CORE Organic Cofund is a collaboration between 27 partners in 19 countries/regions on initiating transnational research projects in the area of organic food and farming. CORE Organic Cofund has in total initiated twelve research projects based on funds from participating countries and funding from the European Commission.
CORE Organic is an ERA-NET - a network of European ministries and research councils funding research in organic food systems at national levels. The main focus of the ERA-NET is to join forces and fund transnational research projects support a focused and coordinated research and innovation effort covering the most important challenges along the organic value chains.
CORE Organic is the acronym for "Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems".
News from CORE Organic
2020.05.12 | Agriculture and food
Organic Farm Knowledge promotes productivity and quality in European organic farming
Organic Farm Knowledge provides many tools and knowledge exchange for farmers, farm advisers and scientists. The platform covers a wide range of topics and is constantly expanding its thematic repertoire through new partnerships. Also the CORE Organic Cofund projects will publish their practice-oriented results on the platform.
2020.05.10 | Agriculture and food
How is the bird health at Swedish organic broiler farms?
A study of bird health and welfare in two slower-growing hybrids was performed in eight organic broiler chicken farms in Sweden in 2018. The bird health was in general good, but there are still needs for improvements.
2020.05.10 | Agriculture and food
Smart and intelligent drying systems for organic foods
In the last two years, non-invasive and smart monitoring solutions approach for producing premium quality dried foods were designed. Cloud-based solutions as well as soft sensors and the determination of critical control points were investigated in the context of the SusOrgPlus project.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Animal diversity in organic farms: the performances are still being questioned
A study has been realised on the effect of animal diversity on performances of organic commercial farms, in the framework of the Mix-Enable project.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Winter Harvest: the Green Revolution
Seasonal and sustainable winter vegetable production in Central European climates appears contradictory and represents formidable challenges regarding increased resource efficiency and reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Leaflet on nematodes as suitable indicators for soil health
The new Greenresilient leaflet explains why nematodes can be excellent indicators for soil health
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Can cover crops reduce arthropod pests in vineyards?
To control arthropod pests, cover crops can either directly repel harmful species or indirectly favour beneficials. In the CORE Organic Cofund project BIOVINE plant species are tested for their capacity to reduce the impact of arthropod pests.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Careful, Gentle, Minimal: What are the principles of organic processing?
A joint workshop was held at Biofach 2020 about the projects ProOrg and SusOrgPlus, which both deal with research topics around careful and organic processing. Furthermore, the workshop gave a practical example from a Latvian company.
2020.04.02 | Agriculture and food
29 full-proposals for joint call “Towards sustainable and organic food systems"
The Joint Call of the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 & CORE Organic Cofund full-proposals phase closed on 27 March 2020. A total number of 29 full-proposals were submitted in the Joint Call of ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofunds.
2020.04.02 | Agriculture and food
In which areas are research needed within organic fruit producing farms in Europe?
Within the CORE Organic project DOMINO, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted to evaluate the current status in organic farming including the structure of the farm, biodiversity, fertilization, and areas with need for research. The results are used to draw conclusions for the development of the project