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New research starting on organic farming systems

Published on: July 19, 2021

The ERA-Net Cofund CORE Organic has selected five new research projects under its 3^rd Call “Organic farming systems for improved mixed plant and animal production”, launched in January 2021. The projects are funded by a network consisting of 13 funding bodies from 13 countries^* that have jointly committed around EUR 5 million to this call.The projects are expected to start in Autumn this year.

Projects selected under sub-topic 1 - “Robust and resilient mixed animal farming systems”:

ROAM-FREE: RObust Animals in sustainable Mixed FREE-range systems.

Projects selected under sub-topic 2 – “Support for robust and resilient crop production systems”:

ResBerry: Resilient organic berry cropping systems through enhanced biodiversity and innovative management strategies;
DIVERSILIANCE: Diversifying organic crop production to increase resilience;
SCOOP: Developing intercropping systems with camelina to increase the yield and quality parameters of local underutilized crops;
ALL-Organic: Agroecology Living Labs to promote robust and resilient Organic production systems.

Under sub-topic 3 – “Eco-efficient production and use of animal feed at local level” there were no projects selected.