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11.08.23

EU project BIOFRUITNET promoting innovation in organic fruit production

Thanks to the EU-funded project BIOFRUITNET, effective techniques of organic fruit growing can be…

20.07.23

Opportunities for organic farming research in Southeast Asia

In Southeast Asia, there is a growing interest in organic production and certification of vegetables…

12.07.23

Efficient seed extraction in organic tomato cultivation

Tomato is a special case among vegetables, as its seeds can only be extracted from the pulp after a…

10.02.23

Booklet "Faces of Organic Cotton"

The portrait series "Faces of Organic Cotton" has been published as a booklet. Eleven people give an…

06.12.22

Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated

In a fifth edition, FiBL, together with organic associations from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and…

23.11.22

Sheep in orchards: discover two podcasts on the ÉCORCE project

The Vallée de la Drôme radio station, Radio Saint Ferréol, met FiBL France researcher Martin…

18.11.22

Portrait series: Faces of Organic Cotton

Eleven people give an insight into their joys, their worries and their personal values in the…

01.11.22

Three new organic technical guides for Moldova

FiBL and the Moldavian Association Education for Development (AED) announce the publication of three…

17.10.22

New guide on organic seedling production for medicinal and aromatic plants for Kosovo

Production of medicinal and aromatic plants has continuously increased in the last years in Kosovo.…

15.09.22

Success in the battle against the cotton seed crisis: first ever release of organic cotton varieties in India

Good organic seeds for cotton were hard to find. Not anymore: Over ten years of breeding resulted in…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Capitalization of Agroecological Research Evidence from the r4d programme in West Africa (CARE R4D)	01.04.2023	30.03.2026
completed	CH	Promotion of the organic cotton and textile sub-sector in Burkina Faso through the CCBE (proBio CCBE)	01.05.2021	30.04.2023
completed	CH	Conducting of trainings for cotton farmers and selected key stakeholders in the implementation of organic cotton standards in Uzbek cotton production	16.04.2020	31.10.2021
completed	CH	OCA Organic Cotton Training Curriculum (OCTC)	01.03.2020	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Role of crop diversification in livelihood improvement of Indian organic cotton growers	17.01.2020	31.10.2020
completed	CH	Äthiopien Agrinatura VCA4D Baumwolle	08.01.2020	31.08.2020
completed	CH	Seeding the Green Future: Breeding for Securing Organic Cotton & Genetic Diversity Phase II (2018-2022) (SGF)	01.01.2018	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Fostering sustainability in production and trade of raw materials, horticulture and tropical products (RaMHOT): assessing the impact of certification schemes on farm incomes, inclusive rural development and market access (RaMHOT)	20.12.2017	20.12.2018
completed	CH	Seeding the Green Future: Breeding for Securing Organic Cotton & Genetic Diversity Phase I (Indian Cotton Season 2017/18) (SGF)	01.01.2017	31.03.2018
ongoing	CH	Decentralised farmers participatory identification and selection of cotton cultivars suitable to organic and Low-Input conditions in India (Green Cotton)	01.01.2013
completed	CH	Cotton Cultivar Evaluation for organic and low input farming in India (CCE)	01.06.2011	30.05.2017
completed	CH	Syprobio-Improving farmers income and food security in diversified organic production systems in West-Africa (SYPROBIO)	01.01.2011	31.12.2015
completed	CH	Organic cotton- Experimental Learning Methodologies	01.01.2010	31.07.2010
ongoing	CH	Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom)	01.05.2005	31.12.2026

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Special crops

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

EU project BIOFRUITNET promoting innovation in organic fruit production

Opportunities for organic farming research in Southeast Asia

Efficient seed extraction in organic tomato cultivation

Booklet "Faces of Organic Cotton"

Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated

Sheep in orchards: discover two podcasts on the ÉCORCE project

Portrait series: Faces of Organic Cotton

Three new organic technical guides for Moldova

New guide on organic seedling production for medicinal and aromatic plants for Kosovo

Success in the battle against the cotton seed crisis: first ever release of organic cotton varieties in India

Relevant publications for practitioners

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