• CHIC Final Event

    Our Bio-Tech Planet (Rome, 24th-30th of October)

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  • CHIC project: Chicory as a multipurpose crop for dietary fibre and medicinal terpenes

    is a European research and innovation project by companies, institutes and universities from 11 European countries and New Zealand.

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  • Chicory benefits digestion

    Chicory is a crop that is similar to sugar beet and related to endive. At the moment, it is mainly being bred for inulin, which is valuable as a dietary fibre and sweetener.

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  • Chicory has greater potential

    But the crop is very difficult to breed using the current technologies, breeding and selection, and it is also hard to increase production of the healthy components.

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  • New Plant Breeding Techniques

    can be used to develop new varieties which contain more fibres and components suitable for medicine applications.

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  • Improving the plant

    In addition to bioactive components, the research will also study how to improve the crop architecture – the so-called design of a crop. Another research goal is to develop better chicory breeding programmes.

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  • Art & Science in CHIC

    aims to link scientific research and ideas with approaches used in digital art, fostering interdisciplinary work towards an exchange of cultures and milieus.

  • Art & Science in CHIC

    Art is not only one of the multiple tools of communication but also an innovative and unique tool for disseminating knowledge.

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  • Open call for Stakeholder Consultations

    If you want to participate in our stakeholder consultation workshops, please fill in the form

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Objectives
Activities
Expected impacts

New approach

Implementation of innovative communication tools, including cultural communication and linking art to science, to improve understanding of New Plant Breeding Techniques by the public and for informed decision making.

Activities aimed at high school students

Activities aimed at university, phd and post doc students

Open days for farmers, growers and breeders

Partners of the consortium