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".
2018.01.31 | Research news
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
2017.03.14 | News from the management
This update reflects the inclusion of Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF), Bulgaria, who officially became a partner in the CORE Organic Cofund on 17 February 2017.
2017.01.18 | Events
A Brokerage Event for the CORE Organic Call has taken place 7 December 2016 in connection to the Organic Innovation Days of TP Organics. The CORE Organic Brokerage event was organised by TP Organics for CORE Organic. At the event, the call content and the application procedure was explained by the project- and call managers from CORE Organic.
Get a quick overview of all the CORE Organic Cofund projects