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{"title":"Correction to ‘Measurement of the EU Bioeconomy and the Inclusion of Downstream and Upstream Linkages’","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cingiz, K., Gonzalez-Hermosa, H., Heijman, W., Wesseler, J. H. (2023). Measurement of the EU bioeconomy and the inclusion of downstream and upstream linkages. <i>EuroChoices, 22</i>(3), 26–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12407</p><p>We identified a coding error that affected the calculation of the values in Figures 1 and 3 in the paper. While the main conclusions of the paper remain unaffected, we are issuing a correction for the affected values in Figures 1 and 3. In addition, we have taken this opportunity to update the relevant data using the latest release of the OECD <span>2023</span> Input–Output Tables.</p><p>In Figure 3, we present the top six best performing countries (based on [(Downstream VA + Upstream VA) / Fully bioeconomy VA]) where downstream and upstream VA constitutes at least 50% of the total bioeconomy in 2018.</p><p>Further information available at: https://datam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/datam/mashup/BM_BIOECONOMIC_SHARES/index.html</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"US Farm Bill in 2025: Ad Hoc Assistance becomes an Expanded Multi-Year Safety Net\u0000 Loi agricole américaine de 2025 : l'aide ponctuelle devient un filet de sécurité pluriannuel élargi\u0000 US Farm Bill in 2025: Ad-hoc-Beihilfen werden zu einem erweiterten mehrjährigen Sicherheitsnetz","authors":"Carl Zulauf,&nbsp;David Orden","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The 2025 US farm bill converts <i>ad hoc</i> farm assistance since 2018 into a projected US$ 62 billion farm safety net expansion within multi-year legislation. Usually stand-alone with strong bipartisan support, the 2025 edition is largely provisions in a far-reaching, partisan budget law. The farm safety net is expanded by cutting food assistance to low-income Americans. Increased expenditures arise mainly from double-digit percentage higher reference prices projected to trigger payments under the PLC (Price Loss Coverage) commodity program. High crop costs of production and general inflation were argued as justifications. The increase in projected commodity program spending restores countercyclical support during periods of low market returns as a key component of the US crop safety net. New commodity program base acres will be added. Premium subsidies for insurance have monetised US farm risk into a multi-billion-dollar farm income flow that will increase since subsidies were raised for most field crop insurance products. Even with the much higher projected safety net spending for 2025 crops, additional <i>ad hoc</i> assistance was provided. Should <i>ad hoc</i> assistance continue for the 2026 crops and beyond, it will signal that influential policy makers consider the expanded multi-year farm safety net inadequate.</p>","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"12-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rethinking agricultural policy – putting farmers at the centre\u0000 Repenser la politique agricole – placer les agriculteurs au centre\u0000 Agrarpolitik neu denken – Landwirte in den Mittelpunkt stellen","authors":"Ulrike Müller MdL","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategic Pathways to Sustainable Food Choices: Insights from Sweden\u0000 Voies stratégiques vers des choix alimentaires durables : enseignements tirés de l’expérience suédoise\u0000 Strategische Wege zu nachhaltigen Ernährungsentscheidungen: Erkenntnisse aus Schweden","authors":"Sara Spendrup,&nbsp;Richard Tellström,&nbsp;Fredrik Fernqvist","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Current food production and consumption drive serious health and environmental problems, including obesity, nutrient deficiencies, cardiovascular disease, climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequalities. These issues threaten future food security, making more sustainable consumer choices essential. Global and regional policies such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the EU Green Deal, and the ‘Farm-to-Fork’ strategy emphasise linking human, societal and planetary health, treating food as a common good. Strong governance is needed to empower consumers and mobilise all actors in the food chain toward sustainable practices.</p><p>This article explores how to facilitate sustainable food choices and prioritise actions, drawing on in-depth interviews with Swedish stakeholders from the food industry, government agencies and academia. Short-term actions include developing affordable, convenient sustainable products, innovating production processes and improving public sector management, supported by policy incentives and procurement standards. Long-term transformation relies on education, applied research, cross-sector collaboration and cultural change. The greatest system-level impact comes from redesigning rules, structures and goals, supported by new governance models and coordinated markets. Achieving this requires a shared vision for the future food system to unite stakeholders and address both urgent needs and the complex, long-term challenges of a sustainable transition.</p>","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"65-73"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Tribute to Professor John Davis, Editor-in-Chief, EuroChoices 2001–2026, on his Retirement\u0000 Un hommage au Professeur John Davis, Rédacteur en Chef d’EuroChoices 2001–2026, a l’occasion de sa Retraite\u0000 Eine Würdigung von Professor John Davis, Chefredakteur von EuroChoices 2001–2026, zu seinem Ruhestand","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70045","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;As &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; marks its Silver Jubilee in 2026, we pay tribute to Professor John Davis, the founding Editor-in-Chief. John has stepped down after a remarkable and highly successful 25 years of leadership. In this time, &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; has become a globally recognised publication, uniquely bridging academic research, stakeholder interests and policy. Social media is increasingly a source of fake news and competing narratives (some of which are sceptical of evidence-based policy). With simplistic answers frequently offered to complex problems, it is vital that rigorous research is disseminated in ways that make it available to a wide readership. &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt;, with its unique content and attractive presentation, makes understanding the implications of the research for policy and practice as clear and accessible as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John has always stressed that the gold standard criteria for journal articles are ‘the three Rs’: &lt;i&gt;Rigour, Relevance and Readability&lt;/i&gt;. This is exactly what the journal has achieved – providing timely, accessible and policy-relevant insights on critical issues. This reflects John's vision of agricultural economics as an academic discipline that must engage with real-world challenges. This has involved considerable effort from all involved. John has consistently shown not only editorial leadership, and a meticulous attention to detail, but the encouragement of, and trust in, his co-editors. Together, they have worked effectively with authors to develop the unique voice that &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; has today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The journal has also benefited greatly from John's wide knowledge and networking with diverse stakeholders. Both the Editorial team and the authors published in &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; reflect the breadth of geography and representation that the journal has always sought to embrace. This has not happened by chance, but again reflects John's vision and commitment for the journal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A particular feature of &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; under John's leadership has been the number and range of Special Issues. Several of these have been produced from projects supported by EU funding. Commissioning and supporting these has ensured that the research disseminated reflects current policy concerns. Further, and crucially – for example with research on Brexit – a key feature of &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; is the timeliness of publication.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The history of the journal is worth recalling, and can be read in detail in John's Presidential Address to the Agricultural Economics Society (AES) in 2018 ‘Communicating economic concepts and research in a challenging environment’ (Davis, 2018: 69:3, pp. 591–605).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the late 1990s, John, who had previously served as Honorary Secretary of the AES, had argued for more effective communications between its membership and wider stakeholders in the industry, policy, NGO and education communities. The &lt;i&gt;Choices&lt;/i&gt; publication produced by the (then) American Agricultural Economics As","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Including AKIS in the 2023 CAP Strategic Plans: What Difference has it Made?\u0000 Intégration des systèmes de connaissances et d'innovation agricoles (SCIA) dans les plans stratégiques de la PAC pour 2023 : Qu’est-ce que ça a changé ?\u0000 Die Einbeziehung von AKIS in die strategischen Pläne der GAP für 2023: Was hat sich dadurch verändert?","authors":"Lee-Ann Sutherland,&nbsp;Katrin Prager","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2021, for the first time, the EU Member States were required to include Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) in their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plans (2023–2027). We present the findings of empirical research into how this requirement has influenced the development of national AKIS. Focus group discussions were conducted with representatives from 9 EU countries and Norway. Study participants reported that the term ‘AKIS’ was not well known outside the networks created by multi-actor European Commission-funded projects on AKIS. A key achievement of the inclusion of AKIS in CAP strategic plans was increased awareness of the AKIS concept within national departments of agriculture. The plans also led to the establishment of AKIS coordination bodies in every Member State. In Austria, Sweden, Finland, Spain and Italy, it also led to increased investment in coordinating AKIS. Actions of the coordination bodies have aligned with a greater emphasis on peer-to-peer learning through operational groups and other collaborative forms of innovation support. Overall, the inclusion of AKIS in national CAP Strategic Plans appears to represent a positive step forward for supporting agricultural innovation, but observable changes remain high level: on-the-ground impacts may not be evident for several years.</p>","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"38-44"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Has the Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD Countries Plateaued?\u0000 Les performances environnementales de l'agriculture ont-elles atteint un plateau dans les pays de l’OCDE ?\u0000 Hat die Umweltleistung der Landwirtschaft in OECD-Ländern ein Plateau erreicht?","authors":"Francisco Pereira Fontes,&nbsp;Ludivine Baudoin,&nbsp;Noura Takrouri-Jolly,&nbsp;Hugo Valin","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"20-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Silver Jubilee, a Centenary, and a Future to Shape\u0000 Un jubilé d’argent, un centenaire, et un avenir à façonner\u0000 Ein silbernes Jubiläum, ein hundertjähriges Jubiläum und eine Zukunft, die es zu gestalten gilt","authors":"Rob Ackrill","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70044","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt;, 25 this year, was designed to fill a gap in the agricultural economics publishing world, with its glossy format, short articles, and focus on clear and accessible writing. It is safe to say that, a quarter of a century on from its inception, it continues to deliver on this ambition. Whilst this commitment to outreach has always been the primary motivation for the journal, in recent years its growth has resulted in the emergence and development of an impressive set of bibliometric indicators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This twin-track success is one of the lasting legacies of Professor John Davis. John was instrumental in originally identifying the gap in the publishing scene in Europe. He then devoted considerable energy to getting the journal off the ground. It was not always plain-sailing. As a member of the Steering Group (later the ‘Advisory Board’) I can attest to the many conversations we had as we sought to bring financial stability to the journal. The very existence of this journal, and its growing status over the last quarter-century, is down in large measure to John's considerable effort and talents – as we reflect in our celebration of John and his achievements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had the great pleasure of organising and chairing a special panel at this year's Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference. This was held at Wadham College, University of Oxford, to mark the exact date and place where, in March 1926, discussions led to the establishment of the AES. Alongside the celebrations for this centenary, our panel reflected specifically on the past, present and future of &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Participants at the session enjoyed an entertaining and highly-informative mix of presentations. Antony Hey, from Wiley, the journal publishers showed how strong our bibliometrics have become in just a few years. Mauro Vigani, a former member of the &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; Advisory Board and now working in DG-AGRI in the European Commission, gave vivid illustrations of how policymakers engage with the work of &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt;. Carmen Hubbard, also a former member of the &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; Advisory Board and now a member of the &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; Management Group, closed the session by reflecting on the evolving management structure of the journal over time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a moment for reflection and celebration as we reached 25 years, but it also left everyone with a clear sense of responsibility to the journal as we move forward. This is felt most strongly by myself, as I have the honour of taking over from John as Editor-in-Chief. I shall outline some of the future plans for &lt;i&gt;EuroChoices&lt;/i&gt; in my next Editorial. But one change already implemented has been the move onto Wiley's Research Exchange platform. All the submission, review, editorial and production processes will now take place online. No longer will we be operating an email-based system. This worked extremely well for so many years, but technology moves on apace, and so must we all.&lt;/","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148849259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Will European Consumers and Stakeholders accept New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in Food Production?\u0000 Les consommateurs et les parties prenantes européens accepteront-ils les nouvelles techniques génomiques (NTG) dans la production alimentaire ?\u0000 Werden europäische Verbraucher und Interessengruppen neue genomische Verfahren (NGV) in der Lebensmittelproduktion akzeptieren?","authors":"Jan Pokrivcak,&nbsp;Miroslava Rajcaniova,&nbsp;Ema Lazorcakova","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) can be an important tool to achieve the goals set out in the European Green Deal like food security, environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation. However, the success of NGT-derived products in the market depends on their acceptance by consumers and stakeholders. We assessed consumer acceptance of NGT-derived products, in particular food products based on NGT plants, drawing on consumer surveys in five European countries. The surveys were complemented by focus group discussions with supply chain participants.</p><p>Consumers are not knowledgeable about NGTs, approximately 50 per cent across the surveyed countries had never heard the term, and are less aware of NGTs than of genetically modified organisms. After providing explanation of NGTs to survey respondents, most consumers have a neutral view of them. The acceptance of NGT-derived food differs among the five countries. Consumers from the United Kingdom declare the highest readiness to purchase an NGT-derived food product, followed by Denmark and Germany, and lastly Slovakia and France.</p><p>Focus group participants associated NGT-derived food with advantages for the agri-food sector but stressed the importance of providing objective information to consumers. A professional communication strategy on NGTs adopted by all relevant supply chain participants in coordination with public authorities is advisable.</p>","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"22-28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148849205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Combining Policy Instruments and Local Measures to Promote Agrobiodiversity\u0000 Combiner instruments de politique et mesures locales pour promouvoir l'agrobiodiversité\u0000 Kombination von politischen Instrumenten und lokalen Maßnahmen zur Förderung der Agrobiodiversität","authors":"Yuna Chiffoleau,&nbsp;Géraldine Colombé,&nbsp;Paolo Prosperi,&nbsp;Francesca Galli,&nbsp;Dalia Mattioni,&nbsp;Luca Colombo,&nbsp;Paola Hernandez,&nbsp;Dominique Desclaux","doi":"10.1111/1746-692x.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Agrobiodiversity is in decline.</i> While the literature highlights the role of public policy in this process, a research gap remains concerning how policies can help reverse this trend by providing economic support to farms that value crop and varietal diversity. Based on desk research and expert interviews, this article first provides an overview of European and national policy instruments that can be used to economically support the promotion of agrobiodiversity on farms, focusing on seven European countries. Drawing on case study findings, it then presents a typology of local initiatives that combine these instruments with local measures to provide economic support to farms cultivating minor crops and traditional varieties. This support is primarily indirect, ranging from seed provision to market development, although most initiatives do not cover the entire value chain. The results underline the critical role of local authorities and confirm the value of public-private partnerships in promoting crop and varietal diversity. They also emphasise the need for stronger coordination between policy measures and governance levels to support value chains that foster agrobiodiversity, and call for further research to assess how the combined support of policy instruments and local measures contributes to new business models at farm level.</p>","PeriodicalId":44823,"journal":{"name":"EuroChoices","volume":"25 2","pages":"51-57"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692x.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}