1.“Support for Further Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Turkmenistan” (Phase III)

 Reference number: No 326114-2016

Project duration: 2017 – 2020

Programme or initiative: EUEA

Website: http://iks-company.com/

Project description: Programme to support the Turkmenistan authorities and in particular the Ministry of Agriculture in the achievement of the National Sector objectives with regard to sustainable agriculture and rural development and institutional support in coherence with the strategic documents of the European Commission regarding Central Asia and Turkmenistan.

2.“Short supply chain Knowledge and Innovation network” (SKIN)

Reference number: No 728055

Project duration: 2016 – 2019

Programme or initiative: Horizon 2020

Website: http://www.shortfoodchain.eu/The-Project/The-Project.kl

Project description: The Agri Food Community of the future is growing. SKIN is an ambitious initiative in the domain of Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC), which aims to systematize the existing knowledge, fostering demand-driven innovation, building long-term collaboration among European farmers and cooperatives, facilitate stakeholders. engagement and promote innovation through demand-driven research in the short food supply chain domain.  Re-connecting the two extremities of the food supply chain, reconciling producers with citizens, stimulating mutual trust and establishing a short chain based on common values on food, its origin and production method. A common base, upon which to build a new community characterised by a multi-faced (geographical, ethical and co-operative) proximity between food producers and society. The ultimate objective is to establish of a permanent association of stakeholders, working on the improvement of SFSC’s efficiency for the economic growth of the sector for the benefits of European farmers and citizens.

3.“Biological disinfection and preventing the formation of biofilms” (DB research topic 857 P)

Project duration: 2015 – 2016

Programme or initiative: State funded project

Project description: new antibiofilm products based on selected extracts of edible plants and berries rich in biologically active substances, with proven antibiofilm, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties and harmless to commensal microbiota of human mucous membranes.

4.“Food-based solutions for optimal vitamin D nutrition and health through the life cycle” (ODIN)

Reference number: FP7-613977-ODIN

Project duration: 2014 – 2017

Programme or initiative: FP7

Website: http://www.odin-vitd.eu/

Project description:Vitamin D deficiency has serious health consequences affecting the normal growth and bone integrity. Lack of knowledge in this area is an obstacle to the realization of a safe and effective strategy for the development of public health to prevent deficiency of vitamin D. Project ODiN will help preventing vitamin D deficiency in Europe and improve the nutrition and health of the population via the use of food products. Using the existing food databases based on national surveys, ODiN will delineate the effect of UV exposure and dietary sources of vitamin D. Dietary modeling will be developed using innovative food bases, to increase vitamin D in food through a combination biofortification of meat, fish, eggs, mushrooms and yeast. The project will monitor the effectiveness and safety of these foods. The project focusses on regression analysis for the integration of standardized data on the status of vitamin D, the study of the correlation of vitamin D and the positive and negative impact on human health during pregnancy, bone growth and structure of the body in children, allergic and cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults.

5.“Food recovery and waste reduction” (FoodWard)

Reference number: 09DBAA56F67BD1BC

Project duration: 2014 – 2016

Programme or initiative: Erasmus+

Website:http://foodward.mkv-consulting.com/

Project description: A theme of the food waste and losses has been neglected for a long time. But nowadays with the increase of hunger in the world, food waste and loss issue is high on the global food agenda. By 2050 food demand is likely increase by 40% to 70%. On the other hand, about a third of the food for human consumption is wasted globally – around 1.3 billion tons per year according to data released by FAO. Over 40% of food losses happen after harvest and during processing in developing countries.

This project focuses on the following themes:

• • Compositional analysis of food waste and losses in Turkey, Italy, Germany and Slovakia.
• • Food waste quantification in milk, meat and canning sectors.
• • Training of production engineers in plants.
• • Building awareness of waste problem.
• • Reducing food waste and creating a sustainable food future.

6.“Development of lacto- and bifidobacteria based probiotics with antibacterial and immuno-modulatory properties” (UNTC 5979)

Reference number: 5979

Project duration: 2014 – 2015

Programme or initiative: UNTC

Project description: The aim of the project is to develop technologies for advanced biotech drugs - probiotics based on pre-selected and characterized strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and/or bifidobacteria, which have antibacterial properties and high ability to balance the immune response in infectious and inflammatory diseases of bacterial, viral and fungal origins by induction of cytokines of different nature. This project will be achieved through research specific activity of new combinations of probiotic strains, selection of compositions with the maximum level of induction of cytokines (interleukin (IL) -4, -10, interferon (IFN) -α), capable of reducing the activity of pro-inflammatory cytokines and aligning an imbalance between Th1/Th2 immune response due to infectious diseases, pre-clinical and partly clinical studies of the effectiveness of selected compounds accompanied with the recommendations for their use.

7.“A European Network for Mitigating Bacterial Colonisation and Persistence On Foods and Food Processing Environments” (BacFoodNet)

Reference number: COST Action FA1202

Project duration: 2013 – 2016         

Programme or initiative: FP7

Website: http://www.bacfoodnet.org/EN/Main/

Project description: Great quantities of food are getting wasted because of biofilm development during transportation, storing (both before and after purchase by customers).BACFOODNET is focuses on re-evaluation of current scientific knowledge on persistence of bacteria and introduction of new engineering approaches for controlling pathogens. The relevance of the project is that it investigates and develops effective tools of protecting food from biofilm and thus preventing food waste. It contributes to our proposal by providing sophisticated academic knowledge on biofilms and innovative ways of pathogen control (and can be used for preparation of training materials). 

8.“Composite biological products from microorganisms, plants and nanocompounds”

Reference number: Research topic 0113U002369

Project duration: 2013– 2014          

Programme or initiative: State funded project

Project description: Creation of experimental models of plant-microbial food and medical biological products for the prevention and treatment of nutritional diseases and non-infectious human pathologies caused by metabolic disorders. Objects of research: composite ingredients of biological products and functional foods of plant origin with the associated microorganisms. Objective: to develop and offer innovative biological products and composite foods with the preset physiological effects on human health for the implementation in Ukraine and abroad. Creating composite products. Establish compatibility and  synergistic factor of all selected components of each composition of medicines and foodstuffs separately. Selection and determining the appropriateness and effectiveness of certain natural herbal nanocompounds as possible carriers, matrices and capsules for microorganisms in the medicine/food product. Completion of preclinical and limited clinical tests of both finished bioproducts, and their principal components.

9.''Enhancing the BILATeral S&T Partnership with UKRraine * Advanced INnovative Approach'' (BILAT-UKR*AINA)

Project duration: 2012– 2015          

Programme or initiative: FP7

Website: http://www.bilat-ukraina.eu/en/95.php

Project description: The BILAT-UKR*AINA project, which was completed on 30 June 2015, aimed to provide a framework to foster cooperation in Research, Technological Development and Innovation(RTDI) between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine. It was based on existing cooperation of the main stakeholders and built up on the results of previous projects funded under FP7 dealing with Ukraine, in particular BILAT-UKR (2008-2012).

 10.“Improving the enabling environment and public awareness for innovation in the South-East-European food sector through transnational collaboration” (Capinfood)

Reference number: SEE/B/0027/1.3/X

Project duration: 2011 – 2014         

Programme or initiative: South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme

Website: http://www.capinfood.eu/

Project description: The idea of CAPINFOOD project is to improve the enabling environment and public awareness for innovation in the South-East-European food sector through transnational collaboration. The largest achievements of the project was 1) raising of public awareness on the benefits of innovations in food sector and facilitation of innovation in the sector through international collaboration (mainly NTPs); 2) improved governance (better national innovation strategies, operating industry innovation panels, best practice guides, ICT solutions); and 3) development and facilitation of trainers’ coursers for key food chain management staff using ICT-based solutions.The most important factor here is a wide network of partners and online collaboration tools, which will facilitate data collection and processing for national/international food intake surveys network. The network of partners will also help with dissemination of results and raising public awareness through previously developed guidelines that account for regional specificity.

 11.“Determinant food and bacterial antigens in preventing diseases caused by immune disorders and metabolic processes of human body”

Reference number: Research topic 2201040

Project duration: 2011 – 2012         

Programme or initiative: State funded project

Project description: Goal: to estimate potential use in medicine and food industry of herbal food antigens (dietary tolerogenes), normal microflora species of the mucous membranes of the body (transient and commensal), and conditionally pathogenic bacteria and their derivatives as structural components of the composite mono and poly-component products (functional foods) to prevent diseases caused by human immune-metabolic disorders. 

12.“Sustainable exploitation of bioactive components from the Black Sea Area traditional foods” (BaSeFood)

Reference number: No 227118

Project duration: 2009 – 2012         

Programme or initiative: FP7

Website: http://www.basefood-fp7.eu/

Project description: In BaSeFood project we collected samples of traditional Black Sea region foods, separated different biologically active components and microorganisms and through medical trails and experiments proved their positive impact on human health and wellbeing as well as that of animals. We can apply the knowledge of how to properly conduct microbial evaluation of food quality and safety for the relevant case studies and in development of foods that prevent certain chronic diseases as well as new, safer and higher quality food.

13."Joint Support Office For Enhancing Ukraine’s Integration Into The European Research Area" (JSO-ERA)

Reference number: No 227118

Project duration: 2009 – 2011         

Programme or initiative: FP7

Website: http://www.jso-era.org/ua

Project description: is a project which raisespublic awareness of the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development, assisting to Ukrainian research organisations in the preparation of competitive proposals.

14.“Theoretical background, mechanisms of action, prosperity of construction and applying the new bio-preparations and target vaccines”

Project duration: 2009– 2010          

Programme or initiative: State funded project

Reference number: COST Action FA1202

Project duration: 2013 – 2016         

Programme or initiative: FP7

Website: http://www.bacfoodnet.org/EN/Main/

Project description: Great quantities of food are getting wasted because of biofilm development during transportation, storing (both before and after purchase by customers).BACFOODNET is focuses on re-evaluation of current scientific knowledge on persistence of bacteria and introduction of new engineering approaches for controlling pathogens. The relevance of the project is that it investigates and develops effective tools of protecting food from biofilm and thus preventing food waste. It contributes to our proposal by providing sophisticated academic knowledge on biofilms and innovative ways of pathogen control (and can be used for preparation of training materials).

15.“Composite biological products from microorganisms, plants and nanocompounds”

Reference number: Research topic 0113U002369

Project duration: 2013– 2014          

Programme or initiative: State funded project

Project description: Creation of experimental models of plant-microbial food and medical biological products for the prevention and treatment of nutritional diseases and non-infectious human pathologies caused by metabolic disorders. Objects of research: composite ingredients of biological products and functional foods of plant origin with the associated microorganisms. Objective: to develop and offer innovative biological products and composite foods with the preset physiological effects on human health for the implementation in Ukraine and abroad. Creating composite products. Establish compatibility and  synergistic factor of all selected components of each composition of medicines and foodstuffs separately. Selection and determining the appropriateness and effectiveness of certain natural herbal nanocompounds as possible carriers, matrices and capsules for microorganisms in the medicine/food product. Completion of preclinical and limited clinical tests of both finished bioproducts, and their principal components.