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Inspirational ideas: Organic and “conventional” farmers joining forces for innovation

The OG illustrates that some processes and machinery can be transferable from conventional to organic production, such as tunnel-application spraying systemsRead more

Inspirational ideas: Preventing forest fires in Portugal

“Residues of the forests, like shrubs and wood that remain on the ground after harvesting or thinning, act as fuel in terms of fire, one solution we see is to create value for the production of this primary forest biomass as energy”Read more

Organic inspiration for European farming

A new EIP-AGRI brochure highlights innovative solutions, inspired by organic farming, that could be useful for all farmersRead more

Brochure on AKIS - stimulating creativity and learning

Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) is a concept describing how people and organisations join together to promote mutual learning, to generate, share, and use agriculture-related knowledge and information. This...Read more

Sneak preview of FG topics

The call for the next three EIP-AGRI Focus Groups will be launched by the end of the month. Watch this space!Read more

Sustainable mobilisation of forest biomass

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on sustainable mobilisation of forest biomass has just released its report and factsheetRead more

VIDEO Scottish Live Lambs project– solutions for raising lamb survival

/eip/agriculture/en/file/srdp-film-live-lambs-projectSRDP on Film: Live Lambs Project Video of SRDP on Film: Live Lambs ProjectRead more

“Get-together” event for old and new Operational Groups

Did you know that the Finnish National Rural Network Support Unit (NSU) organised a “get-together” event in February for old and new Operational Groups?Read more

Call for papers – social agriculture

EURAC Research is looking for good practice examples and solutions from social agriculture for an upcoming conferenceRead more

Increasing awareness about bio-based products

The BioCannDo project aims to increase awareness of products which are partly or wholly made of biomassRead more

EuroDairy inventory of innovations

The EuroDairy Thematic Network has been compiling an inventory of innovative tools, techniques to drive best practice in dairy farmingRead more

Support when applying to the SME Instrument

A with tools and approaches on how to draft a successful proposal/business plan for the SME InstrumentRead more

Inspirational ideas: FarmHackNL connects farmers with customers, techies and hackers

FarmHackNL is a privately run network organisation in the Netherlands that focuses on using digital technology to generate innovation in agricultureRead more

Happy new year from the EIP-AGRI Service Point

Happy new year from the EIP-AGRI Service Point - let’s keep innovating together in 2018!Read more

Public consultation on the EU’s Strategy on adaptation to climate change

Contribute to the evaluation of the EU’s Strategy on adaptation to climate change by responding to an open public consultationRead more

VIDEO on EIP-AGRI by French National Rural Network

Did you know that some national EIP-AGRI networks have produced information on EIP-AGRI in other languages? The French National Rural Network have produced an eye-catching video explaining in French how...Read more

Factsheets from AIS Lisbon 2017

Four factsheets have been produced as an outcome of the EIP-AGRI sessions at the Agri-Innovation Summit (AIS Lisbon 2017) : Digital opportunities for primary production: factsheet Digital opportunities for agricultural...Read more

Inspirational ideas: Local farmers producing food for nurseries and primary schools in Ljubljana

When public institutions like primary schools and nurseries purchase food, they can shorten the distance between farmers and urban consumersRead more

Organic innovation days

The 3 rd edition of TP Organics’ Organic Innovation Days took place in November, an event which demonstrates the innovation potential of the organic food and farming community. The winners...Read more

Discovering short food supply chains good practices in urban areas

The Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network, SKIN focuses on good practices and local stories of innovation in the short food chains domainRead more

Decontaminating water used in agriculture

The Life Aquemfree project uses the sun as a natural resource to decontaminate the water used in agricultureRead more

Innovation and circular economy in the mountain forest supply chain

Mountain areas contain exceptional resources, but the natural conditions as well as connectivity and transport issues can provide challenges to economic activity. “The development of the circular economy in mountain...Read more

VIDEO Diversifood

Diversifood Horizon 2020 project: “Diversity enhances the resilience and productivity of biological systems” /eip/agriculture/en/file/diversifood-trailer-keywords-new-food-cultureDIVERSIFOOD TRAILER | The keywords for a new food culture Video of DIVERSIFOOD TRAILER | The keywords...Read more

Call for interest: would you like to contribute to the EIP-AGRI as a temporary consultant for the EIP-AGRI Service Point?

The EIP-AGRI Service Point is looking for coordinating experts for a number of workshops, seminars and Focus Groups on a range of topics. The deadline for applications is 22 January 2018Read more

Showcase your Digital Innovation Hub at EU best practice sharing meeting

Share your best practice at the first best practice sharing meeting of Digital Innovation Hubs in EuropeRead more

Innovation in the supply chain: creating value together

DG AGRI is organising an EIP-AGRI workshop ‘Innovation in the supply chain: creating value together’ in France on 6 and 7 February 2018. The participants will meet other farmers, researchers,...Read more

Agroforestry, a sustainable farming system to boost productivity and profitability

Read the Focus Group’s final report and factsheetRead more

AFINET thematic network

Agroforestry is a type of climate-smart agriculture practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions...Read more

The future of food and farming

The European Commission has released a communication on the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020 entitled “The future of food and farming”Read more

Operational Groups growing in experience

More than 3200 Operational Groups are planned for 2014-2020 across 27 European countriesRead more

Inspirational ideas: Cutting antibiotic use in pig farming

A Dutch farmer has achieved the enviable goal of reducing antibiotic use to almost zero while, at the same time, improving pig performance.Read more

EMPHASIS Science with Farmers: call for early adopters

Apply to this call to receive exclusive tailored counselling, practical support about the most recent innovation techniques in pest management.Read more

Info Week on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 - news

Feedback from the Info Week on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 (SC2) “Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy”Read more

VIDEO Treehay

Ted Green explains the use of “tree hay”, a traditional fodder from forests, once used widely in the UK and still used in areas of EuropeRead more

Inspirational ideas: Digital technologies help fruit growers optimise returns

Web-based information and advisory system for irrigation in German orchardsRead more

Inspirational ideas: Agroforestry- a win-win for nature and the farmer

Wind erosion and water availability have been climate change challenges for decades in the German region of Brandenburg. Thomas Domin found a solution to this: agroforestryRead more

Update on Digital Innovation Hubs

H2020, DIH catalogue and AIOTI report on DIHs... a few updates since the EIP-AGRI seminar in JuneRead more

10-15 minutes to let us know how EIP-AGRI can better support you

Let us know how we can improve the EIP-AGRI communication tools and website so we can support you better. Please fill in the communication survey.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Finding freight space for local deliveries

The LandLogistik Operational Group (Germany) is finding ways to reduce logistics costs buy using existing freight space in the transport sector and on the local busRead more

Inspirational ideas: Agro-industrial waste put to good use as biofertiliser

A fertiliser producer in Italy is using municipal waste in anaerobic digestion and recovering the digestate as a nutrient-rich biofertiliserRead more

Focus Group on Nutrient recycling - report

“Nutrient recycling is not only about technologies to produce bio-based fertilisers, but also about practical tools to better understand the behaviour of nutrients.” Read the final report and the factsheet.Read more

Take part in Horizon 2020 InfoWeek online

This week (Tuesday 14 - Friday 17 November 2017) follow H2020 InfoWeek on Societal challenge 2 - calls 2018 live via webstreamingRead more

Three new Focus Groups now launched

Experts for the following three new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups have been selected: Moving carbon from source to sink in arable farming Circular horticulture Enhancing production and use of renewable energy...Read more

Focus on digitisation and agriculture at AIS Lisbon 2017

On 11 and 12 October 2017, the Agri Innovation Summit brought together over 600 farmers, rural businesses, researchers, NGOs and others in Portugal.Read more

EIP-AGRI workshop “Organic is Operational”

Read the results from the EIP-AGRI workshop “Organic is Operational”Read more

VIDEO Official video from the Agri Innovation Summit in Portugal

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Digital agriculture explained: new EIP-AGRI brochure

Existing and new technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence, robotics and big data can contribute to making processes more efficient and lead to the creation of new products and services.Read more

Water JPI 2017 Joint Call to support implementation of water policies

The Joint Call has 12 participating countries and an overall budget of 8.55 M€. Deadline 11 December 2017.Read more

Rushlight Awards 2017-18

The awards support and promote the latest clean technologies, innovations, programmes, installations and initiatives in sustainable agriculture, forestry and biodiversity.Read more

ICT and Robotics for a Sustainable Agriculture

24 November 2017 in Copenhagen - the focus is on digitisation in the agri-food system: opportunities and challenges.Read more

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