EU CAP Network cross-visit ‘Use of agricultural and forestry residues’

• Use of agricultural and forestry residues for creating alternative sources of income for farmers and foresters
• Climate adaptation on the ground - innovative solutions to build farm resilience.

The cross-visits take place on Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 June 2024 and will focus on 'Use of agricultural and forestry residues for creating alternative sources of income for farmers and foresters'.

The call for expression of interest is closed.

Purpose and main goals

The purpose of cross-visits between projects is to provide opportunities for cross-border knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning between OGs. The visits will create opportunities for informal exchange of good practices and innovative solutions between OG representatives from different Member States. They may also help foster potential future collaborations between projects/actors in the research and innovation area and/or lead to the creation of transnational OGs.

The main goals of cross-visits are to:

• Enable peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange on the innovations that the involved projects address and on their multi-actor approach, allowing a deeper understanding of the innovation processes, providing further inspiration to participants and fostering synergies between projects;
• Discuss common challenges, research needs from practice, inspirational ideas and potential solutions;
• Exchange and further disseminate project findings across the EU;
• Create opportunities for potential future collaborations and/or partnerships.

Objectives

The circular bioeconomy offers many opportunities to improve the lives of farmers, foresters and rural communities across the EU. OGs are key in unlocking the innovation potential of the circular bioeconomy. By encouraging the sustainable use of biobased sidestreams from agriculture, food production, forestry and related sectors, new value chains and business models can be created which are tailored to the needs of producers and rural areas, providing diversified income, added value to their products and delivering better resource efficiency.

Check out what participants in last year’s cross-visits have to say about their experience.