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".
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2018.01.31 | Research news
SUSORGPLUS – developing smarter organic processing chains
The SUSORGPLUS project will develop smart and low energy input processing chains, natural food additives and colourants, and supportive material for a code of practice to increase sustainability and consumer acceptance of organic food stuffs.
2018.01.31 | Research news
SUREVEG – new diversified cropping systems for vegetables
Strip-cropping and recycling of waste as the basis for biodiverse and resource-efficient intensive vegetable production will be explored in the SUREVEG project.
2018.01.31 | Research news
ProRefine – new methods for locally produced feed
The CORE Organic Cofund project ProRefine will explore refined forage legumes as local sources of protein feed for monogastrics and high quality fibre feed for ruminants in organic production.
2018.01.31 | Research news
ProOrg – Developing a Code of Practice for organic food processing
The CORE Organic Cofund project ProOrg aims to develop a code of practice that will provide strategies and tools for decisions making for food processors and organic labelling organizations.
2018.01.31 | Research news
POWER – to strengthen welfare and resilience in organic pig production
The CORE Organic Cofund project POWER will contribute to remove significant obstacles in organic pig farming by focusing on the young pigs.
2018.01.31 | Research news
MIX-ENABLE – improving organic mixed livestock farming
The CORE Organic Cofund project MIX-ENABLE will develop the sustainability and robustness of organic animal production on mixed livestock farms in Europe.
2018.01.31 | Research news
GREENRESILIENT will improve organic greenhouse production
The CORE Organic Cofund project GREENRESILIENT will create sustainable and resilient organic and biodynamic vegetable production systems in low-energy greenhouses.
2018.01.31 | Research news
BIOVINE – creating diversified vineyards with lower input needs
The project BIOVINE will exploit biodiversity in viticultural systems to reduce pest damage and pesticide use, and increase ecosystems services provision.
2018.01.24 | Events
TP Organics and CORE Organic at Science Day at BioFach 2018
The morning session of Science Day will be organised in cooperation with ERA-Net CORE Organic and dedicated to EU research and innovation policy. What will be the place of organics in the new EU policies that are currently being developed?
2017.05.03 | News type
The CORE Organic Cofund received 50 proposals in response to call launched in December 20
The funding bodies have selected 33 proposals to submit a full proposal. We estimate that CORE Organic Cofund will be able to fund about half of the 33 full proposals.
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