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The European Union supports organic research in Europe.

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The main idea of CORE Organic II is to coordinate research programmes between the 22 partner countries.
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TP Organics

TP Organics is a European technology platform fororganic food and farming research. Read more...

 

The EU research project SOLID on Sustainable Organic and Low Input Dairying runs from 2011-2016. Read more...

 

The EU project, VOA3R, is aimed at sharing scientific and scholarly research related to agriculture, food, and environment. Read more...

 

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Productivity and Growth in Organic Value-chains (ProGrOV)

ICROFS coordinates research project in three African countries.
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New strategy and analysis from ICROFS.

See our new research and development strategy and read the analysis of 15 years of organic research.


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NjF Seminar: "Organic farming systems as a driver for change" - 21-23 August 2013

The seminar is being held in Vejle, Denmark and will be arranged around the following four tracks:
1. Societal and economic viability
2. Transition to renewable resources 
3. Nutrient sufficiency and management in farming systems 
4. Productivity and sustainable production levels in animal and crop production

Deadline for registration with lower fee is 1 June!

 

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4th International Conference on Organic Agriculture Sciences (ICOAS)

The 4th Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe will be held 9-13th October 2013 in Hungary. The theme for ICOAS 2013 is

Targeting Global Sustainability –
Food Security, Biodiversity and Climate Change.

 

Check here for calls for symposia and papers.

 

Registration for the conference is now open.

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Newsletter from CORE Organic

Contents:

- Unleashing the potential of the genetic diversity for organic plant breeding

- SafeOrganic – Can the restricted use of antibiotics in organic pig farming be documented to provide a safer, high quality
meat product with less antibiotic resistant bacteria?
- How to improve disease control in European organic viticulture?

- Brief News

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Newsletter from the SOLID project, April 2013

Contents:

Biodiversity - how can we include it in environmental life cycle assessments of
products? (WP4)
• Which kind of innovation do the supply chain members want ? (WP5)
Presentation of small and medium enterprises in SOLID:
• Juvan Luomi - a pioneering organic dairy in Finland
• Institute of Organic Training and Advice - Challenges and innovation in dairy farming
Brief News & Events

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Newsletter from ICROFS, March 2013

Contents:

- Theme: Organic research and agriculture in Korea

- Introduction tio organic agricultural research in South Korea
- Organic farming in Korea: Training, education and research
- Systemic approaches to pest management without pesticides; do Chinese and Danish researchers have common interests
- Restricted use of antibiotics in organic pig farming

- How to improve disese control in European organic viticulture

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Scientific Workshop on Organic Pig Production

We hereby invite you to participate in a scientific workshop on organic pig production, which will be held June 12th and 13th 2013 in Hovborg, Denmark. The newest results from five research projects will be presented at the workshop that focuses on three main themes:
• Production of entire male pigs
• Outdoor production of growing-finishing pigs, provision of roughage
• Environmental impact and animal welfare.

Registration deadline: 15. May 2013

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Activity Report 2012 from FIBL

The 2012 activity report documents on 60 pages the advances made in FiBL's research and consultancy work. Lively texts generously illustrated with photographs give an insight into FiBL's projects, both completed and ongoing. Clients and partners will find particularly useful the up-to-date overview of all activity areas of FiBL Germany, Switzerland and Austria and the detailed listing of all staff and their latest publications.

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The Organic Research Centre, UK, is looking for a Principal Researcher

The Organic Research Centre is looking to appoint a Principal Researcher - Team Leader for its Crops and Agroforestry Research Team. The post will be responsible for all areas of the programme including delivery, development and dissemination of the research as well as management and development of staff. Read more...

 

First joint call from ERA-Net SUSFOOD

The first Joint Call for Proposals of the ERA-Net SUSFOOD has now opened. The general topics are:

- Improving input, waste and side flow strategies to increase resource efficiency in the food chain.
- Innovation in food processing technologies to support a sustainable food chain.
- Understanding consumer behaviour to encourage sustainable food choice.
The deadline for submission of pre-proposals will be May, 3rd. Read more.....

 

New Research Agenda for Organic Agriculture from EPOK, Sweden

EPOK, Centre for Organic Food and Farming at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has issued a new research agenda for organic agricculture. The agenda identifies the current knowledge requirements and challenges for organic food and farming in Sweden. Read more.....

 

IFOAM EU Group issues a strategy for climate change adaption

The dossier edited by the IFOAM EU Group presents a collection of articles by researchers who, from a multidisciplinary approach, analyze scientific data and demonstrate the potential of Organic Agriculture, as a holistic sustainable production system which contributes to increase farmer’s resilience to adapt to changing climate patterns. Read more....

 

 

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Danish R&D
Organic RDD
The Danish Organic Research, Developmnent and Demonstration Programme, runs in 2011-2013.


DARCOF III
The research programme DARCOF III runs in 2006- 2010 and consists of 15 individual projects, ending in 2010...

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ICROFS Events

FQH-conference: 5-7 June, 2013, Warsaw, Poland.

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Scientific workshop on Organic pigproduction, June 12th and 13th, 2013, Denmark.
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7th European Organic Congress, "Shaping Europe's Organic Future Together", 2-4 July 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Njf seminar:
"Organic farming systems as a driver for change", August 21-23, 2013, Denmark.

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The 4th Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe, 9-13th October 2013 in Hungary.

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ICROFS newsletter
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3-4 times a year.

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ICROFS fact sheets

ICROFS fact sheets sum up research results in organic food and farming

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Knowledge syntheses

read about ICROFS' knowledge syntheses.

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The ICROFS archive
Publications prior to 2008 is found in the ICROFS archive

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Books and reports
ICROFS publications in Danish and English, e.g. the knowledge synthesis...

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