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2020.07.03 | Agriculture and food
12 Projects selected in the Joint CORE Organic/Susfood 2019 call
In order to address emerging societal challenges, CORE Organic has joined forces with SUSFOOD2 in the transnational Call ‘Towards sustainable and organic food systems’ launched in 2019. The network consists of 21 funding bodies from 18 countries/regions, committing around 9.5M EUR for transnational research.
2020.06.17 | Agriculture and food
Can organic greenhouse production be more resilient and less intensive?
A video from the project Greenresilient highlights three innovative techniques that are being tested at the Greenresilient experimental site in France by the Research Group for Organic Farming (GRAB) - watch it in the latest newsletter from EIP-AGRI
2020.05.12 | Agriculture and food
Organic Farm Knowledge promotes productivity and quality in European organic farming
Organic Farm Knowledge provides many tools and knowledge exchange for farmers, farm advisers and scientists. The platform covers a wide range of topics and is constantly expanding its thematic repertoire through new partnerships. Also the CORE Organic Cofund projects will publish their practice-oriented results on the platform.
2020.05.10 | Agriculture and food
How is the bird health at Swedish organic broiler farms?
A study of bird health and welfare in two slower-growing hybrids was performed in eight organic broiler chicken farms in Sweden in 2018. The bird health was in general good, but there are still needs for improvements.
2020.05.10 | Agriculture and food
Smart and intelligent drying systems for organic foods
In the last two years, non-invasive and smart monitoring solutions approach for producing premium quality dried foods were designed. Cloud-based solutions as well as soft sensors and the determination of critical control points were investigated in the context of the SusOrgPlus project.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Animal diversity in organic farms: the performances are still being questioned
A study has been realised on the effect of animal diversity on performances of organic commercial farms, in the framework of the Mix-Enable project.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Winter Harvest: the Green Revolution
Seasonal and sustainable winter vegetable production in Central European climates appears contradictory and represents formidable challenges regarding increased resource efficiency and reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Leaflet on nematodes as suitable indicators for soil health
The new Greenresilient leaflet explains why nematodes can be excellent indicators for soil health
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Can cover crops reduce arthropod pests in vineyards?
To control arthropod pests, cover crops can either directly repel harmful species or indirectly favour beneficials. In the CORE Organic Cofund project BIOVINE plant species are tested for their capacity to reduce the impact of arthropod pests.
2020.04.28 | Agriculture and food
Careful, Gentle, Minimal: What are the principles of organic processing?
A joint workshop was held at Biofach 2020 about the projects ProOrg and SusOrgPlus, which both deal with research topics around careful and organic processing. Furthermore, the workshop gave a practical example from a Latvian company.
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