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Research funding in Europe: improving coordination
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.163.8.229-a
Subject(s) - livestock , business , political science , environmental planning , public administration , environmental resource management , geography , economics , forestry
The Coordination of European Research on Emerging and Major Infectious Diseases of Livestock ( emida ) programme was launched in April as a means of information exchange for organisations funding research. A defra ‐led initiative, it aims to coordinate organisations that fund research into major livestock diseases across 19 countries and to develop a common agenda for them within three years. Grainger Laffan spoke to Dr Alex Morrow, the project's coordinator, to find out more.