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CORE Organic is an ERA-NET - a network of European ministries and research councils funding research in organic food systems at national levels. The objective 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".

CORE Organic Cofund (2016-2022) is a collaboration between 27 partners in 19 countries/regions on funding transnational research projects in the area of organic food and farming. CORE Organic Cofund has in total funded 29 research projects based on funds from participating countries and funding from the European Commission.    

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News from CORE Organic

29 full-proposals for joint call “Towards sustainable and organic food systems"

- Agriculture and food

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.

 

In which areas are research needed within organic fruit producing farms in Europe?

- Agriculture and food

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

Tannin extracts to modulate ruminant digestion and reduce environmental impacts

- Agriculture and food

To balance productivity, reduce pollutant emissions by the ruminants and improve product quality, the use of natural compounds with bioactivity on digestive processes, namely tannin extracts, is investigated in the ProYoungStock project

Development of new organic ingredients from the tomato variety “Pera d’Abruzzo”

- Agriculture and food

Consumers concern on environmental and health issues related to nutrition. In this regard, the consumption of organic food is increasing worldwide and organic food often is expected to be produced more sustainable and provide more healthy properties than the correspondent conventional ones. In the CORE Organic Cofund project SusOrgPlus natural extracts has been tested as organic food additives.

Searching for grapevine fungal trunk pathogens on cover crop roots

- Agriculture and food

The potential role of cover crops as alternative hosts for soil-borne fungi plant diseases has not been thoroughly explored. Root samples from cover crops from experimental plots in the CORE Organic Cofund BIOVINE project has been analysed to find out more.

Cover crops can mitigate effects on grape pathogen dispersal

- Agriculture and food

Different kind of ground covers has been indicated as an efficient way to limit rain-splashed dispersal of disease-causing spores in several crops, but not in vineyards. In the CORE Organic Cofund project BIOVINE cover crops are tested to reduce both splash- and air-borne diseases.

Video from Greenresilient

- Agriculture and food

Innovative production in the greenhouse: flower strips, mixed crops, plant mulch

What are farmers’ perceptions and experiences of dam-rearing in organic dairy herds?

- Agriculture and food

Interviews with farmers and other actors, carried out in the CORE Organic Cofund project GrazyDaiSy, bring forward perspectives related to calves, cows, humans and systems, of relevance for future development of dam-rearing systems.

The SUSFOOD and CORE Organic Joint Call is open for full-proposals submission

- Agriculture and food

Deadline for online submission is 27th of March 2020 (15:00 CET).

Best projects awarded

- Awards

Out of 33 finalized projects, FertilCrop and TILMAN-ORG were awarded as Best CORE Organic Projects.

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Core organic report on 15 years of joint research for organic food and farming systems (2004-2019)

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Main coordinator: Ivana Trkulja, ICROFS
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CORE Organic Cofund projects
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CORE Organic Cofund is an ERA-NET funded by the European Commission´s
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Contract No. 727495.

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Helene Uller-Kristensen