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
2020.12.09 | Agriculture and food
Drying organic fruits to increase sustainability and food quality
In the SusOrgPlus project, the concept of heat pump drying and conventional drying were used to dry organic apples. This aims to improve product quality and sustainability through reducing environmental impacts.
2020.12.07 | Agriculture and food
Brassica cover crops can reduce nematode pests
The possibility of controlling soil-borne pest nematodes by using Brassica* species. plants as cover crops in the inter-row space of vineyards followed by biomass incorporation and so called biofumigation was investigated in the CORE Organic Cofund project BIOVINE.
2020.12.04 | Agriculture and food
Productivity of multi-species organic farms in Europe: initial insights toward sustainable livestock systems
Diversification of farming systems might provide significant environmental and socio-economic benefits. Multi-species livestock farms are complex, and therefore difficult to characterize; however, this complexity can potentially be an advantage for developing robust animal production systems. Here, the Mix-Enable project presents some initial…
2020.12.04 | Agriculture and food
Between high workload and high satisfaction: The wellbeing of farmers running a mixed farm
Within the Mix-Enable project we interviewed farmers running mixed organic livestock farms to assess their individual satisfaction and wellbeing. Despite the high workload, the overwhelming majority of farmers rated their satisfaction at work as high or often high.
2020.12.04 | Agriculture and food
Greenresilient: relevant in Sweden and other partner countries
A recent article published in Viola, a Swedish magazine, explains what the Greenresilient project is doing and why is it important for Swedish producers. Find out more about the Swedish context as well as other Greenresilient partner countries.
2020.12.04 | Agriculture and food
The SureVeg Robot Concept Simulation
Intercropping of vegetable crops asks for field operations performed individually for each row of crops or even for each single crop plant.
2020.12.01 | Research news
CORE Organic Cofund pre-announces third research Call on ‘Organic farming systems for improved mixed plant and animal production’
The EU has adopted ambitions targets to increase organic production as part of the European Green Deal indicated in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies under the objective of 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. This high target of 25% organic set for 2030 entails specific knowledge and research needs that can…
2020.09.24 | Agriculture and food
European Technology Platforms propose joint Research & Innovation priorities for a sustainable food system
The European Technology Platforms (ETPs) ‘Plants for the Future, ‘Food for Life’ and ‘TP Organics’ have jointly published a policy brief with Research & Innovation recommendations to address the most pressing challenges facing primary production and consumer aspects in our food systems. The policy brief is a response to the European Green Deal and…
2020.09.24 | Agriculture and food
Greenresilient experimental site visit: Innovative greenhouse practices in France
The Greenresilient project organised a visit on July 9th to the experimental sites in Avignon (France) to discuss the latest research about crop mixtures, functional biodiversity and mulching in the framework of organic greenhouse production.
2020.09.23 | Agriculture and food
What do food producers tell about food processing?
Processing conditions influence the quality of food products. How do processors describe the quality of their products? To answer this question packaging and videos were analyzed in the context of processing information.
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