FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Regional Office
for Europe and Central Asia (REU)

Established in 1974 by FAO and European research institutions, the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA) is an umbrella for cooperation between research institutions focused on food, agriculture and related fields. It aims to promote the voluntary exchange of information and experimental data, to support joint research projects and to facilitate the sharing of expertise, germplasm and technologies, especially from the more advanced nations to developing countries.

Since its foundation, ESCORENA has expanded to include 13 networks, currently eleven are active, and increasingly works on issues of global interest. Specific research areas covered by ESCORENA include: Pasture and Fodder Crops, Nuts, Cotton, Olives, Rice, Flax, Sunflower, Sheep and Goats and Buffaloes, and the interdisciplinary agri-environmental networks: Sustainable Rural Environment and Energy Network (SREN) and Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture (RAMIRAN).

For information on the network activities, and network working groups please contact the
ESCORENA website.
http://www.escorena.net/


ESCORENA Reports and Reviews published on the FAO websites

Progress Report 1996-1998

Report of 9th Meeting of Coordinators of ESCORENA, Grignon, France 23-25 November 2000

Report to the European Commission of Agriculture (ECA), 32nd session, Rome, 7-8 March 2002 - Review of the Activities of the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA). Progress Report on Recommendations made at the 31st Session - ECA 32/02/4

Report to the European Commission of Agriculture (ECA), 33rd session, Rome, 1-2 March 2004 - Review of the Activities of the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA). Progress Report on Assessment undertaken in 2003 (and Proposals for the Future) - ECA 33/04/3

Review of the Activities of the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA). - ECA 33/04/3 Sup.1


Useful links

REU-Publications on results of ESCORENA networks:
http://www.fao.org/world/Regional/REU/publications13_en.htm

FAO Research and Technology:
http://www.fao.org/nr/res/res_en.htm

FAO Research and Extension Portal:
http://www.fao.org/sd/sdrr/portal/index_en.htm