Centres for continuing education in Agricultural Engineering.

Title	Centres for continuing education in Agricultural Engineering.
Programme	Tempus
Funding body	Unione Europea
Contract	Tempus Phare JEP 14093 - 99
Duration	3
Period	1999/2001
Planned activities	Project aimed at elaborating a training plan for technology transfer from western to eastern Europe countries in the field of agricultural engineering
Title	Biomass in the mediterranean
Programme	Altner
Funding body	E.U. – MiPAF
Contract	4.1030/C/00-022 - DM483 4/12/01
Duration	1,5
Period	2000/2001
Planned activities	Objective of the project was to survey of past and ongoing researches carried out at European level for the promotion of the energy crops. The activities realized in Italy were: Check of community actions; Esteem of economic profitability of different energy crops; Assessment of the difference between cost of cultivation and purchase price; Identification of the available funding schemes for energy crops at regional and national level. Starting from the forecast for 2010 in Italy a comparison with what expected by Kyoto Protocol was carried out.