CHIC project: Chicory as a multipurpose crop for dietary fibre and medicinal terpenes
Learn moreis a European research and innovation project by companies, institutes and universities from 11 European countries and New Zealand.
Chicory benefits digestion
Learn moreChicory 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.
Chicory has greater potential
Learn moreBut 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.
New Plant Breeding Techniques
LEARN MOREcan be used to develop new varieties which contain more fibres and components suitable for medicine applications.
Improving the plant
LEARN MOREIn 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.
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
LEARN MOREArt is not only one of the multiple tools of communication but also an innovative and unique tool for disseminating knowledge.
Open call for Stakeholder Consultations
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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.
This project has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 research & innovation programme under grant agreement N. 760891.