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

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Organic RDD:

Organic Research, Development and Demonstration programme

Beginning January 2011, 11 new organic projects have been launched under the Danish Organic GUDP Programme, Organic RDD, which has three main themes: Growth, Integrity and Robust Systems.   In September 2010, the Danish Food Industry Agency received 50 applications for the Organic RDD programme, which in total applied for about four times the available amount of 92 million Dkr. The evaluation of the applications took place in October 2010. It was carried out by a group of international experts within the organic sector and by ICROFS' programme committee.

The 11 new organic projects
In November 2010 the GUDP Executive Board approved the composition of the organic programme, Organic RDD. The programme is a combination of projects that in the short term integrate product development and on the long term also knowledge building and dissemination in both primary production, processing and marketing. A number of the projects contain elements of commercialization of products and have market-oriented initiatives. Others are directed more towards primary production.

Compared to previous research, all the selected projects have even greater focus on practical application through the link between research, development and demonstration, and direct involvement of stakeholders (advisory service, companies and farmers) as partners in projects.

Read more about the 11 new organic projects below:

• New market perspectives using herbs and berries
  in organic meat production (BERRYMEAT)
  
  
• Superb and Marketable Meat from Efficient and Robust Animals
  (SUMMER)
  
  
• Danish Fruit and berries:
  Novel Organic solutions securing future growth (FruitGrowth)
  
  
• Roots and Compost – organic crop production under reduced nutrient availability (RoCo)
  
  
• Multicriteria assessment and communication of effects of organic food systems (MULTI-TRUST)
  
  
• Ecosystem Functions and Services of Biodiversity in Grasslands
  (EcoServe)
  
  
• Higher Productivity in Danish arable crop production
  (HighCrop)
  
  
• Organic pig production 2014 – without castration
  (NO-CAST)
  
  
• PARasites in Organic Livestock: innovative solutions to new challenges (PAROL)
  
  
• Integrated larvae production for feed in organic egg production
  (BIOCONVAL)
  
  
• Influence of probiotics and feed on organic rainbow trout health
  (OPTIFISH)

EU research

Within the last years the European Union has financed a growing numberof research projects in organic food and farming.

SOAR
Link to the Danish Research School for Organic Agriculture and Food Systems (SOAR).