Organic Farming Innovations Network Europe

Abstract

Organic Farming Innovations Network Europe (OH-FINE) is a 48-month project that aims to empower European farmers and smallholders by defining, improving, and transferring organic farming knowledge and alternatives.

To this end, OH-FINE will create a pan-European Organic Farming Learning Community (OFC) structured around four main technological pillars: 

1. To develop a multidimensional framework for organic farming knowledge and practices.
2. To establish a multi-actor approach to organic farming learning systems and validate the framework in 5 case study areas across Europe.
3. To collect, distribute, and disseminate to farmers and other stakeholders easily accessible practice-oriented knowledge focused on organic farming and covering cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, and livestock.
4. To develop a Decision Support System (DSS) ICT tool for farmers.

Project website

Financing

• State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
• European Commission

Project partners

• Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Spain
• TEAGASC – Agriculture and Food Development Authority (TEAGASC), Ireland
• OFISET SL, Spain
• Szkola Glowna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (SGGW-WULS), Poland
• Stowarzyszenie Forum Rolnictwa Ekologicznego im Mieczyslawa Gornego (AFAO), Poland
• Institut Po Polski Kulturi (IPPK), Bulgaria
• Fondatsiya za Biologichno Zemedelie Bioselena (BIOSELENA), Bulgaria
• Lietuvos Agrariniu ir Misku Mokslu Centras (LAMMC), Lithuania
• Lietuvos Ekologiniu Ukiu Asociacija (LEUA), Lithuania
• Sociedad Espanola de Agricultura Ecologica (SEAE), Spain
• Mesetaria S. Coop. C y L, Spain
• Eigen Vermogen van het Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek (ILVO), Belgium
• Betania Legio SL (BETANIA), Spain
• Ass Cittadinanzattiva APS (ACN), Italy
• Provinciaal Extern Verzelfstandigd Agentschap in Privaatrechtelijke Vorm VZW (INAGRO), Belgium
• Autonoom Provinciebedrijf Hooibeekhoeve (APH), Belgium
• Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL Österreich), Austria
• Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL Schweiz), Switzerland

FiBL project leader/ contact

• Kemper Laura (Department of Extension, Training & Communication)
• Leitgeb Friedrich (Sustainability assessment; Crop production and vegetable growing)
• Schäfer Barbara (Department of Extension, Training & Communication)

FiBL project staff

• Hedrich Tino (Department of Crop Sciences)
• Hellmüller Severin (Department of Crop Sciences)
• Meindl Peter (Biodiversity, nature protection; Crop production and vegetable growing)
• Oehen Bernadette (Department of Extension, Training & Communication)
• Petrasek Richard (Sustainability assessment)
• Schwitter Patricia (Department Suisse Romande)
• Surböck Andreas (Crop production and vegetable growing)
• Vieweger Anja (Department of Crop Sciences)
• Willer Helga (Department of Extension, Training & Communication)

Role of FiBL

• FiBL Austria: Project partner
• FiBL Switzerland: Project partner and work package leader (WP 11, 12)

Project results

• FiBL publications from the project available in the Organic Eprints online archive

Further information

• cordis.europa.eu: Project on the CORDIS website

Group/ Work area/ Location

• Advisory & Training (Department of Extension, Training & Communication, FiBL Switzerland)
• Biodiversity, nature protection (FiBL Austria)
• Crop production and vegetable growing (FiBL Austria)
• Department Suisse Romande (FiBL Switzerland)
• Project communication (Department of Extension, Training & Communication, FiBL Switzerland)
• Sustainability assessment (FiBL Austria)
• Vegetables & Garden Crops (Department of Crop Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)

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