Objectives

Climate Farm Demo is a pan-European network of Pilot Demo Farmers covering 28 countries and all pedoclimatic areas.Its overall aim it to accelerate the adoption of Climate Smart Farming practices and solutions by farmers and all actors of the Climate Smart Agriculture Knowledge & Innovation Systems with a view of adapting agricultural production systems to climate change, and of achieving a carbon neutral agricultural sector by 2050, thereby meeting the targets of the EU Climate strategy.

Activities

The project adopts a Multi-Actor approach by connecting 1500 Pilot Demo Farmers and their Climate Farm Advisors (CFAs) at European
and national levels to increase knowledge exchange & cross-fertilisation in their respective AKIS. The CFA’s support the PDF’s in
implementing Adaptation and Mitigation Measures suggested by contextualised guidelines and will assess & monitor their environmental
performance thanks to harmonized methodologies & tools. Technical and social innovations covering a broad range of thematic areas
will be demonstrated to the wider farming community across six annual demo-campaigns (4500 demo-events) supporting interactive and
peer to peer learning. New and innovative CSF solutions will be co-created in 10 Living Labs spread across Europe and lessons learned
from multi-actor innovation will be shared and scaled. A set of public and private rewarding mechanisms will be identified, proposed and
demonstrated to the AKIS actors, thus incentivising the uptake of CSF solutions while ensuring sustainable business models. Strategic
and operational cooperation will be organised with projects, flagship initiatives and policy-makers at European and national levels in
order to share knowledge, organize coordinated actions, and produce policy briefs. Finally, to accelerate the wide spreading and uptake
of results, an ambitious dissemination, exploitation and communication strategy will be deployed at EU and national levels