Definicija: The Committee assists the Commission in implementing the programme aimed at promoting in Europe the useful application of recent developments in life sciences and biotechnology. The principal objectives of the programme are i) research, adaptation and development of agricultural products destined for industrial use, as well as the research and promotion of new industrial techniques for processing and transforming agricultural raw materials with a view to obtaining, under economically viable conditions, industrial products which meet the needs of the market; (ii) research and development of industrial inputs in agriculture, such as pesticides and fertilizers, and of eradication and disease control systems less harmful or better adapted to the environment; the reduction and elimination of by-products of processing by recovering resources and reducing waste.