The forthcoming European partnership "AGROECOLOGY" preannounces the first call
The new Horizon Europe partnership AGROECOLOGY has pre-announced its first upcoming joint call for European research projects.
The new Horizon Europe partnership AGROECOLOGY that is envisaged to officially start in January 2024, subject to the successful negotiation with the European Commission, has pre-announced its first upcoming joint call for European research projects.
The preliminary working topic is “Fostering agroecology at farm and landscape levels” with an objective to fund transdisciplinary research and innovation projects addressing the agroecology transition of both conventional and organic farming systems.
More details about the call can be found in the pre-announcement, which includes the scope of the call, the timeline as well as information about who can apply.
Final call announcement will be published in early 2024
The final call announcement will be published in early 2024 on the European Commission funding portal.
The full name of the partnership is “AGROECOLOGY - European partnership on accelerating farming systems transition: agroecology living labs and research infrastructures”.
The partnership anticipates to team-up and unlock the transition to agroecology so that farming systems are resilient, productive, and prosperous, place-sensitive, as well as climate, environment, ecosystem, biodiversity and people-friendly by 2050!
Currently 70 partners from 26 countries and regions are part of a joint vision. The partnership is coordinated by Nicolas Tinois from the German research institution Forschungszentrum Jülich.
More information
You can read more about the strategic research and innovation agenda of the Agroecology partnership on the website of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR).