The main objective of the project is to combine knowledge, opportunities and experience of advisory and scientific institutions and agricultural operators to demonstrate an adaptive biotechnological complex for increasing the productivity of vegetables, fruit plants and wintering in drought conditions, with a view to improving farm efficiency and the sustainability of resource use.

The cultivation of agriculturalally important winter cereals (wheat and rapeseed), vegetables and berries becomes problematic in extreme climatic conditions, as many of the productive varieties developed abroad do not fully exploit the productive potential of the genotype under Lithuanian conditions, and the project therefore aims to provide reasonable practical guidance on the introduction of new, safe environmental and human health methods to reduce harvest losses due to extreme climatic conditions, with a view to improving the sustainability, productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural sector.

The results of the EIP project will contribute to the implementation of the European Commission Communication on the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Biodiversity Conservation Actions, by reducing the need for chemical fertilisers through the use of an adaptive biotechnological tool mix, and therefore:

— promote sustainable tillage and crop production by increasing the conservation of organic carbon in the soil;

—contribute to the adaptation of farming systems to climate change;

— an organisational solution to reduce CO2 (GHG) is being implemented.