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2019.05.07 | Agriculture and food
Support for organic research in the "Horizon Europe" programme
On 17 April 2019, the European Commission adopted the provisional agreement on Horizon Europe, the EU’s research & innovation programme for the period 2021-2027 - and organic farming is on the agenda.
2019.05.03 | Agriculture and food
Connecting Thematic Networks towards an European Open Source System
The EURAKNOS project wants to reinforce the EU agricultural knowledge base by building a datasystem to enable farmers easier access to information.
2019.04.29 | Agriculture and food
TP Organics' new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda: share your views before May 8!
Take part in the consultation on the priority topics for the new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for organic food & farming in Europe.
2019.04.25 | Agriculture and food
Improving organic animal farming
New publication reviews key research addressing key challenges faced by organic animal farming in improving yields, animal nutrition and health
2019.04.24 | Agriculture and food
Opportunities and challenges for integrating dairy cattle into farms with certified organic pineapple production as perceived by smallholder farmers in Central Uganda
Integrating dairy cattle with pineapple production is an opportunity for closed nutrient cycles and income diversification. However, knowledge, access to inputs, and organized markets are needed as incentive for conversion to organic dairy production.
2019.04.23 | Agriculture and food
29.5 million DKK available for organic research and development
Invitation of applications for funding under The Organic Research, Development and Demonstration Programme (Organic RDD) 5.
2019.04.15 | Agriculture and food
OK Net Ecofeed Knowledge synthesis: Feeding monogastrics with 100% organic and regionally produced feed
The synthesis describes the protein needs for organic monogastric animals (pigs, layers and broilers), including different breeds and rearing conditions, different protein feed resources, mostly new or not commonly used protein sources, their nutrient content, production prerequisites, and their potential feeding.
2019.04.25 | Agriculture and food
The feed value of clover grass protein for slaughter pigs
The Organic RDD project "SuperGrassPork" is working on developing a production of local produced protein for organic pigs, where a big part of the protein feed comes from bio-refined clover grass.
2019.04.25 | Agriculture and food
Does it make sense to introduce herbal graas in the crop rotation?
Introducing multifunctional grass mixtures in the crop rotation can contribute to solve some of the great challenges in organic farming as regards the fertility of the soil, the load of weed, biodiversity and sustainable feed protein. But what about the financial perspective?
2019.01.22 | Agriculture and food
PhD defence: Organic carbon mineralization and microbiology in subsoil
Zhi Liang has examined the fate of organic carbon inputs in deep soil ecosystems. This included laboratory studies of the carbon sequestration potential from deep-roted crops in relation to root chemical composition, soil nutrient availability, and microbial physiology.