In December 2016, CORE Organic Cofund consortium, including 26 partners from 19 countries, launched the new call supporting the European transnational organic research. The selected project proposals are distributed across four thematic areas agreed on the level of consortium: Plant production systems, animal feed, livestock systems and organic food processing.
The planned project activities began in Spring 2018 and are implemented over the next three years.
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2019.07.16 | News type
DOMINO Video: 'Living mulch' in vineyards
In the Colle Stefano vineyard a successful experiences with living mulch has been set since 2016. A local varieties of wild strawberry has been installed under the row, to contrast weeds development.
2019.07.04 | Agriculture and food
Joint Call 2019: SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
Pre-Announcement: “Towards sustainable and organic food systems”
2019.06.18 | News type
Nematodes as indicators of soil biodiversity in Greenresilient
Soil biodiversity is reflected in the composition of its nematode fauna. In Greenresilient, we are analyzing nematode communities (genera, numbers, feeding types), which provides important information about the soil health status.
2019.06.06 | News type
Greenresilient: Functional biodiversity with soil borne fungi to suppress greenhouse pests
Pests and diseases are often suppressed by various species of natural enemies and antagonists that naturally occur in cropping systems. Stimulating and conserving this functional biodiversity can be a way to increase the resilience of cropping systems.
2019.06.06 | News type
Lucerne protein for organic pigs
Lucerne harvested as forage can produce two- to three-fold the protein yield of pulses grown in Denmark. Efficient extraction of protein from lucerne may unlock ways for more self-sufficient production of pigs in organic farming.
2019.05.13 | News type
New video: Drying of herbs and hops - Tips for small drying plants
During the SusOrganic project it became obvious that hops and herb producers face several challenges in terms of drying.
2019.04.10 | Events
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic - first Joint Call Board Meeting
The first and successful joint Call Board meeting of the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 (Sustainable Food Production and Consumption) and CORE Organic Cofund (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems) was held on 2-3 April 2019 in Brussels.
2019.02.21 | News type
New CORE Organic Cofund projects presented at Research Seminar in Bari, Italy
All coordinators of the twelve CORE Organic Cofund research projects, funding bodies and stakeholder representatives as well as international guests from Mediterranean countries and Brazil met at CORE Organic events in the end of January. The Research Seminar was hosted by TP Organics and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari)…
2019.02.19 | News type
Rearing calves with adult dairy cows: advantages and constraints
Innovative calf rearing dairy systems based on close relationships between young and adult cows are more and more implemented by French dairy farmers. Focus on these farmers’ experience indicates that these techniques can be easily and widely adopted.
2019.02.19 | News type
Nitrogen rich waste and by-product used as organic fertilizers
One of the main postulates of the circular economy is to minimize the waste production in favor of the materials re-use. One good example of that is given by the upcycling of nitrogen rich biomasses that can be used as fertilizers.
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