BIOGREENET

Start date: 1 October, 2025

End date: 30 September, 2029

Code: Project 101182871 — BIOGREENET.

Proyect Cordinator: NATURLAND - VERBAND FUR OKOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU EV (NATURLAND)

Beneficiaries

• INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL GROUP (IFOAM EU).
• DELPHY BV (DELPHY).
• VIAVERDA (VIAVERDA).
• DIKTYO GIA TIN VIOPOIKILOTITA KAI TIN OIKOLOGIA STI GEORGIA (AEGIL).
• CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISIDELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA (CREA).
• INSTYTUT OGRODNICTWA - PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY (INHORT).
• ASOCIACION DE ORGANIZACIONES DE PRODUCTORES DE FRUTAS  Y HORTALIZAS DE ALMERIA (COEXPHAL).
• CENTRE TECHNIQUE INTERPROFESSIONNEL DES FRUITS ET LEGUMES (CTIFL).
• 10. EKOLOJIK TARIM ORGANIZASYONU DERNEGI (ETO).
• FONDAZIONE ITALIANA PER LA RICERCAIN AGRICOLTURA BIOLOGICA E BIODINAMICA (FIRAB).
• FONDATSIYA ZA BIOLOGICHNO ZEMEDELIE BIOSELENA (BIOBG).
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA (UAL).
• CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE DI ALTISTUDI AGRONOMICI MEDITERRANEI (CIHEAM).

UAL Contact: Cynthia Lynn Giagnocavo  (cgiagnocavo@ual.es)

Funding: HORIZON EUROPE.

Status: In progress.

ABSTRACT

The EU is a major player in greenhouse production, with about 175,000 ha dedicated to this purpose. In 2021, a total of 13.62 kt of vegetables were cultivated in greenhouses in the EU. However, greenhouse production remains a niche sector for organic production (3% of the total organic area in the EU). Furthermore, organic greenhouse production is highly knowledge-intensive and represents unique challenges such as the maintenance of soil health, biodiversity and pest control with a limited set of inputs. In addition, structures can be costly, require skilled workforce and present high regional variability in their production strategies. Research findings are not sufficiently integrated into agricultural practices tailored to the diverse needs and conditions faced by greenhouse producers in different areas. Moreover, there are insufficient nodes to establish meaningful connections among farmers. BIOGREENET aims to collect, evaluate, adapt, share and foster the uptake of consolidated practices and promote knowledge exchange by increasing collaboration among communities. Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) will be reinforced, and new local, regional and cross-border platforms will emerge and encourage the sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation among producers, advisors, researchers and other relevant stakeholders across and beyond the EU. A transdisciplinary team of organisations has grouped in BIOGREENET to spark innovation and induce a collaborative environment in the community through a bottom-up approach and digital initiatives that will establish the base of synergies with EIP-AGRI projects and strengthen AKIS. Over a four-year project, the engagement of >3,000 producers and specialised advisors through up-to-date knowledge digital platforms and workshops will promote implementation of the collected best organic practices in greenhouse production. Within this participatory framework, WP3 will develop a novel methodology to assess the perceived social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of organic production and best practices, and to analyse trade-offs between different approaches through a multi-actor, multi-criteria approach.

Website: https://www.biogreenet.eu/