For this year’s Organic Innovation Days, TP Organics is partnering with the European research projects RELACS and Organic-PLUS. These two Horizon 2020-funded EU projects aim at reducing the use of contentious inputs in organic farming systems. The Organic Innovation Days provide a unique opportunity to meet members of TP Organics, network with EU stakeholders and decision-makers, as well as discuss and exchange with the RELACS and Organic-PLUS project partners.
Day 1: Alternatives to contentious inputs in organic farming
Participants will be taking a closer look at plant protection products such as copper and mineral oil, as well as soil and nutrients, peat and plastic, antibiotics, vitamins, and novel bedding materials in livestock husbandry. Each topic will be presented by the projects’ experts, and a discussion will follow.
Day 2: Socio-economic aspects and the way forward for contentious inputs
Experts will present the socio-economic results of the projects in 3 sessions:
- Consumer perspectives and citizen juries;
- Socio-economic and environmental impacts of alternative tools and technologies;
- Acceptance level of different alternative inputs, towards a European roadmap for replacing contentious inputs.
Further information
Links
tporganics.eu: event announcement
organic-plus.net: project website
relacs-project.eu: project website