EIP-AGRI
The European innovation partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (EIP-AGRI) works to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry that 'achieves more from less'.
Focus groups
EIP-AGRI focus groups are temporary groups of selected experts focusing on a specific subject, sharing knowledge and experience.
The following focus groups are relevant in the area of sustainable, circular and innovative value chains:
- agroforestry: woody vegetation;
- forest biomass;
- renewable energy on the farm;
- innovative short food supply chain management;
- reducing food loss on the farm.
Workshops and seminars
The EIP-AGRI Network organises workshops and seminars to share ideas and explore synergies between research and practice.
The following events are relevant in the area of sustainable, circular and innovative value chains:
- innovation in the supply chain: creating value together;
- cities and food – connecting consumers and producers;
- new value chains from multifunctional forests;
- opportunities for agriculture and forestry in the circular economy;
- building new biomass supply chains for the bio-based economy.
Operational group projects
EIP Operational Groups are local innovative projects funded by the common agricultural policy that bring farmers, researchers, advisers and other stakeholders to advance innovation in the agricultural and forestry sectors.
The following operational group projects are relevant in the area of sustainable, circular and innovative value chains.
Non-food
- valorization of wine industry by-products (Emilia-Romagna);
- vegetable wastes: energetic and reuse opportunities (Emilia-Romagna);
- recycling of fermentation residues and production of lignin in agriculture (Berlin/Brandenburg).
Food
Interesting examples were pooled in a booklet for the EIP-AGRI workshop innovation in the supply chain, such as
- cooperation for the advance in the joint competitiveness of the value chain of Idiazabal cheese;
- improving sustainability through organizational efficiency in agri-food chain;
- Melting Popote: a shared food laboratory in the Cluny region.
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Research and innovation projects
Other research and innovation projects under Horizon 2020 in the area of sustainable, circular and innovative value chains can be found in the AgriResearch factsheet.