharvest and disease resistance
MAKE SURE THEY FIT NICELY WITH THOSE OF THE CALL /TOPIC

15. Organization of Traditom in WPs, interconnectivity and
participative activities
Scientist Non- scientist

16. Traditom main characterization pipelines
and expected outcomes
AS DEFINED BY END USERS AND
NON SCIENTIST PARTNERS
MAKE SURE THE EXPECTED IMPACT OF THE OUTCOMES
SATISFIES AS MANY AS THOSE LISTED IN THE TOPIC CALL
AS POSSIBLE¡¡¡

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Management Bodies and Interactive Structure
with participation of different stakeholders

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How to illustrate sufficient quantity and quality of
knowledge exchange in the proposal? What is the
role of "non-scientist" partners?
• Complementary roles in order to be efficient all
along the food chain
• Farmers know how in cultlivation and management
practices
• Food processors and restaurateurs: know how in
the final product and its use
• Day-to-day contact
• Transfer “traditional” knowledge on the plant
materials and management
• Organization of common activities beyond
research: dissemination and outreach

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How did you organise to engage and reach-out
beyond the consortium? (associated partners,
interaction modes, involving additional actors during
the project)
• ‘Non scientist’ partners are used to work within networks
• Meeting and interactions on the spot so other actors get to
know the materials and we their growing practices
• Expand beyond the partners in the consortium for field trials,
restaurants and cooks interests, young farmers associations, in
activities such as participatory plant breeding, workshops, farm
days, children get to know what they eat; the beauty of
variablity workshops, local food fairs, etc,)

21. • 1st stage, 2nd stage “go
proposal”
• Grant Agreement GA
• Consortium Agreement CA
• All financial info at CSIC. Money
Transfer executed (my financial
administrator agreed)
• Some groups agreed on starting
activities: collecting
germoplasm, collecting info,
starting cultivation even before
PS
• MTA (material transfer
agreement)
• CDA (confidential disclosure
agreement)
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1St STAGE
2nd STAGE
GA
CA CDAMTA
Agreements throughout the Process
THE KICKOFF
To manage to AGREE ON MANY THINGS¡
Overcome difficulties associated with size

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TRADITOM variability