Ingemar Pongratz
Ingemar Pongratz är forskare med lång erfarenhet av offentlig finansiering och EU finansiering. Ingemar Pongratz har erfarenhet av att planera, adminstrera rapportera och kommunicera EU projekt och EU finansierad forskning. Ingemar Pongratz har framgångsrikt skrivit EU projekt ansökningar som har sammanlagt resulterat i över 500 Millioned SEK för organizationer och företag som har utnyttjat Pongratz Consulting tjänster.
Ingemar Pongratz tog emot Communication Star priset 2011, för bästa EU-projekt kommunikation insats. Ingemar Pongratz har även skrivit Pathfinder ansölan som valdes ut som ett av finalisterna till Descartes Priset för bästa EU forsknings sammarbets projekt. Ingemar Pongratz har organiserat flera möten, workshops och EU Parlamentsdebatter inom ämnet toxikology och har sammarbetat med organizationer som WWF och OECD.
Ingemar Pongratz är även aktiv som förskare och arbetar med att lansera Fenix Scientific som skall arbeta med nya behandlings metoder för autoimmuna sjukdomar.
Ingemar Pongratz har publicerat över 40 vetenskapliga artiklar och har handlett 14 doktorander och Post-docs under sin tid som forskare, då han var verskam inom molekylär biology, molekylär toxikologi och molekylär nutrition.
Ingemar Pongratz is a consultant with a long proven record of EU project development, project coordination and EU Communication.
Previous project experience include FP6 instruments such as STREPS, Integrated projects and Network of Excellence, FP7 collaborative projects and Marie Curie networks and programmes. Ingemar Pongratz has successfully secured over 50 Million EUR (500 Million SEK) to Pongratz Consulting clients and organizations in several EU funded activities.
All projects included consortia development, proposal administration and planning, negotiation, coordination, planning of communication activities within the consortium and with project stakeholders.
In addition Ingemar Pongratz has long track record in EU project Communication and has collaborated with several organizations to communicate EU funded research results to the general public and consumers. Ingemar Pongratz has also organized several workshops, seminars and EU Parliament debates. For this wok Ingemar Pongratz received the Communication Star Prize from the European Commission in 2011. Ingemar Pongratz has also a strong background in research has a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Molecular Biology and has provided seminal research findings in the area of molecular toxicology and molecular nutrition. Ingemar Pongratz has 40+ scientific papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, sevral book chapters and is Editor of one book, which highlights the effects of Chemical Contaminants in Food.
Ingemar Pongratz has successfully supervised several postdoctoral researchers and several Ph D students, all the way to Thesis defence.
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Changes ahead for EU animal producers
Changes ahead for EU animal producers
By Ingemar Pongratz
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The agricultural sector in the European Union is currently undergoing considerable change.
The European Union has pledged to become a carbon neutral continent by 2050. In addition, there is a powerful push to improve biodiversity and reduce environmental impacts from all industrial sectors.
The European Commission (EC) has presented the European Green Deal, which includes the Farm to Fork Strategy. These policies provide a roadmap to create a sustainable, climate neutral food production system. In addition, these policy documents set very ambitious targets for the future. These targets include major reductions in pesticide use, fertilizers and antibiotics, promote biodiversity, improve EU soil health and many other.
In fact, there is an expectation that the agricultural sector will contribute to absorb the negative impact from other sectors and help reduce the European impact on climate.
Is this feasible? Expected Changes ahead for EU animal producers provide few answers.
This reduction in greenhouse gases could be achieved by increasing forestry, and agricultural production. Increased plant and forestry production would trap CO2 gases and help achieve a carbon neutral continent. Farming practices that lead to CO2 sequestration would be rewarded and farmers would receive a novel economic stream. This novel Green Business Model would then help other industrial sectors by sequestering their CO2 emissions.
This sounds good and well. However, the agriculture is currently a net CO2 producing sector. In particular, animal production leads to considerable emissions of CO2 and methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Furthermore, the EC has decided that animal producers may not utilize Zinc Oxide in animal production starting June 2022. Zinc Oxide accumulates in the animals and humans and represents a risk for human and animal health. In addition, Zinc Oxide accumulates in the environment and may enter the food chain through plants as well. Today, Zinc Oxide is used to protect piglets from gastrointestinal problems during weaning. These problems represent a heavy economic burden on animal producers and few alternatives are available to replace Zinc Oxide. Furthermore, gastrointestinal problems in animals contributes to substantial CO2 and methane emissions.
New products and new solutions are urgently required in agriculture and animal production that will support the transition of the agricultural sector from a net CO2 producer to a CO2 consumer.
It is currently unclear how the EU will support for example animal producers. One possibility is to provide financial support for the development of new solutions. One support channel is the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation scheme. However, timing is extremely problematic. The ban of Zinc Oxide starts in 2022. The European Green Deal calls for a carbon neutral continent by 2050. A lot of things need to be in place very, very soon and translation of research results to market is a slow process.
2050 is approaching and time is short…
Ingemar Pongratz is a researcher and entrepreneur. Ingemar Pongratz has founded Fenix Scientific AB / Pongratz Consulting. Through Pongratz Consulting we help universities, enterprises and other organizations apply for European funding for projects.
In addition, Ingemar Pongratz has founded Letavis AB. Letavis AB is currently developing science based products for the agricultural sector. One of our solutions aims to provide novel, safe and efficient products to replace Zinc Oxide in the animal sector.
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