Implementation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Microbiome Initiative

The Implementation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Microbiome Initiative is a national cross-sectoral plan. Its main objectives are to develop/implement policies, standards, labels, financial instruments and emerging market-based actions for a more effective exploitation of the national know how on microbiome in the health and food system domains; planned pilot industrial actions in the microbiome domains of pharma and food systems; production of next generation probiotics; probiotic formulation for human gut microbiota eubiosis and host health; exploit knowledge on microbiome and drug metabolism; exploit the knowledge on microbiome and metabolism of nutraceuticals and xenobiotics; exploit knowledge on microbiome and prevention and progression of some pathologies; exploit the nexus Microbiome, Enteral Nutrition and Special Nutrition; Exploit the role of microbiomes in the carbon fixation and nutrients availability in soils, sediments and water; exploit the role of microbiome on the sustainable animal production, health and welfare with reduced use/replacement of antimicrobials; exploit the role of microbiome on the vegetal primary production and antibiotics replacement; exploit the role of microbiome in the production of food and beverage; determine and contrast mycotoxins effects on Microbiome; exploit microbiome on the environmental biotechnology applications; and promote awareness, education, training and skills across microbiome-related domains.

Italia · 2020-01-01