Research project
ClieNFarms: Climate Neutral Farms
- Start date: 1 January 2022
- End date: 31 December 2025
- Funder: EU Horizon 2020
- Value: 379,000 euros
- Partners and collaborators: Institut National de recherche pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation et L'Environnment (INRAE), Agencia Gallega de la Calidad Alimentaria (AGACAL), Agresearch Ltd, Agricircle AG, Association de Coordination Technique Agricole (ACTA), Berner Fachhochschule, Bioforum, Biosense Institute - Research And Development Institute For Information Technologies In Biosystems (BIOS), Centre Wallon De Recherches Agronomiques, Climate-KIC Holding BV, Commissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies AlternativES (CEA), CONSULAI, Dantrade BV (Danone), Ecole Nationale Superieure De Formation De L'enseignement Agricole (ENSFEA), Electricite de France (EDF), FC CV (FC C.V), Netherlands, Forschungsinstitut Fur Biologischen Landbau Stiftung (FiBL), Game And Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), Institul National De Cercetare-Dezvoltare Pentru Biologie Si Nutritie Animala, International Federation Of Organic Agriculture Movements European Union Regional Group, Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, Massey University New Zealand, Societe Des Produits Nestle, Nestle France, Nestle UK Ltd, Limited Liability Company Nestle Ukraine, Nestle Suisse, Nutrifarms, Stichting Wageningen Research, Teagasc - Agriculture And Food Development Authority, The University Of Aberdeen, Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
- Primary investigator: Professor Guy Ziv
- Co-investigators: Dr Judith Ford
ClieNFarms is an Innovation Action project funded by the European Commission to support the European Green Deal. It aims to co-develop and scale up systemic, locally relevant solutions to foster climate-neutral and climate-resilient farms across Europe. Supporting the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, contributing to the achievement of its objectives, the ClieNFarms project aims to demonstrate, evaluate and improve technical, organisational and financial solutions at the farm level that will contribute to achieving climate-neutrality of European agriculture by 2050. This will be done by a multi-actor approach, interactively integrating and improving existing solutions to achieve economically viable business models in farming systems by involving farmers, extension services, agri-food business, policymakers, finance and citizens. These solutions will be disseminated, and young farmers will be targeted through capacity building. The general goal of ClieNFarms is to co-develop and upscale systemic locally relevant solutions (organisational, financial, technical) to reach climate neutral and climate resilient sustainable farms across Europe, interactively integrating and improving existing solutions to achieve economically viable business models in farming systems by involving farmers, extension services, agri-food business, policy-makers, finance and citizens.