CoolFarmLab project is cofounded by EU Agroecology Partnership and National Funding Authorities by participant countries.
GA meeting of CoolFarmLab (CO-creation Of Pathways to foster agroecoLogical transition of FARMs driven by Living LAB approach) project was opened by Prof. Michele Perniola, Coordinator from University of Basilicata, UNIBAS. After opening remarks and welcome speeches the following partners made presentations about project activities carried out.
- University of Basilicata (UNIBAS), Italy
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA), Italy
- University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Italy
- University of Lleida (UdL), Spain
- University of Leon (ULE), Spain
- Anadolu ARGE ve Teknoloji A.Ş. Research (ARTECS), Turkey
- Agronexa, Spain (online)
- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Lithuania
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (UNIBZ), Italy
- Dr Romain Barnard (INRAE Agroecology) (online)
- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium
During the presentation all WP’s activities were discussed in detail including best possible microorganism to increase biodiversity and possible rotation/ intercropping crops suitable for rainfed production to increase yield of durum wheat.
Living Lab (LL) Coordination Session was led by Dr. Hilde Wustenber as WP3 leader from ILVO. Four posters about LL activities were presented and methodology for the LL approach were discussed in detail to find out best way for co-design with farmers and increase the adoption of the agroecological solutions to be developed and exploitation of the project results by all stakeholders.
Some pictures from this meeting and ARTECS’s poster is presented below.
