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TITLE

Vegetable oils with specific fatty acids

OBJECTIVE

Novel oilseed crops with unusual fatty acids. Selection of plants for industrial use; genetic improvement; cultivation practices; oil-recovery techniques; characterization of by-products for animal feed; testing of oils for industrial applications (oleochemistry, lubricants and coatings); infrastructure for the commercialisation of l oilseed crops
ACRONYM

VOSFA
FUNDING SOURCE

other EU
WEBSITE https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/17666/factsheet/en
REPORT https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/17666/reporting/en
CROP CATEGORIES

Oil

Speciality crops

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PROJECT DURATION

1994-1997
PROJECT TYPE

EU
NUTS3
CROP CATEGORIES

Oil

Speciality crops
KEYWORDS

Fatty acids

Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Lesquerella

Euphorbia lagascae

Calendula officinalis

Lunaria annua

Production chain
OTHER GEOLOCATION
FUNDING SOURCE

other EU
FINAL REPORT

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/17666/reporting/en

TOPICS

Cultivation & agronomic management

Uses/applications

Processing

COORDINATOR

Centrum voor Plantenveredelings- en Reproduktieonderzoek
PARTNERS

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) (UK)

GROUPEMENT D'ETUDES DE RECHERCHES ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES OLEAGINEUX ET CORPS GRAS (FR)

TNO (NL)

Novel oilseed crops with unusual fatty acids. Selection of plants for industrial use; genetic improvement; cultivation practices; oil-recovery techniques; characterization of by-products for animal feed; testing of oils for industrial applications (oleochemistry, lubricants and coatings); infrastructure for the commercialisation of l oilseed crops

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