Full proposal title: Strengthening European Food Chain Sustainability by Quality and Procurement Policy Coordinator: University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Duration: 2016-2020 Budget: EUR 6,911,876.25 More info strength2food.eu Strength2Food aims to improve the effectiveness of EU food quality schemes, public sector food procurement and to stimulate short food supply chains through research, innovation and demonstration activities. Partners: Our 30-partner consortium representing 11 EU and 4 non-EU countries combines leading academic, communication, SME and stakeholder organizations to ensure a multi-actor approach. EUTA contributes to the project management and implementation and ensures project impact as [...]

Full proposal title: Building Capacity of Serbian Agricultural Education to Link with Society Coordinator: University of Belgrade Faculty of AgricultureDuration: 2013-2016Budget: EUR 895,225.13More info casa.polj.uns.ac.rs CaSA aims to strengthen links between higher education and society by building capacity of all five Serbian Faculties of Agriculture to improve teachers’ competences in pedagogic skills and in their ability to provide eLearning in-service vocational trainings. Partners: Our 13-partner consortium is represented by all Serbian agricultural faculties (both public and private), 3 EU partner Universities (Timisoara, Maribor and Foggia) and 5 non-academic partners from Serbia. Our team contributed [...]

Full proposal title: Horticultural innovations in soil-friendly practices to ensure a sustainable future Coordinator: Copenhagen Business School Duration: 2024-2028 Budget: 6.5 MEUR More info hort2thefuture.eu The multi-actor project Hort2thefuture will address 3 main sustainability problems in horticulture: 1) continued reliance on peat growing media and drawbacks of current peat alternatives, 2) inefficient or inappropriate use of agricultural inputs and 3) suboptimal soil health due to unsustainable management practices. In addition, the aim is to stimulate changes in farmers’ behavior through collaboration and communication with agricultural producers, so that they adopt more sustainable practices in horticulture. [...]