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A pilot network of organic farming actors contributing to the uptake of climate farming and its co-benefits for a carbon neutral and climate resilient Europe

Abstract

The overall aim of OrganicClimateNET is to establish a pilot network of 250 organic farms to adapt, test, improve and implement climate and carbon farming practices. Key to this are the peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchanges between farmers organised in 24 hubs in 12 EU countries and facilitated by trained advisors.

Concrete outputs are:

  • Individual carbon farming strategies of the pilot farms as role models for the entire organic sector;
  • 120+ climate and carbon knowledge materials, improved, translated and adapted to organic farming feeding into a decision support toolbox and freely accessible via the highly frequented Organic Farm Knowledge Platform;
  • Evaluation of carbon farming business models (including MRV and rewarding schemes);
  • Upscaling to EU level in a quantitative assessment of the emission reduction and sequestration potential of the EU organic sector based on the data set from the 250 pilot farms;
  • Engagement with other EU Projects and organic AKIS actors outside the network; and a network sustainability plan to sustain the network and knowledge exchange activities in the long term. Project results feed steadily in policy briefs and policy dialogue workshops to support effective climate policy design.
  • The 4-year project gathers 17 partners (extension, farming associations, research) from 16 countries allowing exchange between countries with a mature organic sector and countries where organic farming is less developed.
Project websitewww.organicclimatenet.eu/
Financing/ Donor
  • European Commission
  • State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
(Research) Program
  • European Commission, Horizon Europe
Project partners
  • Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau (FiBL Europe), Belgium
  • Institut de l'Elevage, France
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany
  • International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements European Union Regional Group (IFOAM EU), Sweden
  • Eurizon SL, Spain
  • Pan Instytut Genetyki i Biotechnologii Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PIB), Poland
  • Asociacion Ecovalia, Spain
  • Luomuliitto ry Forbundet for Ekologisk Odling RF, Finland
  • Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association Company Limited by Guarantee (IOFGA), Ireland
  • Bioland Beratung GmbH, Germany
  • Agrobio-Associação Portuguesa de Agricultura Biológica, Portugal
  • Asociatia Inter-Bio, Romania
  • Latvijas Lauku Konsultāciju un Izglītības Centrs (LLKC), Latvia
  • Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Agricoltura Biologica e Biodinamica (FIRAB), Italy
  • Stichting Louis Bolk Instituut, Netherlands
  • Mittetulundusühing Ökoloogiliste Tehnoloogiate Keskus (ETK), Estonia
  • Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau (FiBL Schweiz), Switzerland
FiBL project leader/ contact
  • Harrer Felix (Department of Food System Sciences)
  • Maulana Audry (FiBL Europe)
(people who are not linked are former FiBL employees)
FiBL project staff
Role of FiBL

FiBL Europe: Project coordination
FiBL Switzerland: Project partner

Further information
Group/ Work area/ Location
Themes
FiBL project number 35264, 90550
Date modified 02.04.2024
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