BioMatNet Item: National Activities - UK - UK Government Funded R&D on Crops for Industrial and Energy Uses: Section 2 - Pharmaceuticals and Other High Value Products

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National Activities - UK
UK Government Funded R&D on Crops for Industrial and Energy Uses: Section 2 - Pharmaceuticals and Other High Value Products

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UK Government Funded R&D on Crops for Industrial and Energy Uses:
Section 2 - Pharmaceuticals and Other High Value Products

Introduction: In December 1997 the Alternative Crops Unit of MAFF (UK) issued details of their support for work on industrial and energy feedstocks, covering the areas of Industrial Oils and Fatty Acids, Pharmaceuticals and other High Value Products, Starches and Fibre. The methods where by such activities are funded differ. Some projects are funded individually or jointly by Government bodies¹ . Others are funded jointly by Government and industry through the LINK Crops for Industrial Use programme and its successor, the LINK Competitive Materials from Non-Food Crops programme.

¹ BBSRC-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, DANI-Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, DETR, Department of the Environment Transport and Regions, DTI, Department of Trade and Industry, EPSRC, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, ETSU - Energy Technology Support Unit, HGCA - Home-Grown Cereals Authority, IACR - Institute of Arable Crops Research, LINK CIMNFC - LINK programme on Competitive Industrial Materials from Non Food Crops, LINK CIU - LINK programme on Crops for Industrial Uses, MAFF-Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, NFU-National Farmers' Union, SAC-Scottish Agricultural College, SCOPA-Seed Crushers' and Oil-Processors' Association, SCRI-Scottish Crop Research Institute, SOAEFD-Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department

This information is split into 4 sections:

Section 1 - Industrial Oils and Fatty Acids - Part 1
Section 1 - Industrial Oils and Fatty Acids - Part 2
Section 2 - Pharmaceuticals and Other High Value Products - see further information
Section 3 - Starches
Section 4 - Fibre

Contacts: For general information contact MAFF Alternative Crops Unit. Separate leaflets are available on support schemes. Further details of the projects can be obtained from the individual contacts for each project.

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