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TROPICSAFE factsheets on diseases in tropical and subtropical perennial crops

Factsheets address these diseases focusing on tropical and subtropical areas in nine different regions of Africa, America, Caribbean and EuropeRead more

Improving sustainability of alternative cereals food systems

H2020 thematic network CERERE’s final conference will ask the question “Which policy and financial measures for the sustainability of alternative cereals food systems in Europe?”Read more

Save the date: Organic Innovation Days 2019

TP Organics’ annual public event that brings together stakeholders of the organic sector, from companies and researchers, farmers and farmer organisations to policy-makers across EuropeRead more

Inspirational ideas: Solar dryer for herbs to make farm more profitable

In 2014 five herb producers joined forces in the organic herb farm ‘Under the Sun’, making them the biggest Portuguese exporter of aromatic and medicinal plants. To save energy costs...Read more

Inspirational ideas: Working together to find promising fruit varieties

“It is a substantial financial loss for fruit growers when they find out after 7 or 8 years that their apples or pears aren’t commercially attractive for the market"Read more

Inspirational ideas: Biosensors in dairy farming

Over the last 20 years, dairy farms in Estonia and Finland have moved into the digital age. Even though dairy farms are very different in the two countries in terms of size, they have both been developing technologies which could be adapted to bothRead more

Cropping for the future: documents on line

This event gave the opportunity to network and highlight the beneficial environmental impacts of these farming practices, such as soil health and biodiversity.Read more

VIDEO Spanish Operational Group on Forestry

Spanish Operational Group on Forestry – LidaRioja, measuring forests and treesRead more

Building stronger AKIS

The European Commission has published a paper ‘Building stronger agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) 'Read more

Horizon Europe Co-design 2021-2024

In order to prepare Horizon Europe, the European Commission is collecting input from across Europe and beyondRead more

Questionnaire on short food supply chains

SmartChain, Horizon 2020 multi-actor project has launched a survey to find out the main factors influencing the development of short food supply chainsRead more

Soil Horizons workshop

On 26 August 2019, LANDMARK and iSQAPER projects are organising an event about soil quality and soil functions, in Wageningen, The NetherlandsRead more

Digital technologies for CAP management

The working group 6 of AIOTI has released the final version of a white paper with recommendations on this subjectRead more

Register for the EIP Water Conference 2019

The EIP Water are expecting 500 innovators in Zaragoza, Spain on 12 December for the EU Water Innovation conference 2019. It will focus on action to tackle water pollution and enhance EU preparedness to water-related climate change impacts. Register nowRead more

Save the date: European research and innovation days

The EU R&I Days (Brussels, 24-26 September 2019) will welcome researchers, scientists, innovators and policy makers. The event will be webstreamedRead more

Inspirational ideas: A mobile app to monitor pests and diseases in Umbria, Italy

Monitoring systems can be an efficient tool to indicate the presence of pests and diseases and predict future outbreaks, providing farmers with specific information so they can apply crop protection...Read more

Focusing on food loss: EIP-AGRI Focus Groups tackle circularity in food chains and elsewhere

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups bring together 20 experts to deal with challenges that the farming and forestry sectors are currently facing. Each Focus Group includes a mix of farmers, foresters, advisers,...Read more

Innovation and advisory support in the new CAP

Innovation support services play a major role in grasping ideas and turning them into innovative projects. They can connect farmers with others in the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS),...Read more

Measuring the water footprint of precision horticulture

Operational Group connects farmers to knowledge and innovation networks Efficient water use is vital for fruit and vegetable producers in Almería, Spain. To help farmers optimise their resource use and...Read more

On-farm demonstrations boosting peer-to-peer learning

Farmer-to-farmer exchanges can be very effective to promote the use of innovative technologies and approaches in the agricultural sector. This is why on-farm demonstrations can play a major part in...Read more

Inspirational ideas: Buzzing with innovation

This inspirational idea is also available in a Slovak version. Translation courtesy of the National Rural Network Slovakia . Read more EIP-AGRI inspirational ideas in Slovak on the NRN website...Read more

Spotlight on H2020 thematic networks

Bridging research and practice for the bioeconomy Horizon 2020 thematic networks connect people from research and practice, to stimulate innovation and knowledge exchange for agriculture and forestry. Thematic networks collect...Read more

Less waste, more value: Innovation for a circular and sustainable bioeconomy

As the world faces challenges including climate change, land degradation, a growing population and limited natural resources, developing a circular bioeconomy could improve resource efficiency and contribute to a more...Read more

What are the neighbours doing? Operational Groups have a look across the border

Thinking outside of the box can create fresh new ideas. This is also true for Operational Groups, partners can gain new insights by stepping beyond their own partnerships to exchange...Read more

1000 EIP-AGRI Operational Groups...and more to be launched across Europe

The number of Operational Groups that have joined the EIP-AGRI network is constantly growing. More than 1000 Operational Group projects are already up and running (June 2019). They make best...Read more

Brochure on new Horizon 2020 calls

The new EIP-AGRI brochure on funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 has just been released.Read more

Submit a film for AGROFILM festival

The films highlight innovative solutions and promote results of research and so could be based on Operational Groups - submit before 15 JulyRead more

Agroecology: Sustainable and resilient farming

The EIP-AGRI network has been involved in many activities related to agro-ecology, from Focus Groups to events, to Operational Groups and other innovative projects.Read more

EU farm policy - Have your say

Evaluation of the impact of EU farm policy on knowledge exchange and advisory activities - reply by 19 June 2019Read more

Inspirational ideas: Agroecology for sustainable soils

Inspirational ideas: Efficient and sustainable water use on the farm

PRO-PRODUCTION is a Slovenian Operational Group developing and promoting an irrigation decision support system to increase water use productivity at farm levelRead more

FAO newsletter on agroecology

Did you know that the FAO has a monthly newsletter on agroecology?Read more

AIS 2019 - follow online

On Tuesday morning this week, watch the event online and you can also follow on Twitter using hashtag #AIS2019LisieuxRead more

Less waste, more value in new Agrinnovation magazine

Discover new opportunities in the circular bioeconomy and other stories and news from the EIP-AGRI network in this new issue of the yearly Agrinnovation magazineRead more

Moving from source to sink in arable farming

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on agriculture and soil carbon identified good practices and barriers to farm management practices which ensure long-lasting carbon storage in arable farming. Read the final report and the factsheetRead more

VIDEO Soil fertility through carbon storage

EIP-AGRI inspirational video: AGRI challenge: soil fertility through carbon storage /eip/agriculture/en/file/eip-agri-inspirational-video-agri-challenge-soilEIP-AGRI inspirational video: AGRI challenge: soil fertility through carbon storage Video of EIP-AGRI inspirational video: AGRI challenge: soil fertility through...Read more

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