Meeting societal challenge 2 : portfolio analyses, impact assessment and approaches to examining how framework programmes from FP5 to Horizon 2020 address societal challenge 2 : food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy : expert group report

Horizon 2020 invests in research, development, innovation and associated activities within three pillars, one of which addresses societal challenges. This report provides an account of investigations of how EU-funded projects in Framework Programmes running over two decades have served Societal Challenge 2 (SC2): Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy. The overall goal was to assess the impact of a large project portfolio related to SC2, including through the development of new approaches to programme assessment, also in the context of development of research and innovation strategy in Societal Challenge 2.