Contribute to Organic Farm Knowledge

Gathering all practice-oriented material such as factsheets, calculation tools, and videos on organic farming in one place, Organic Farm Knowledge helps both organic and conventional farmers to improve their methods and become more innovative. More than 500 tools are available under six themes. The Organic Farm Knowledge platform promotes the exchange of knowledge among farmers, farm advisers, and scientists, with the aim of increasing productivity and quality in organic farming across Europe.

By enabling users to comment and interact on social media, Organic Farm Knowledge provides a unique opportunity for cross-border, peer-to-peer learning. As such, it responds to the urgent need for well-developed online knowledge exchange systems.

More institutions, organisations and projects are encouraged to contribute to the platform's toolbox and development. Individuals are also encouraged to provide feedback and suggest interesting tools.

For Horizon Europe and other projects

Do you have a project that has or plans to produce tools relevant for organic farmers and farm advisors? Organic Farm Knowledge invites Horizon Europe and other projects to disseminate their materials through the platform! Organic Farm Knowledge will increase the visibility of your project and help achieve a broad outreach of your project results. Too often dissemination of project results stops with the end of the project. This is no longer the case with Organic Farm Knowledge. Organic Farm Knowledge offers a long-lasting dissemination channel for your project. We promise that your materials will be available on Organic Farm Knowledge for at least 5 years, or even longer. Annually all materials on Organic Farm Knowledge are reviewed and your materials will be kept as long as they are relevant.

For individuals and institutions

Do you have a tool you find relevant for the Organic Farm Knowledge toolbox? Is it practice relevant and user friendly for organic farmers and advisors? First step is to refer to the 'Tool checklist' below and ensure the tool you have in mind fulfills the set criteria for the platform. The next step is to get in contact with us to agree how your tools will be uploaded. We look forward to hearing from you.

Organic Farm Knowledge most important guidelines

  • Select a tool which is practice relevant and user friendly for organic farmers and advisors, following the criteria laid out in the checklist for suggested tools document.
  • All tool descriptions must be written in English, regardless of the tool language.
  • Follow the instructions contained in the tool description form when entering the tool into Organic Eprints.
  • Tools must be open access and have permission in writing.
  • Select the Eprint type "Practice tool" with tag ‘ofk’ in field "ID for Organic Farm Knowledge selection" under Details tab.
  • Use the Agrovoc keywords according to the official Organic Farm Knowledge keyword list in the tool description form.
  • The fields "Problem", "Solution" and "Description" must be completed using complete sentences and proper grammar in English.

Relevant documents

  • Handbook: this explains the ins and outs of the platform.
  • Tool checklist: lists the established criteria to ensure that tools suggested for the platform fulfill the platforms standards.
  • Tool description form: this form is used to describe the tool, so it can be easily uploaded to the platform.

If you are interested to work with us on a specific project or have a tool to suggest, please contact us! organic-farmknowledge(at)fibl.org

 

 

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