EIP-AGRI Workshop Operational Groups: First experiences April 2016 Legnaro, Italy #EIP_OG

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1 EIP-AGRI Workshop Operational Groups: First experiences April 2016 Legnaro, Italy #EIP_OG

2 EIP-AGRI Workshop Operational Groups: First experiences Wednesday 20 April Morning programme 08:15 09:00 Registration Introduction and scope of the workshop 09:00 09:20 Welcome and opening Rob Peters, DG Agriculture and Rural Development Giuseppe Pan, Assessore, Veneto Region, Italy 09:20 10:15 Setting the scene Purpose and objectives of the workshop Rob Peters, DG Agriculture and Rural Development EIP-AGRI programming Inge Van Oost, DG Agriculture and Rural Development Introduction to the Day 1 working sessions Mark Redman, EIP-AGRI Service Point 10:15 10:45 Coffee break and networking Exchange of experiences I setting up Operational Groups around concrete projects 10:45 11:30 Examples from Member States and regions Organic dock control development and implementation with clearwing moths Patrick Hann, Austria Robust lamb (OG ROBUSTAGNO) Sophie Huby and Jean-Marc Gautier, Midi-Pyrénées, France Winter Harvest: Seasonal, energy-extensive and innovative vegetable production Veronika Haslinger and Alexandra Depisch, Austria 11:30 12:30 Breakout session 1 Interactive group discussions about the first experiences, challenges and needs arising from the setting up of Operational Groups 12:30 13:30 Lunch

3 EIP-AGRI Workshop Operational Groups: First experiences Wednesday 20 April 2016 Afternoon programme 12:30 13:30 Lunch Exchange of experiences II development and early implementation of Operational Group projects 13:30 14:15 Examples from Member States and regions Population Management Stefanie Klingel, Sowah Addo, Ulrike Duchâteau and Kay Poggensee, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Zero herbicides in Mediterranean perennial crops Xavier Delpuech, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Establishment of a sustainable and environmentally friendly wheat-value chain (OG ENU-Wheat) Ludger Linnemann, Hessen, Germany 14:15 15:15 Breakout session 2 Interactive group discussions about the first experiences, challenges and needs arising from the development and early implementation of Operational Group projects 15:15 15:45 Coffee break and networking Focusing on your questions and issues 15:45 16:00 How are we going to work together? Mark Redman, EIP-AGRI Service Point 16:00 17:00 Informal discussions of your choice 17:00 17:30 Feedback from the informal discussions of your choice 19:30 21:30 Networking dinner

4 Winter Harvest: Seasonal, energy-extensive and innovative vegetable production Innovative solutions for the establishment of organic winter vegetables cultivation in Austria Veronika Haslinger and Alexandra Depisch Legnaro, April 20 / 21, 2016 Wolfgang Palme

5 About us Food Cluster of Lower Austria Network for information and communication between innovative companies All along the food chain from agriculture to food processing to food retail Gives support in the cooperation between companies and science Bio-Austria Network of Austrian organic farmers with more than members and 330 partners in food processing and food retail Main services: advisory in organic farming and marketing; trainings; advocacy towards policy and public; information for farmers and consumers 5

6 Project Highlights Wolfgang Palme 6

7 Project Highlights Increase the availability and variety of winter vegetables for consumers Find new ways of growing winter vegetables Technological part Find New techniques improve existing cultivation systems Using the existing varieties Increase profitability of production for the producers Marketing Develop methods to improve the communication between producers and consumers Develop a winter vegetable language Optimize the packaging 7

8 Current Situation The availability and variety of winter vegetables is relatively small Consumers know little about winter vegetables and prefer a small range of vegetable species Glass houses are energy-intensive, customers are increasingly opposed to this type of cultivation : expensive, ecological reason Poly Tunnels are not used in winter, no production in the tunnels unemployment during the winter season 8

9 Benefits for Farmers Wolfgang Palme 9

10 Benefits for Farmers Achieve added value for producers in winter Reduce the risks for producers select suitable varieties for the cultivation and retail Find the optimal cultivation-period Develop optimal working and production processes Actions/methods for a better marketing Increasing customer demand providing information on the product optimize packaging for the product Using trends towards ecological packaging Carbon footprint 10

11 The Project Group Innovationbroker Food Cluster of Lower Austria Derndorfer Spraul Ofi Technology & Innovation GmbH Research Institutes FiBL Austria Research Institute of Organic Agriculture University of Agriculture, Vienna Agrotechnical centre Wies, Styria OF Feldinger OF Haitzmann OF Biofuchs Jaklhof OF Achleitner Operational Group OF & Retail ADAMAH OF & Retail Natur & Fair OF & Retail Achleitner OF... Organic Farm 11

12 Development of the Project Group Needs of persons who are interested In change In troubleshooting In looking for new technologies an markets Networking By using the network of farmer associations By using the network of the project partners Innovationbroker Experience in the forming of new networks Support for all project partners in the innovation process 12

13 Preparation of the Proposal Project-Idea The OG agreed, that still many areas in winter vegetable production needs to be explored Concrete Needs evaluated in a questionnaire to the producers Goal setting workshop Meeting of the Project leader Bio-Austria with the main scientific partner horticultural school Schönbrunn and the Food Cluster of Lower Austria Preparation The Project Leader is very experienced in the application Support by the scientific partners and the Food Cluster 13

14 Timeline Spring 16 Kick-off Autumn 16 FIBL Austria, Ecological and economic assessment until end of project Autumn 17 Ofi, Packaging Solution Until 2018 Spring 19 Project completion Summer 16 Crop trials until end of project Winter 2016 Renate Spraul Optimization work flow Until 2018 Winter 17 Eva Derndorfer winter vegetable language until

15 ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria BIO AUSTRIA Association of Austrian Organic Farmers Food Cluster of Lower Austria Niederösterreichring 2, Haus A 3100 St. Pölten, Austria Tel: lebensmittelcluster-noe@ecoplus.at Auf der Gugl Linz, Austria Tel: office@bio-austria.at 15