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CEreal REnaissance in Rural Europe: embedding diversity in organic and low-input food systems

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Objective

Organic/low input cereal food systems in the EU are emerging in answer to the sustainability crisis of the conventional agri-food sector. “Alternative” systems are based on local, decentralized approaches to production and processing, regard to quality and health, and short supply chains for products with strong local identities. Diversity is deeply embedded in these food systems, from the agro-biodiversity grown in farmers’ fields, which improves resilience and adaptation, to diverse approaches, contexts and actors in food manufacturing and marketing. Diversity thus becomes a cross-sectoral issue, underlying innovations in the agronomic, processing, and marketing phases which respond to consumers’ demand for healthy products. CERERE’s objective is to foster and speed up these innovations to strengthen the economic, social and environmental sustainability of these cereal food systems, consolidate links among practitioners and with researchers, further enhance the resilience of agro-ecosystems and make the overall sector more competitive and better recognized by society. By creating a multi-actor network of researchers and communities of practice, by adopting a bottom-up approach, and by liaising with EIP-AGRI Operational Groups, CERERE will synthesize, share and disseminate existing best practices, research results and co-innovative solutions in organic/low-input cereal food systems, focusing particularly on agro-biodiversity and the associated values of quality and health. Through its activities and training products, CERERE will address the key issues and most urgent needs of these systems: availability/ management of adapted germplasm, use of rotations, soil fertility, weed competitiveness and crop protection strategies, quality-oriented processing techniques, alternative marketing schemes. For each of these, CERERE will identify opportunities for better integrating science and practice, paving the way for more dynamic interactions between the two domains.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3.2.4. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy

H2020-EU.3.2.1. - Sustainable agriculture and forestry

H2020-EU.3.2.2. - Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet

Topic(s)

RUR-10-2016-2017 - Thematic Networks compiling knowledge ready for practice

Call for proposal

H2020-RUR-2016-1

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Funding Scheme

CSA - Coordination and support action

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Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

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Whiteknights Campus Whiteknights House
Rg6 6ah Reading

United Kingdom

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 286 875

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Participants (12)

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UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 115 000

RETE SEMI RURALI

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 199 050

RESEAU SEMENCES PAYSANNES - ASSOCIATION POUR LA BIODIVERSITE DES SEMENCES ET PLANTS DANS LES FERMES

France

EU Contribution

€ 190 000

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE

France

EU Contribution

€ 114 750

HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 109 000

TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Ireland

EU Contribution

€ 144 375

ASOCIACION RED ANDALUZA DE SEMILLAS CULTIVANDO BIODIVERSIDAD

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 126 250

FORMICABLU SRL

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 194 625

PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LTD LBG

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 121 250

SEGES PS

Denmark

EU Contribution

€ 188 500

INSTITUT TECHNIQUE DE L AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE

France

EU Contribution

€ 113 500

DEBRECENI EGYETEM

Hungary

EU Contribution

€ 94 375

Project information

CERERE

Grant agreement ID: 727848

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 November 2016
End date

31 October 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.2.4.

H2020-EU.3.2.1.

H2020-EU.3.2.2.

Overall budget:

€ 1 997 550
EU contribution

€ 1 997 550

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CERERE (CEreal REnaissance in Rural Europe: embedding diversity in organic and low-input food systems)

Reporting period: 2016-11-01 to 2018-04-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

CERERE is a balanced multi-actor network of academic/research partners and partners closer to the world of practice (Figure 1) focusing on organic and other low input cereal food systems in Europe. Focusing on cereals as cornerstones of European agriculture, culture and diets, CERERE fosters and facilitates exchange and integration of scientific and practical knowledge along innovative cereal supply chains from seeds to fork. CERERE’s most relevant goal is to reduce the gap between research and innovation practice in diversity based cereal food systems through the achievement of the following four specific objectives:
- To synthesize innovative practices and research results used to construct organic and low-input cereal food systems based on agro-biodiversity;
- To share, discuss, validate and enrich the knowledge about existing best practices, relevant research results and co-innovation cases through multi-actor activities;
- To support existing and foster the support of new Operational Groups within the EIP-Agri framework to enhance the diffusion of agrobiodiversity-based innovation;
- To disseminate the knowledge accumulated throughout the network’s operation to the outer world.
To achieve stated objectives, the CERERE project is structured in six work packages (WP): WP1 - Project Management, WP2 - Synthesising best practices and research results, WP3 - Sharing and spreading practical oriented knowledge in Europe, WP4 - Support to EIP groups, WP5 - Exploitation and Communication activities and WP6 - Ethics requirement (Figure 2).

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

An example of CERERE Practice Abstract.

An example of CERERE Innovation Factsheet.

CERERE consortium

Components of the CERERE project

Project information

CERERE

Grant agreement ID: 727848

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 November 2016
End date

31 October 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.2.4.

H2020-EU.3.2.1.

H2020-EU.3.2.2.

Overall budget:

€ 1 997 550
EU contribution

€ 1 997 550

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

Deliverables

Documents, reports (6)

Practice abstracts in the common EIP-AGRI format 1

“Practice abstracts” in the common EIP-AGRI format: describing the innovative experiences identified in the network and the best practices emerging from them.

Literature review paper

Literature review paper: a literature review to be published in peer reviewed international journals, an updated and validated list of key research results presented in an easily accessible form and language for practitioners will be published as Booklet (see Task 5.3) (M24).

Training concept

Training concept: a written report describing the training concept as formats, learning resources, training objectives and ways to evaluate the training efficacy (M10).

CERERE dissemination plan

CERERE dissemination plan (M03)

Project leaflet and video presenting the project

Project leaflet and video presenting the project (M06).

List of case studies

List of case studies: as a milestone, a first list with at least 10 case studies will be ready for validation during the first EU event (M06). The complete list will contain the description and analysis of the 25-30 case studies (M12).

Publications

Publications not available

Project information

CERERE

Grant agreement ID: 727848

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 November 2016
End date

31 October 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.2.4.

H2020-EU.3.2.1.

H2020-EU.3.2.2.

Overall budget:

€ 1 997 550
EU contribution

€ 1 997 550

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

Project information

CERERE

Grant agreement ID: 727848

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 November 2016
End date

31 October 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.2.4.

H2020-EU.3.2.1.

H2020-EU.3.2.2.

Overall budget:

€ 1 997 550
EU contribution

€ 1 997 550

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

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