The European Innovation Partnership

“Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability” (EIP-AGRI)

ROLE OF EIP TO SUPPORT HNV

FARMING IN THE EU

SERGIU DIDICESCU, EIP-AGRI SERVICE POINT

Brussels 27 June 2018
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

Innovation itself can be considered simply as ”an idea put into practice with
success”, and; may be technological, non-technological, or social, and may be
based on new or traditional practices
Main means to implement the EIP-
AGRI

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
 Funding for interactive innovation projects

Rural Development Horizon 2020

(regional/national level)
(European projects)

• Funding for setting up of • Research projects,

an “Operational Group“ to provide the
(OG) : farmers, advisors, knowledge base for
agribusiness, innovative actions
researchers, NGOs, etc)
planning an innovation • Interactive
eip-agri innovation formats:
project (Art 35)
multi-actor
• Project funding for the projects and
Operational Group’s EIP networks thematic networks
project (Art 35). MS/regions genuinely involving
farmers, advisors,
• Supporting innovation
entreprises, etc….
support services Unique EU "all along the
repository of project"
contacts and
practice abstracts
Involvement of OGs is
strongly recommended
 Running OG projects

Top 5 in the scope:

main subjects of OGs +
MA projects being
linked into EIP events

• Plant protection
• Precision farming (…)
• Agri-environment
• New supply chains (Feb 2018)
• Organic farming (June 2017)

From initial Oct 2016 clustering covering 231 OGs – new clustering planned early 2018
Calls for Operational Groups (OG)
(informal state of play 25 January 2018)

1st call to
open soon

1st call
now
open

OG projects
finished,
selected
and/or being
evaluated
More Operational Group examples
A selection of OG projects presented at past EIP-GRI events
 22 H2020 bottom-up Thematic Networks so far (1)
calls 2014-2016 – a complementary set of themes (sectors)

Cereals: organic/low input cereal food systems for biodiversity and

RUR 10 - 2016 CERERE
quality (production, processing, marketing)
Pig husbandry: health management, precision production, welfare
RUR 10 - 2016 Eu PiG
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
Practice-based innovations in dairy farming: resource efficiency,
ISIB 2 - 2015 EuroDairy
Biodiversity, Animal care, and Socio-economic resilience
Fruit: cultivar development, minimize residues, storage and fruit
ISIB 2 - 2015 EUFRUIT
quality, sustainability of production systems
 22 H2020 bottom-up Thematic Networks so far (2)
a complementary set of themes (cross-cutting themes)

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

Agroforestry: sylvoarable and sylvopastural systems' design,

RUR 10 - 2016 AFINET
management and profitability
ISIB 2 - 2014 Agri-Spin Innovation brokering methods

AGRIFORVALO
ISIB 2 - 2015 Valorization of biomass side-streams from agriculture and forest
R

Smart Farming Technology: Management Information Systems,

ISIB 2 - 2015 Smart-AKIS
Precision Agriculture and Agriculture automation and robotics
Support HNV farmlands through knowledge and
ISIB 2 - 2015 HNV-Link
innovation
WATER 4B - Optimize water and nutrient use efficiency: dbase on innovative
FERTINNOWA
2015 technologies and practices for fertigation of horticultural crops

A short film explaining how a thematic network works:

https://youtu.be/mVsW4--ex0M
1 bio Euro H2020 Multi-actor projects in total in 7 years:
WPs 2014-2017: 500 mio Euro – 80 Multi-actor projects
WP 2018-2020: More multi-actor topics/projects in Horizon 2020
500 mio Euro – another 100 MA projects (incl TNs)
a) More info on Multi-actor projects
under Horizon 2020

a) https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/publications/eip-agri-
brochure-horizon-2020-multi-actor : brochure with basics and
examples

b) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018
-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-food_en.pdf page 9 Multi-actor
requirements
EIP-AGRI Focus Groups
 EIP-AGRI Focus Group (2014/2015)
Sustainability of High Nature Value Farming
20 experts from 15 EU Member States and a diverse range of backgrounds

FG second meeting, field visit, Cluj region

EIP-AGRI Focus Group
Sustainability of High Nature Value Farming

How to improve the social and economic

sustainability of HNV farming without losing
the HNV characteristics?
(relevant elements, development pathways, constraints)

Discussion centered upon the HNV farmer and

the HNV farming household
 DIVERSITY OF HNV FARMING AREAS, SYSTEMS, FARMERS…….

HNV
HNVCASE
CASESTUDY
STUDY4:4:“NPO
“NPOLiivimaa
LiivimaaLihaveis”
Lihaveis”Estonia
Estonia
HNV CASE STUDY 2: “Besaparski Hills”, Bulgaria

HNV CASE STUDY 5: “Bosgård Farm – grazing organic beef

cattle on HNV coastal grasslands”, Finland

HNV
HNVCASE
CASESTUDY
STUDY10:10:“´Large-scahle
“´Large-scahleDry
Dryland
landHNV
HNVfarming
farmingininÉvora,
Évora,
Alentejo”,
Alentejo”,Portugal
Portugal

HNV CASE STUDY 11: “HNV Pastoral Farms in

Romania”

HNV CASE STUDY 13: “Agricultural Stewardship”, Spain

(Catalonia)
HNV CASE STUDY 8: “Apennines Mountains in Central
Italy”, Italy
HNV CASE STUDY 3: “GAJNA – the first Pasturing
Community in Croatia”

HNV farming is “where culture complements nature”

Gavin Saunders, HNV farming advisor, UK

HNV farming cases annexed to HNV FG Final Report: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/agri-eip/files/eip-agri_fg_hnv_farming_final_report_2016_en.pdf

EIP-AGRI Focus Group
Sustainability of High Nature Value Farming

5 development pathways with potential to support more socially and

economically sustainable HNV farming, whilst not excessively
threatening the HNV characteristics of the farming system:
• Networking and cooperation
• Farm diversification
• Increasing the selling price of HNV products and improving
access to markets
• Adopting new technologies
• Increasing the physical output of the farm

No single pathway, or combination of pathways, can be considered as a

“perfect solution” for all HNV farming systems!
EIP-AGRI Focus Group
Sustainability of High Nature Value Farming

3 main areas of research needs:

• Better understanding of HNV farming

systems
• Role of innovation in HNV farming systems
• Better technical and management solutions
for HNV farming

Additionally: Minitrack Australia - 4LZ Small

• Dissemination of experience and practical
knowledge
• Networking and co-operation at all levels
• Need for integrated HNV farming projects
with effective animation
Plot Harvester and CAEB
MOUNTAINPRESS MP 550
compact round-baler
(www.caebinternational.it ) -
good examples of an innovation
which are ideally suited for HNV
farmlands in hilly and mountain
areas
EIP-AGRI Focus Group
Sustainability of High Nature Value Farming

HNV farming is in clear need of transition to a state of

increased social and economic viability in order to ensure that
it continues to deliver important biodiversity benefits through
the maintenance of specific farming systems and
management practices

EIP-AGRI has great potential for promoting and

supporting this transition!

Check out: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/focus-

groups/high-nature-value-hnv-farming-profitability
• Examples of the farming practices found in different HNV farming
systems
• Case studies of HNV systems from different parts of Europe
• 10-point checklist for animating a HNV farming area
EIP-AGRI Focus Group State of play
1 Organic farming – Optimising arable yields Final report
Factsheet
Brochure
2 Protein crops Final report
Brochure
3 Animal husbandry - Reducing antibiotic Final report
use in pig farming Brochure

4 Genetic resources – Cooperation models Final report

Factsheet
Brochure
5 Soil organic matter content in Final report
Mediterranean regions Factsheet
Brochure*
6 IPM for Brassica Final report
Brochure
7 High Nature Value – Farming profitability Final report
Factsheet
8 Mainstreaming precision farming Final report
Factsheet
9 Profitability of permanent grassland Final report
Factsheet
10 Fertiliser efficiency – Focus on Final report
horticulture in open field Factsheet

11 Optimising profitability of crop production Final report

through Ecological Focus Areas Factsheet

12 Innovative short food supply chain Final report

management Factsheet
EIP-AGRI Focus Group State of play
13 IPM practices for soil-borne diseases Final report
Factsheet
Brochure*
14 New entrants into farming Final report
Factsheets
15 Water & agriculture Final report
Factsheet
Brochure
16 Mixed farming systems: Livestock/cash crops Final report
Factsheet
17 Benchmarking farm productivity and Final report
sustainability performance Factsheet

18 Livestock emissions – Reducing emissions Final report

from cattle farming Factsheet
19 Nutrient recycling Ongoing

20 Sustainable mobilisation of forest biomass Ongoing

21 Robust and resilient dairy production systems Ongoing

22 Agroforestry: introducing woody vegetation Ongoing

into specialised crop and livestock systems
23 Diseases and Pests in Viticulture Ongoing

* The brochure ‘Soil organic matter matters’ covers topics from the ‘Soil organic
matter’ and the ‘Soil-borne diseases’ Focus Groups.
EIP-AGRI Focus Group State of play
24 New forest practices and tools for adaptation Ongoing
and mitigation of climate change

25 Grazing for carbon Ongoing

26 Moving from source to sink in arable Ongoing

farming
27 Circular Horticulture Ongoing

28 Enhancing production and use of renewable Ongoing

energy on the farm
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