Fostering Knowledge & Innovation
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Fostering Knowledge & Innovation

Knowledge exchange, cooperation and innovation are essential for smart and sustainable agriculture, forestry and rural areas to deal with challenges such as climate change.

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12 Feb 2025

EU CAP Network Seminar ‘On-farm demonstrations for peer-to-peer learning & innovation’

The EU CAP Network Seminar ‘On-farm demonstrations for peer-to-peer learning & innovation’ will take place from Tuesday 17 to Wednesday 18 June 2025.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Agricultural Productivity, Economic impacts (+2)
Group of people in a field
07 Feb 2025

EU CAP Network Cross-visits 2025 - call for participating EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Three EU CAP Network Cross-visits, each lasting 1.5 days, will take place in the week of 5 May 2025.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+5)
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16 Dec 2024

EU CAP Network cross-visits 2025 - call for hosting EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Apply to become a host for one of the three new EU CAP Network cross-visits for Operational Groups.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+5)
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Upcoming events

Cross-visit

Cross Visits for Organic Agricultural Advisors across Europe

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Education, Fostering Knowledge & Innovation (+1) In-person OrganicAdviceNetwork
Cross-visit

FOREST4EU European Horizon project - Study Visits 2025

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Forestry, Fostering Knowledge & Innovation In-person GIS, Slovenian Forestry Institute (ITHub 1)
Other

Ad-hoc national expert group meeting 2025

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+1) Online EU CAP Network
Focus group

Focus Group 'Local perennial plant genetic resources in view of climate change and biodiversity loss' - 2nd meeting

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Agricultural Productivity, Climate and Climate Change (+1) In-person
Chania, Greece
EU CAP Network
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Latest publications

Magazine - Digital tools and technologies for future-proof EU farming, forestry and rural areas
Magazines |

Agrinnovation Magazine - Issue 11

The eleventh edition of the EU CAP Network’s annual Agrinnovation magazine highlights how robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are transforming European agriculture, forestry and rural areas with new solutions.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Fostering Knowledge & Innovation, Sustainability (+1)
Factsheet - Turning ideas into reality: EU innovation funding opportunities for farmers and foresters
Factsheets |

Factsheet - Turning ideas into reality: EU innovation funding opportunities for farmers and foresters

This factsheet highlights key EU funding opportunities, with a focus on programmes that support innovation in agriculture and forestry.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Networking, Research & Innovation (+1)
Press article - From local innovations to global markets in the forestry bioeconomy
Press Articles |

Bridging local solutions and market potential in the forestry bioeconomy

BioRural and MainstreamBIO advance the forestry bioeconomy

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Food Supply Chain, Climate and Climate Change (+3)
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Latest good practice

Two people standing by a truck full of tree saplings
Project | 11 Apr 2025

CAP fosters farm and forest habitat restoration, improved biodiversity, social engagement and knowledge dissemination in rural Ireland

  • CAP Implementation
Education, Environment (+3) Ireland
A field of green vegetables growing
Project | 09 Apr 2025

EIP Operational Group improves Polish farmer positions in vegetable value chains

  • CAP Implementation
Agricultural Productivity, AKIS (+11) Poland
Zamość
A close-up of a tree in an agroforestry system with crops growing around its base
Project | 08 Apr 2025

French agroforestry network strengthens skills for climate action

  • CAP Implementation
Climate and Climate Change, Education (+6) France
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