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THE CHALLENGE

Climate change and emerging diseases threaten olive production. Genetic erosion means a high risk since only a 5 % of olive varieties present in the worldwide harvested area are commercially-exploited. Olive genetic resources (GenRes) could offer a solution, but these remain unexploited due to the limited development of pre-breeding activities and the lack of collaboration between germplasm banks and farmers/breeders.

95% OLIVE VARIETIES

Remains untapped and unutilised and are only preserved in Germplasm Banks. The real genetic erosion lies here! These varieties can lie dormant if no triggered by specific actions that help them become active, explorable and transferable to the end users. GEN4OLIVE will help overcome this problem.

WHAT IS GEN4OLIVE

OUR MAIN GOAL

TARGET GROUPS

WHAT IS GEN4OLIVE

OUR MAIN GOAL

TARGET GROUPS

GEN4OLIVE
GOALS

Developing collective pre-breeding activities to characterize olive germplasm and an innovative and user-friendly interface to make genetic resources accessible for the end user

GEN4OLIVE IMPACTS

Mobilization of Olive GenRes through pre-breeding activities ensuring information availability for end users

Development of harmonised protocols for enhancing coordination among Olive Germplasm Banks (over 15 protocols).

Provide selected olive progenitors for new breeding lines (6 per topic)

Bridge the gap between Germplasm Banks and end-users: Call-s for SME Projects

Encourage the connection between leading researchers and Germplasm Banks/end-users (Advisory Board with 10 members).

Patent applications in the area (2 patents applications)

Untap new business opportunities (20 potential business ideas).

Respond to consumers’ new demands related to healthier and functional foods (15 pre-breeding projects or breeding plans related to consumers’ needs).

Provide evidence-based recommendations in support of genetic resources conservation and management for policy-makers (Best practices and recommendations).

Obtention of new resistant olive varieties to different pest and diseases (significant reduction – up to zero – of chemical inputs in olive growing).

Avoid the genetic erosion risk of the wild resources (organisation, exploration and conservation of wild and ancient olive GenRes).

A consortium of 16 partners coordinated by the University of Cordoba

QUICK STATS

1st and 2nd Calls for Proposal

Below some stats of the project till now

62

Proposals Received

25

Projects Approved

870.000

Allocated budget

26

SMEs Receiving Grant

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GEN4OLIVE
GOALS

GEN4OLIVE IMPACTS

Development of harmonised protocols for enhancing coordination among Olive Germplasm Banks (over 15 protocols).

Provide selected olive progenitors for new breeding lines (6 per topic)

Bridge the gap between Germplasm Banks and end-users: Call-s for SME Projects

Encourage the connection between leading researchers and Germplasm Banks/end-users (Advisory Board with 10 members).

Patent applications in the area (2 patents applications)

Untap new business opportunities (20 potential business ideas).

Respond to consumers’ new demands related to healthier and functional foods (15 pre-breeding projects or breeding plans related to consumers’ needs).

Provide evidence-based recommendations in support of genetic resources conservation and management for policy-makers (Best practices and recommendations).

Obtention of new resistant olive varieties to different pest and diseases (significant reduction – up to zero – of chemical inputs in olive growing).

Avoid the genetic erosion risk of the wild resources (organisation, exploration and conservation of wild and ancient olive GenRes).

A consortium of 16 partners coordinated by the University of Cordoba

QUICK STATS

1st and 2nd Calls for Proposal

62

25

870.000

26

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Experience the GEN4OLIVE New Infrastructure

Check our Layman's Report!

GEN4OLIVE GOALS

GEN4OLIVE IMPACTS

Development of harmonised protocols for enhancing coordination among Olive Germplasm Banks (over 15 protocols).

Provide selected olive progenitors for new breeding lines (6 per topic)

Bridge the gap between Germplasm Banks and end-users: Call-s for SME Projects

Encourage the connection between leading researchers and Germplasm Banks/end-users (Advisory Board with 10 members).

Patent applications in the area (2 patents applications)

Untap new business opportunities (20 potential business ideas).

Respond to consumers’ new demands related to healthier and functional foods (15 pre-breeding projects or breeding plans related to consumers’ needs).

Provide evidence-based recommendations in support of genetic resources conservation and management for policy-makers (Best practices and recommendations).

Obtention of new resistant olive varieties to different pest and diseases (significant reduction – up to zero – of chemical inputs in olive growing).

Avoid the genetic erosion risk of the wild resources (organisation, exploration and conservation of wild and ancient olive GenRes).

A consortium of 16 partners coordinated by the University of Cordoba

QUICK STATS

1st and 2nd Calls for Proposal

62

25

870.000

26

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GEN4OLIVE
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