Networking European Farms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration

NEFERTITI continues the activities of the project PLAID. NEFERTITI will establish an EU-wide highly connected network of well-specified demonstration and pilot farms, which is designed to enhance thematic knowledge exchanges, cross fertilisation among actors and efficient innovation uptake in the farming sector through peer-to-peer demonstration of techniques.

• Developing Dynamic Action Plans by identifying the needs of demonstration actors and networks in terms of knowledge and know-how for networks ‘activities taking into account the diversity of EU AKIS.
• Supporting cycles of demo-activities and peer-to-peer learning in the regional hubs that will be established involving all relevant AKIS actors. It is aiming on how to improve uptake of knowledge among farmers and improve science-practice interactions.
• Establishing a web-based platform including knowledge reservoirs related to demo-activities including ready-to-use knowledge from other national, EU and EIP related projects organised by themes and sectors.

At the coordination level:

• Establishing and sustaining interactive thematic networks at regional, national and EU levels by sectors and themes (and with the EIP related projects/landscape) to boost knowledge exchanges and cross fertilisation.
• Fostering the learning process of all actors involved in demo-activities throughout the networks to identify best practices for demonstrations and interactivity between demonstrations on similar themes over Europe.
• Improving the policy dialogue and networking the regional European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF) managing authorities to ensure the network sustainability.
• Promoting effective use of demo-and network activities by communicating and disseminating the practical-oriented outcomes adapted at local level.

• European Commission, Horizon 2020
  • Call: Rural Renaissance - Fostering innovation and business opportunities
  • Topic: RUR-12-2017: Networking European farms to boost thematic knowledge exchanges and close the innovation gap

• European Commission, Horizon 2020

• Association de coordination technique agricole (ACTA)
• Advisory Service Croatia (ASC)
• Agricultural Advisory Center in Brwinów (AAC)
• Agrolink Vlaanderen (AL)
• Assemblée permanente des chambres d’agriculture (APCA)
• Biosense Institute - Research and development institute for information technologies in biosystems (BIOS)
• University of Almería (UAL)
• Forschungsinstitut fur Biologischenlandbau Stiftung (FiBL)
• Gruenlandzentrum Niedersachsen (Centre for Grassland) (GLZ)
• Széchenyi István Egyetem (SZE)
• Innovation for Agriculture (IFA)
• INOVISA - Associação para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento Empresaria (INOVISA)
• Inra Transfert (IT)
• International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
• James Hutton Institute (HUTTON)
• Natzionalna slujba za saveti v zemedelieto (NAAS)
• ProAgria Etelä-Pohjanmaa (ProAgria EP)
• Province of Zuid-Holland (PZH)
• Regione Toscana (RT)
• Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK)
• The Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc)
• Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias (INTIA)
• Wageningen Research (WR)
• Öko-Obstbau Nordeutschland Versuchs und Beratungsring (ÖON)
• Comité européen du machinisme agricole (CEMA)

• Alföldi Thomas (Department of Extension, Training & Communication)
• Moschitz Heidrun (Department of Food System Sciences)

• Frick Rebekka (Department of Food System Sciences)
• Huber Kathrin (Department of Extension, Training & Communication)

Project partner

• Advisory & Training (Department of Extension, Training & Communication, FiBL Switzerland)
• Advisory tools (Department of Extension, Training & Communication, FiBL Switzerland)
• Society & Innovation (Department of Food System Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)