AGROECOLOGY Partnership 2024 Call for Research and Innovation Proposals “Fostering agroecology at farm and landscape levels”

The European AGROECOLOGY partnership launches its first Call for international research and innovation projects on the theme “Promoting agroecology at farm and territorial level”.

The AGROECOLOGY partnership, supported by the European Union as part of Horizon Europe, is a research and innovation programme that aims to accelerate the agro-ecological transition by developing a network of living labs and research infrastructures, enabling the production of innovative solutions through a multi-stakeholder approach and experimentation in real-life situations.

The objective of this call is to fund transdisciplinary research and innovation projects addressing the agroecology transition of both conventional and organic farming systems. Proposals should demonstrate a multidisciplinary and integrated approach with a multi-actor perspective. They should consider the problems and challenges from a European perspective and beyond. Projects may be based on existing living labs or bring together different actors following the living lab approach. Research Infrastructures could be incorporated to complement the living lab approach. R&I questions should address actual needs of stakeholders, in co-creation processes together with end-users and integrate their practical knowledge.

Projects are expected to study and implement agroecology at two geographic scales:

• Theme 1 – at the farm level and its immediate surroundings
   
• Theme 2 – at the landscape or territorial level

Participating Countries:

Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Switzerland, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprus, Turkey

Applying consortia must include at least three eligible partners requesting funding from at least three different countries contributing funds to the call.