Cooperation for Upskilling and building Regional Ecosystems in sustainable precision viticulture
VTskills is a project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme, focused on viticulture in the Mediterranean region. It includes four universities, three VET institutions, and seven labour market actors. The consortium’s aim is to promote the adoption of environmentally, socially, and economically responsible practices in the viticulture industry. The project’s goals align with those of the Green Deal, PAC, Farm to Fork, and Biodiversity strategies. Sustainable Precision Viticulture (SPV) combines Precision Agriculture and organic farming, enabling efficient technological use while maintaining a healthy agricultural environment. The project will create a new, transnational curriculum in viticulture studies that offers digital, green, and resilience skills to train HEI students, VET learners, consultants, managers, technicians, and farmers on SPV.
Project website: https://www.vtskills.eu/
Food Supply-Chain Ecosystems for Sustainability
Food Chase is a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme involving partners from seven countries.
It is designed around the objectives of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and aims to address the pervasive issue of food loss and waste throughout the supply chain.
The project develops targeted solutions, a competence framework and introduces an innovative professional profile at EQF Level 5, specifically designed to bridge the gap between current labour market needs and the available workforce.
Project website: https://foodchase.eu/
TALLHEDA
TALLHEDA is a Horizon Europe project (WIDERA) that aims to build a new long-term Alliance for Digital Agriculture between agricultural Higher Education Institutes from two Widening countries Greece and Serbia with leading non-widening agricultural universities, and local and international stakeholders from Belgium.
TALLHEDA Alliance will contribute to raising the critical mass of highly skilled scientists and to establishing liaisons with surrounding ecosystems, in order to foster the Quadruple Helix of innovation in Widening countries.
Project website: https://www.tallheda.eu/
Sustainable PARasite Control in Crazing Ruminants
The overall goal of SPARC is to establish an active multi-actor network across Europe to increase the performance and the resilience of ruminant livestock farms by widely disseminating best practices, tools and solutions on sustainable worm control that improve animal health and welfare on farms; economic performance, and the environmental sustainability of the sector.
The SPARC Community of Practice of farmers, farm advisors and veterinarians will identify needs, practices, barriers and drivers for adoption of sustainable worm control practices, develop a list of good practices in different production systems and regions and demonstrate them on pilot farms. National and international stakeholder networks will share sustainable worm control practices among farmers, across borders and production systems.
Overall, SPARC will initiate a lasting European-wide multi-actor community that develops solutions together to curb anthelmintic resistance, aiding in the green transition of European agriculture.
The type of grant (e.g., Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Interreg…): Horizon Europe
Project website: https://wormsparc.com
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