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Understanding barriers and opportunities in the transition to agro-ecology

To support a successful transition to agro-ecology, farmers need to know the agricultural, economic and environmental benefits of agro-ecological farming systems. To support European farmers in adopting agroecological approaches, Horizon...Read more

Inspirational ideas: farmer innovation adapted to local needs

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

Inspirational ideas: cover crops for quality soil in the Po river valley

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

Expert online workshop on a common European agricultural data space

This online technical workshop will take place on 8 September 2020, with the objective of refining the concept of a common European agricultural data space, answering the specific needs of...Read more

VIDEO AgriLink

AgriLink - developing new support services and improving existing ones Video of AgriLink Living Lab presentation - Work Package 3Read more

Inspirational ideas: Benefits and challenges of digital applications

Danish farmer Knud Bay-Smidt started his own farm in 1987 cultivating grains, oilseed and grass seed on his 300 hectares of land. At the moment, he is using several digital applications. What are the benefits, but also challenges that he is facing?Read more

Inspirational ideas: Inishowen Upland Farmers project

Irish Operational Group improving economic sustainability of High Nature Value landRead more

Environmentally-friendly TOMRES tomatoes

Horizon 2020 project TOMRES has been testing and designing new genotypes under improved management strategies. As the project draws to a close, many interesting publications have been produced.Read more

Uptake of organic production methods

The Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) and the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) have produced a publication on alternatives to pesticides.Read more

Pilot Project — Developing a Farmers’ Toolbox for IPM

The European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a call for tender on IPM. The general aim is to assess integrated pest management (IPM) measures taken in each...Read more

Strengthening and improving the flow of knowledge

EUREKA is developing the 'FarmBook' - a single open source e-platform for collecting and sharing the material produced by Horizon 2020 multi-actor projects.Read more

Organic fruit production: share your experience and needs to improve crop protection

Technical advisers and fruit growers are invited to complete an online questionnaire about current needs and knowledge gaps as well as best-practices.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Protein-rich forage for climate-proof farming

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

Inspirational ideas: Reducing antibiotic use on sheep farms at lambing time

An Operational Group from Wales, UK is looking into in flock management, mainly through improved nutrition and hygiene, in order to reduce the need for antibiotics on sheep farms.Read more

European bee award 2020

These awards organised by the European Landowners Organisation rewards innovative projects which aim to enhance the protection of pollinators in farmers environments. 3 prizes are up for grabs: Land management...Read more

Inspirational ideas: On-farm hatching improves welfare and health of broiler chicks

https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/default/files/vyliahnuti.pdf Project from The Netherlands: On-farm hatching to improve welfare and health of broiler chicksRead more

Reducing antimicrobials in pigs and poultry

HealthyLivestock Horizon 2020 project will study the contributions of enhanced animal health and welfare on reducing the need to use antimicrobials in pigs and poultry. HealthyLivestock aims to tackle antimicrobial...Read more

Tackling emerging viruses in European livestock

Horizon 2020 DEFEND is an international partnership of academic, industrial and governmental organisations working together to tackle the emergence of African swine fever virus (ASFV) and lumpy skin disease virus...Read more

A tool improving health and welfare of pigs

This handbook developed as part of the CoreOrganic II project ProPig and published on the Organic Farm Knowledge platform , summarises the expertise of farmers, consultants, scientists and technical literature...Read more

Solutions for soil salinisation - report

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on soil salinisation worked on the question ‘how to maintain agricultural productivity by preventing, reducing or adapting to soil salinity, providing recommendations on transferable innovative solutions?’...Read more

France’s National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare

Created as part of France’s national strategy for animal welfare, the French Reference Centre for Animal Welfare ( FRCAW ) brings together actors in research, development and training and provides...Read more

Plant-based medicinal and cosmetic products - report

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on this topic has just published its final report. This group of 20 experts analysed the key factors that influence farmers and foresters to enter the...Read more

New skills for digital farming - report

The EIP-AGRI seminar ‘New skills for digital farming’ brought together over 160 participants in Aranjuez, Spain on 5-6 February 2020. They identified the skills that can help farmers better understand...Read more

Update on EIP-AGRI events

Due to uncertainties regarding travel, in view of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the EIP-AGRI Service Point has had to update its calendar for the months to come.Read more

BovINE - beef innovation network Europe

BovINE is a new Horizon 2020 thematic network to help address the challenges and drive the sustainability of the European beef farming sector and community.Read more

NEFERTITI webinar on farm videos and other news

NEFERTITI is a Horizon 2020 multi-actor project on farm demonstration activities, they are organising a free webinar on 'How to produce your own farm videos to enhance knowledge exchange'Read more

EIP-AGRI actions on animal health and welfare

Livestock farmers are facing a number of challenges today. Demands for more animal health and and welfare need to be balanced with a stable production and a good income. The...Read more

Vote for an Operational Group to win the ‘Popular vote’ Rural Inspiration Award 2020

Out of the 71 entries for the ENRD Rural Inspiration Awards 2020 competition, 15 projects have been shortlisted for an award, and 3 of these are EIP-AGRI Operational Groups: ECOPIONET, SETOS and BRICKZ.Read more

LIVESEED aims to reach 100% use of organic seed

Multi-actor project LIVESEED aims to reach 100% use of organic seed from cultivars that are adapted to organic growing conditionsRead more

OK-Net EcoFeed: 100% use of organic and regional feed for organic pig and poultry farmers

OK-Net EcoFeed is a Horizon 2020 thematic network which aims at helping EU organic pig and poultry farmers in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Mycorrhiza fungi as green alternative for mineral fertilisers

In Northern Germany, Operational Group AMF AGRI investigated how Mycorrhiza can be applied in the field as a green alternative for mineral fertilisersRead more

Inspirational ideas: Market gardening

‘Market gardening’ is a concept based on the efficient use of small areas of land using manual labour and simply mechanised equipment. We spoke to Alfred Grand who has been running a market garden in Austria for about a year.Read more

Organic farming playlist on Youtube

On the EIP-AGRI YouTube channel, you can take a look at the Organic Farming playlist where you will find a collection of videos that EIP-AGRI network members have produced. If...Read more

VIDEO CORE Organic Cofund GreenResilient project

Presentation of experimental site from CORE Organic Cofund GreenResilient project Video of Production innovante en serre - Bandes fleuries, cultures associées, paillage végétal CORE Organic is an ERA-NET on organic...Read more

Innovative solutions for small agriculture and forestry holdings

Read the final report from the EIP-AGRI workshop ‘Small is Smart – innovative solutions for small agriculture and forestry holdings’ which took place in Bucharest, Romania on 29-30 October 2019.Read more

Protecting agricultural soils from contamination

This report presents the findings of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on “Protecting agricultural soils from contamination”.Read more

Overview EIP-AGRI events

Did you know that the EIP-AGRI has organised almost 40 events since 2013? Interested in knowing more? Take a look at the overview of EIP-AGRI seminars, workshops and other events...Read more

VIDEO New EIP-AGRI video on Innovation Support Services

Across Europe, Innovation Support Services capture grassroots innovative ideas, and help develop them into EIP-AGRI Operational Groups or other interactive innovation projects. By stimulating collaboration, they help build solutions and...Read more

Innovative actions in Estonian organic farming

Non-profit organisation the ‘Estonian Organic Cluster’ was established in 2015 with the aim of carrying out projects to support the development of the organic farming sector in Estonia and to increase economic and environmental sustainability.Read more

Share your views about Organic Farm Knowledge

The online platform Organic Farm Knowledge, developed through the Horizon 2020 projects OK-Net Arable and OK-Net EcoFeed, hosts a wide range of practical knowledge and tools that help improve organic farming practices.Read more

Organic farming system based on 100% internal nitrogen input

A project has been studying healthy soil in arable farming in the Netherlands, focusing on an organic farming system based on 100% internal nitrogen input through leguminous crops and green manures.Read more

Three public consultations on climate change

The European Commission has launched three open public consultations on the topic of climate changeRead more

ATLAS Call for innovative solutions is open

Open call to find agricultural operations which could be pilot studies to test this technology, funding 5 to 10 business entities up to 52 500€.Read more

EIP-AGRI actions on organic farming

Organic farming is a farming method that uses natural substances and processes to produce food. This means that organic farming has a low environmental impact because it encourages: energy and...Read more

Rural resilience actions in times of COVID-19

The RURITAGE project (Horizon 2020) invites you to share innovative actions in the midst of the global pandemic crisis to increase and strengthen resilience in rural communitiesRead more

EIP-AGRI and the circular bioeconomy

“To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, to preserve our natural environment & to strengthen our economic competitiveness, requires a full circular economy” - the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans...Read more

Inspirational ideas: Productivity and sustainability of cardoon

Italian Operational Group GO CARD : “Both the cardoon seeds (for oil used in the biobased industry) and the biomass (to obtain cellulose and hemicellulose) can be processed and become sources of income"Read more

Inspirational ideas: SCOOTER - Vegetable waste: energetic and reuse opportunities

In this Italian Operational Group, multi-step processes are used in order to give the maximum value to vegetable by-products and to reduce to zero the final waste and related environmental impacts.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Olive stones to develop a new sustainable plastic

Spanish Operational Group GO-OLIVA will work to find a high value-added application for this waste by producing a new sustainable material for oil packaging itemsRead more

Inspirational ideas: Small scale on-farm biogas plants

An Irish Operational Group will carry out testing to understand how the production of biogas through a circular economy model can lead to sustainability improvements at farm levelRead more

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