European Innovation Partnership“Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”

EIP-AGRI: Catalysing innovation in EU agriculture and forestry

Conference on"Science and innovations in support of agriculture” Mr. Paul Van der Sluys, EIP-AGRI SPSofia, November 30th 2017

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EIP-AGRI: Current activities and achievements 1. EIP-AGRI Concept2. EIP-AGRI State of Play

3. EIP-AGRI Network Activities

1. EIP-AGRI Concept

EIP-AGRI in a nutshell

Aim: To foster a competitive and sustainable agriculture and forestry sector that "achieves more from less“

Approach: Closing the innovation gap between research and practice by:

• using the interactive innovation model• linking actors via the EIP Network

Knowledge and partners

• Ideas to test• multi-actor projects• thematic networks

• Research needs• Operational Groups

Bridging agriculture and research

Research

FarmingForestry

Agri-business…

1. EIP-AGRI Concept

EIP-AGRI - Interactive Innovation Model

Beyond speeding up transfer:

• Partnerships: bottom-up approaches in Operational Groups

• Shape existing knowledge into solutions

• Co-ownership: solutions put into practice very quickly

• Help to target the research agenda

1. EIP-AGRI Concept

EIP-AGRI - Means for implementation

Horizon 2020 (EU Research Policy)

• Multi-actor research projects involving the agricultural community

• Thematic networks, unlocking and exchanging knowledge across the EU

Rural Development Programmes

• Operational Groups

• Project funding

• Innovation support services

EIP-AGRI Network

Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenge 2

2. EIP-AGRI State of Play

RUR 10 - 2016 CERERE Cereals: organic/low input cereal food systems for biodiversity and quality (production, processing, marketing)

RUR 10 - 2016 Eu PiG Pig husbandry: health management, precision production, welfare and meat quality

RUR 10 - 2016 Inno4Grass Productive grasslands: profitability and environmental services

RUR 10 - 2016 SheepNet Improving sheep productivity

ISIB 2 - 2014 Winetwork Wine diseases: Grapevine Trunk Disease and Flavescence dorée

ISIB 2 - 2014 OKNetArable Organic agriculture - arable crops

ISIB 2 - 2014 Hennovation Animal welfare hens

ISIB 2 - 2015 4D4F Data and sensor driven decision making on dairy farms

ISIB 2 - 2015 EuroDairy Practice-based innovations in dairy farming: resource efficiency, Biodiversity, Animal care, and Socio-economic resilience

ISIB 2 - 2015 EUFRUIT Fruit: cultivar development, minimize residues, storage and fruit quality, sustainability of production systems

17 H2020 Thematic Networks (1)calls 2014-2016

RUR 10 - 2016 SKIN Stimulating innovation and good practices in short supply chains

RUR 10 - 2016 AFINET Agroforestry: sylvoarable and sylvopastural systems' design, management and profitability

ISIB 2 - 2014 Agri-Spin Innovation brokering methods

ISIB 2 - 2015 AGRIFORVALORValorization of biomass side-streams from agriculture and forest

ISIB 2 - 2015 Smart-AKISSmart Farming Technology: Management Information Systems, Precision Agriculture and Agriculture automation and robotics

ISIB 2 - 2015 HNV-Link Support HNV farmlands through knowledge and innovation

WATER 4B - 2015 FERTINNOWA

Optimize water and nutrient use efficiency: dbase on innovative technologies and practices for fertigation of horticultural crops

17 H2020 Thematic Networks (2)calls 2014-2016

Multi-actor approach in Horizon 2020 topics/projects:

500 mio Euro in 2014-2017

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Rural Development Programmes

2. EIP-AGRI State of Play

Rural Development Programmes

2. EIP-AGRI State of Play

What is an Operational Group? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WhhGIocMO8

EIP-AGRI Operational Groups – basic principles Partnership working on a project funded by the Rural Development Programme

Project must tackle practical needs of farmers/foresters Addressing a problem or an opportunity from practice: bottom-up !

Various types of activities (development of new products, pilot projects, but also short supply chain, environmental projects, climate change etc., …)

Partners with varied competencies, matching the problem or opportunity at stake, however “Specific requirements can be set at national / regional level ”

New group, or existing group with new project

Generating knowledge freely available to all

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Rural Development Programmes

2. EIP-AGRI State of Play

More than 350 Operational Groups started in various fields.

October 2016, Clustering analysis covers:

175 Operational Groups

21 RDPs (one national RDP and 20 regional RDPs)

6 MS (AT, BE, DE, ES, FR, UK)

In terms of sectoral coverage:

55% vegetal productions,

33% animal production,

10% both animal and vegetal production,

2% forestry, wood and trees.

In terms of scope:

Top 5• Plant protecton

• Precision farming

• Agro-environment

• New supply chains

• Organic farming

First EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Key building blocks:

• Operational Groups (RDPs)

• Multi-actor Projects (H2020)

• Thematic Networks (H2020)

3. EIP-AGRI NETWORK Activities

EIP-AGRI NETWORK

Facilitate the exchange of expertise and good practices.

Establish a dialogue between farmers and the research community.

Facilitate the inclusion of all stakeholders in the knowledge exchange process.

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Operational Group (OG)

National Rural Network (NRN)

Multi-actor project (MA)

Thematic Network (TN)

EIP-AGRI NETWORK

3. EIP-AGRI NETWORK Activities

EIP-AGRI SERVICE POINT

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EIP-AGRI website: www.eip-agri.eu

The one-stop-shop for agricultural and forestry innovation

EIP-AGRI website: www.eip-agri.eu

The one-stop-shop for agricultural and forestry innovation

SHARE WITH US

SEARCH AND FIND

FOCUS ON

DEEPEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE

STAY UP TO DATE

MY EIP-AGRI

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EIP-AGRI website: www.eip-agri.eu

The one-stop-shop for agricultural and forestry innovation

EIP-AGRI Website: MY EIP-AGRI

https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/my-eip-agri On-line resource developed to support the information / guidance needs of everyone that is actively engaged

in promoting, setting-up, running and disseminating the outcomes of the Operational Groups. to be further developed upon the practical experiences, skills and knowledge that are accumulating within the

EIP-AGRI Network by providing a web-based gateway to: general materials for supporting the promotion of the EIP-AGRI; specific information on the animation, setting-up and running of Operational Groups, including relevant

information / materials from relevant workshops and seminars; other materials relevant to innovation support services and the dissemination of project results from

Operational Groups.

EIP-AGRI Website: MEETING POINT/Interesting Projects

https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/find-connect/projects EIP-AGRI Database:

information on approved Operational Groups (description of the project and practice abstracts) Managing Authorities report through SFC. Alternative: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/links-existing-operational-groups

EIP-AGRI website is live!

EIP-AGRI website: www.eip-agri.eu

The one-stop-shop for agricultural and forestry innovation

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Ideas for Operational

Groups

Priorities for innovative

actions

Research needs from

practice

Propose projects to

test solutions

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups: Tackling agricultural challenges

and Sharing Knowledge

Exchange practical

knowledge

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• Open calls• 20 participants, varied types of

actors• Short duration, focused• 28 Focus Groups so far• Suggestions for new topics

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups: Tackling agricultural challenges

and Sharing Knowledge

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EIP-AGRI Focus Groups: Tackling agricultural challenges

and Sharing Knowledge

Newly published FG reports

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups: Tackling agricultural challenges

and Sharing Knowledge

Other FG reports

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups: Tackling agricultural challenges

and Sharing Knowledge

OPERATIONAL GROUPS’ NETWORKING

EIP-AGRI workshop 'Organic is Operational’ Took place on 14 – 15 June 2017 in Hamburg (Germany) Booklet to be available very soon

Agri-Innovation Summit 2017http://www.aislisbon2017.com/images/Innovation-Projects-Catalogue.pdf

RESOURCE USE (ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION): Resource efficiency / water and energy / circular economy / fertilization Agro-environment and climate change /Genetic resources / climate change adaptation Plant protection / animal health and welfare

MANAGEMENT OF FARMING, FOOD AND FORESTRY SYSTEMS Agriculture products and food processing / Forest management and fire prevention /Valorization of the

territory and use of endogenous resources / Sustainable management. AGRICULTURE 4.0:

Precision farming / Robotics – Mechanisation / Management tools to support farmers decision-making

EIP-AGRI workshop ‘Innovation in supply chain: creating value together’ To be held on 06 – 07 February 2018 in Lyon (France)

EIP-AGRI THEMATHIC EVENTSWorkshops - Seminars

Digitisation in agriculture

EIP-AGRI THEMATHIC EVENTSWorkshops - Seminars

Other EIP-AGRI reports

EIP-AGRI THEMATHIC EVENTSWorkshops - Seminars

Thank you for your attention!

servicepoint@eip-agri.eu

+32 2 543 73 48

EIP-AGRI Service PointAvenue de la Toison d’Or 721060 Brussel Belgium

www.eip-agri.eu Register today!

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