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VIDEO EIP-AGRI Operational Group Drill for yield

This EIP-AGRI Operational Group involves taking drone data and looking for relationships with cereal shoot numbers Watch the video hereRead more

Innovations - mobile slaughter and pasture slaughter of farm animals

This funding opportunity is for projects wishing promote animal welfare, through dialogue with practice and knowledge exchange. The specific subject is “(Partial) mobile slaughter and grazing/pasture slaughter of farm animals”...Read more

Call for applicants for the EIP-AGRI workshop ‘Towards carbon neutral agriculture’

On 24-25 March 2021, the European Commission and the EIP-AGRI Service Point are organising the online workshop ‘Towards carbon neutral agriculture’. Apply to the call for expression of interest (by 14 February 2021)Read more

Call for applicants for the EIP-AGRI seminar 'Healthy soils for Europe'

The EIP-AGRI Seminar ‘Healthy soils for Europe: sustainable management through knowledge and practice’ is dedicated to exchanging practical solutions to soil health problems and discussing what needs to be done for farms to take them up. And we are looking for participants.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Sustainable farming in French Guiana

Sustainable farming in French Guiana: combining tropical crops with agroforestry. Growing sustainable tropical crops in an outermost region of the European Union: that’s what Julien Villard has been doing since 2016.Read more

Requesting expression of interest for the EIP-AGRI Seminar 'Healthy soils for Europe'

The EIP-AGRI Seminar ‘Healthy soils for Europe: sustainable management through knowledge and practice’ will take place online on 13-14 April 2021. The call for participants is now open until 14 February 2021.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Growing industrial crops: opportunities for farmers and land-managers

Polish farmer Mateusz Ciasnocha and researcher Efi Alexopoulou and share their experiences on supply chain creation and managementRead more

Inspirational ideas: Connecting beef farmers for sustainability of the sector

Maeve Henchion, project coordinator explains: "BovINE provides farmers with access to knowledge from farmers and research institutes and universities across Europe.”Read more

Fit for pigs - animal welfare app

The German Operational Group Coachingssystem deals with challenges related to livestock management and animal welfare. They have developed a smartphone app to support assessment in the barn or when handling the animals.Read more

Potentials, challenges and visions for future European organic animal farming across species

This paper outlines six strategies for future European organic animal farming supporting alternative ways of thinking about integrating animals into farms and landscapes, such as multi-species systems and pastoralism, agroforestry and sustainable foraging.Read more

9 key topics in farming and forestry

A new page on the EIP-AGRI website lets you browse through a range of resources for each theme.Read more

New animated video on AKIS: Building effective knowledge flows across Europe

Well-functioning Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) connect people and make sure that knowledge is shared across the EU. Watch this new animated video to see what AKIS stands for,...Read more

On a mission to save our soils

FUTURIS (Euronews) is a channel presenting the latest news about the leading scientific and technological research projects in Europe.Read more

Arable farming - local adaptation strategies for soil organic carbon

xperts from the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Moving from source to sink in arable farming have recently published a paper on the Journal of Rural Studies. The abstract mentions: “Increasing...Read more

Joint call on circularity in mixed crop and livestock farming systems

This call, organised by the ERA-NETs SusAn, FACCE ERA-GAS, ICT-AGRI-FOOD and SusCrop, is now open for applications. The call is about circularity and mixed crop/livestock farming systems, with emphasis on...Read more

Organic innovation days

For this year’s edition, TP Organics partnered with the Horizon 2020 project LIVESEED which aims at boosting organic seed and plant breeding across Europe.Read more

Have your say - impact of CAP on knowledge exchange and innovation

The European Commission has launched a public consultation focussing on the impact of the common agricultural policy (CAP) on knowledge exchange and innovation activities such as training and provision of...Read more

EIT Food open call: Sustainable Aquaculture

EIT Food is launching an open call for projects in the innovation Focus Area ‘Sustainable Aquaculture’.Read more

Report EIP-AGRI: 7 years of innovation in agriculture and forestry

Since 2013, the EIP-AGRI has been promoting interactive innovation to make EU agriculture and forestry more sustainable, productive, and fit for the future. This report shows how the EIP-AGRI network has grown into athriving network.Read more

Inspirational ideas: Social innovation for sustainable forest management

A series of Operational Groups (OGs) across Europe are finding ways to bring people together to improve the social, economic and environmental performance of forestsRead more

VIDEO EIP-AGRI, making EU farming and forestry future-proof since 2013

The enthusiasm of the EIP-AGRI network members is essential to the success of the EIP-AGRI, and in ensuring that everyone can benefit. Watch this new EIP-AGRI video to hear researchers,...Read more

VIDEO InnoForESt for a sustainable European forest sector

Horizon 2020 project InnoForESt seeks to spark a transformation for a sustainable European forest sector. Video of What is the InnoForESt project?Read more

Inspirational ideas: Improving soils in Montado ecosystems

Improving soils in Montado ecosystems Many Montado ecosystems in Portugal are suffering from climate change which leads to, for example, loss of soil organic matter. The ECOMONTADO XXI Operational Group is developing a novel forest management practice to restore vitality and productivity.Read more

Forestry blogs from EFI

The European Forest Institute is an international organisation established by European States. They conduct research and provide policy support on forest-related issues, connecting knowledge to action. They have set up...Read more

Forestry projects - virtual cross exchange visits

EURAKNOS Horizon 2020 thematic network (TN) aims to improve exchange of best practices in European agriculture and forestry. One of their tools is their cross-exchange visits (CE), which have now been transformed into virtual events.Read more

My Sustainable Forest

Horizon 2020 project My Sustainable Forest aims at integrating Earth Observation (satellite technology) significantly further into forestry by demonstrating the advantage of incorporating this information into the daily decision making,...Read more

Call for good practices in the field of digital agriculture

This call is the first phase of the regional contest entitled “Digital Excellence in Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia”, aiming at collecting good practices in the field of digital...Read more

Sustainable forest management for forest biodiversity

“Listen to EU forest stewards, understand their actions on the ground, learn from their experience, and go beyond the clichés!” this is the message of the new awareness campaign #ForestBiodiversity...Read more

30' café talks on rural business

RUBIZMO is a Horizon 2020 project developing entrepreneurship and successful business models in food and agriculture, new bio-based value chains and ecosystem services. In January, February and March 2021, every...Read more

Operational Group calls

With over 1600 Operational Groups already funded, did you know that some countries such as Bulgaria still have calls open? Operational Groups intend to bring together multiple actors such as...Read more

ERA-NET Cofund Action ‘ForestValue’

ForestValue Joint Call 2021 (JC 2021) - The ForestValue Research Programme will launch their second call for joint European research projects in the new year.Read more

Have your say - impact of CAP on knowledge exchange and innovation

The European Commission has launched a public consultation focussing on the impact of the common agricultural policy (CAP) on knowledge exchange and innovation activities such as training and provision of advice, generation and dissemination.Read more

Videos from Operational Group SMARTFEED

SMARTFEED, the Finnish Operational Group, develops methods, tools, analytics and data transfer to create a system for monitoring silage quality, and energy and protein nutrition balance in dairy cows on...Read more

Videos from EU Pig on animal health and welfare

Videos from EU Pig on animal health and welfareRead more

Workshop on blockchain technologies in the agri-food sector

Use of blockchain technologies in the agri-food sector - Webinar on 23 November 2020Read more

Have your say - New EU strategy on healthy soils

The European Commission has published the roadmap for the new Soil Strategy, and would like your views before 10 December.Read more

New animated video on Focus Groups

The EIP-AGRI has run over 40 Focus Groups on a wide variety of topics. Watch this new animated video to find out how they link research and practice, how they...Read more

EIP-AGRI online workshop on soil

Over 90 people attended the online EIP-AGRI Workshop: Shaping the EU mission ‘Caring for soil is caring for life’ which took place on 20-21 October 2020. To restore soil health...Read more

Bee health and sustainable beekeeping

This new EIP-AGRI factsheet presents ideas to ensure the sustainability of beekeeping - based on the work by the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on bee healthRead more

Screening survey of agroecology living labs

The European Commission has launched an online survey that aims to identify agroecology living labs and research infrastructures in Europe. Agroecology means working better with nature to support agricultural production...Read more

Sustainable use of soil

LIFE project Soil4Life promotes the sustainable use of soil. You can download here a Soil Management Toolkit which aims to inspire actions (however large or small) that positively contribute to...Read more

Farm to Fork 2020 - building sustainable food systems together

On 15 and 16 October 2020 the European Commission held the 'Farm to Fork' conference. The event provided an important opportunity to debate the implementation of the recently adopted Farm...Read more

A platform all about non-food crops

Non-Food Crops (NFC) are used to produce a wide range of bio-based products including polymers, lubricants, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, as well as bioenergy and fuels. The PANACEA Horizon 2020 Thematic...Read more

Sustainolive project

SUSTAINOLIVE is a Horizon 2020 project seeking to improve the sustainability of the olive oil sector, through the implementation and promotion of a set of innovative sustainable management solutions, based...Read more

Growing beyond monoculture

The Horizon 2020 multi-actor project DIVERSify has released the first three films of their Growing Beyond Monoculture mini-documentary web series. They present findings from research trials and work with farmers...Read more

Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival

The third Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival will happen online from 6-12 December 2020. As part of this event, you can apply for a social innovation prize – projectsRead more

Inspirational ideas: Biodegradable mulch films to reduce plastic footprint

A Spanish Operational Group - use of biodegradable plastic mulch films and solutions for accelerating the degradation progressRead more

Inspirational ideas: Weed control in organic viticulture

A French Operational Group has been working on mechanical weed control techniques in organic viticulture to substitute application of herbicides, while controlling fossil fuel consumption and reducing production costs.Read more

New BiodivERsA and Water JPI Call

Transnational research proposals on ‘Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity'Read more

EIP-AGRI strengthening agricultural resilience in the context of COVID-19

In the context of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, and potentially other future crises, innovation can contribute to strengthening the resilience and adaptive capacity of agriculture and forestry. In particular,...Read more

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