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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Two French winegrowers in their vines at sunset
01 Sep 2026

Have your say: EU-wide survey on social conditionality under the CAP

How is social conditionality working on the ground? ADE, commissioned by the European Commission's DG AGRI, is running an EU-wide survey on the implementation and impact of social conditionality under the CAP 2023–2027, the mechanism linking CAP payments to compliance with EU labour and occupational safety and health (OSH) requirements.

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
International team of coworkers putting colorful puzzles together
23 Jun 2026

Apply for the EU CAP Network brokerage event 'From practice to impact: building Horizon Europe collaborations for agriculture and rural areas'

The call for expressions of interest for the EU CAP Network brokerage event 'From practice to impact: building Horizon Europe collaborations for agriculture and rural areas' is open until 14 August.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Farmer and advisor standing in a field - discussing innovative solutions for EU agriculture
22 Jun 2026

Call for three new EU CAP Network Focus Groups now open

Forest wildfires, on-farm fertiliser strategies, and protection for fruit orchards: apply to the call for Focus Group experts by 31 July 2026.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

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EU Agri-Hackathon

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
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EU Advisory Networks: Collaborating for Resilient & Sustainable Food Systems

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Latest publications

Effects of EIP support: interim report for Thuringia, Germany, 2014-2022 RDP
CAP Evaluation Insights |

Effects of EIP support: interim report for Thuringia, Germany, 2014-2022 RDP

This interim report of Thuringia, Germany, reviews the first nine completed EIP-AGRI Operational Group projects under the 2014-2022 RDP

  • Evaluation
Farm-scale biogas: turning farm waste into energy and reducing costs
Press Articles |

Farm-scale biogas: turning farm waste into energy and reducing costs

Irish farmer saves up to €30,000 a year on purchased energy thanks to the energy generated by his on-farm biogas plant.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Final report - EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Innovative on-farm energy production systems'
Event Reports |

EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Innovative on-farm energy production systems'

This report presents the main results of the EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Innovative on-farm energy production systems', the meetings of which were held on 12-13 November 2025 (Dublin, Ireland) and 21-22 April 2026 (Lelystad, the Netherlands)

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

On farm biogas plant
Inspirational Idea | 02 Sep 2026

Farm-scale biogas: turning farm waste into energy and reducing costs

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Farmer looks at peanut crop in the field
Inspirational Idea | 02 Sep 2026

Organic peanuts - a business opportunity for farmers in Austria facing the impact of climate change

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Rokodelski center Ribnica logo
Project | 09 Jul 2026

Handicraft digi lab in Slovenia

  • CAP Implementation