01/2018

Horizon Europe should transform food & farming, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals

Horizon Europe should transform food & farming, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals

Horizon Europe should transform food & farming, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals, says TP Organics. BRUSSELS, 7 JUNE 2018 – TP Organics welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for Horizon Europe, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the period 2021 to 2027 but urges the European Parliament and Members States to ensure Horizon Europe makes a clear …

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Call for two new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups is open

Call for two new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups is open

The European Commission has launched a Call for experts for 2 new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups in the following themes: Non-chemical weed management in arable cropping systems Pests and diseases of the olive tree Farmers, foresters, advisers, scientists and agri-business representatives are welcome to apply for the above mentioned 2 groups. The Focus Groups will start working in November 2018 and are expected …

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Participate in the Open Call and Join the IoF2020 community

Participate in the Open Call and Join the IoF2020 community

The project Internet of Food & Farm 2020 (IoF2020), part of Horizon2020, explores the potential of IoT-technologies for the European food and farming industry. The aim of the project is to make precision farming a reality and to take a vital step towards a more sustainable food value chain. On the 5th of June the IoF2020 Open Call was launched at …

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Save the date: Organic Innovation Days - TP Organics with G-STIC

Save the date: Organic Innovation Days - TP Organics with G-STIC

The 4th edition of the Organic Innovation Days, the annual event of TP Organics, will take place on November 27-28 2018 in Brussels, in conjunction with the G-STIC 2018 conference that takes place from 28 to 30 November. Registration for the event will open on 20 July on the website of TP Organics. Organic Innovation Days gathering researchers, representatives of …

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Marforest Bio: Associated vegetables and fruit trees cropping system in Mediterranean area

Located in the Pyrénées-Orientales, France, the 3-year Marforest Bio project, with a budget of 110.000 €, investigates the feasibility of mixed cropping of organic vegetables and young apricot as well as almond trees and three-year old apricot orchards in the a context of limited availability of arable land and increasing demand for organic and local products. The project will provide technical and economical data on the association of fruit trees and vegetable cropping systems in Mediterranean conditions. In order to study the mixed cropping of vegetables and fruit trees, trial plots will be set up …

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