Rural Renaissance RUR-06-2016
Topic: Crop diversification systems for the delivery of food, feed, industrial
products and ecosystems services – from farm benefits to value-chain
organisation
Dátum zverejnenia:
Dátum otvorenia:
Deadline:
Deadline 2. fázy:
14.10.2015
27.10.2015
17.2.2016, 17:00
13.9.2016, 17:00
Dvojfázový projekt
Výzva a jej dokumenty:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/5106-rur06-2016.html
Špecifická výzva:
The temporal and spatial diversification of crops through rotation and associations allowing lowinput agronomic practices are drivers for resource-efficient farming systems that can fulfil the need
simultaneously to produce food, feed, industrial products (e.g. bioenergy, biomaterials,
biochemicals) and other ecosystems services. These diversified and low-input farming systems will
emerge if clear benefits to farmers and society are demonstrated and if the downstream value chains
are properly organised.
Rozsah pôsobnosti:
Proposals should involve field experiments of diversified cropping systems with different species,
low-input agronomic practices in conventional and/or organic sectors, and locations in Europe over
several years, in order to optimise the use of resources and increase overall farm yield and/or the
land-equivalent ratio thanks to the synergistic effect of crop associations in time and space.
Proposals should investigate crop diversification by growing different crop species on the same land
in successive growing seasons (i.e. rotation) and within a growing season (i.e. multiple cropping), and
growing different species in proximity in the same field (i.e. mixed, row and strip intercropping).
Proposals should address all these options (rotations, multiple cropping and intercropping) using
either only annual crops (scope A) or annual and perennial crops (scope B). Proposal should consider
activities on improved machinery for low-input agronomic practices and harvesting. Breeding
activities are excluded. Technical, economic, social and environmental evaluations of the tested
diversified systems should be carried out at farm level.
The proposals should also investigate, on the basis of existing case studies, how downstream value
chains and the various actors and stakeholders involved (e.g. farmers, cooperatives, logistics
providers, industry, consumers) can be impacted by the diversification of cropping systems.
Proposals should carry out technical, economic, social and environmental evaluations of the
diversified systems at overall value chain level, on the basis of case studies, quantifying the potential
for food, feed and industrial products from harvested crops and residues/co-products. Proposals
should address technical, social, cultural and economic barriers (e.g. logistics, volume of markets,
transparency along the chain, payment for ecosystem services) and drivers. Proposals should analyse
path
dependencies
and
lock-ins
affecting
the
various
actors
and
produce
roadmaps/recommendations for successful value chain organisation, with a focus on resourceefficiency along the chain.
Proposals should fall under the concept of the 'multi-actor approach'117 engaging relevant actors
such as farmers, cooperatives, logistics providers, industry and should include public engagement
targeting consumers and civil society. SME participation is encouraged. Selected projects should
liaise closely together and with complementary activities funded in response to topic SFS-02-2016 on
'mixtures and associations in cropping systems' and SFS-31-2016 on 'farming for tomorrow'.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR
10 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does
not preclude the submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. At least, one
project in scope A and one project in scope B will be funded (above the evaluation threshold).
Očakávaný účinok:
The expected impact of the project will be assessed on the basis of:
 higher arable land productivity, and land-equivalent ratio for intercropping systems;
 diversification and increase of farmers' revenues through access to new markets and reduced
economic risk;
 lower environmental impact of diversified cropping systems with reduced use of pesticides,
chemical fertilisers, energy and water;
 improved delivery of ecosystem services, including biodiversity, soil fertility, pest and disease
control, groundwater and surface water quality and carbon sequestration;
 organisation of resource-efficient downstream value chains with the involvement of relevant
actors and decreased use of energy along the chains;
 market provision of food, feed and industrial products from harvested crops and residues/coproducts produced from diversified cropping systems; and
 increased awareness and knowledge/data exchanges among actors on the benefits of diversified
cropping systems (covering different pedo-climatic conditions, using different crops) and on
downstream value chain organisation across Europe.
In the long term, this action will help to increase crop diversification and biodiversity in Europe,
which is an objective of the common agricultural policy. It will also contribute to the sustainable
development of the bioeconomy.
Typ opatrenia:
RIA (Research and Innovation Action), financovanie 100 %
Spôsobilosť:
 minimálne 3 nezávislé právne subjekty z rôznych členských štátov EÚ alebo pridružených krajín
 elektronická prihláška
 čitateľnosť, dostupnosť, možnosť tlače
 životopis primárne zodpovedných osôb
 zoznam 1 – 5 relevantných publikácií/produktov/služieb/iných úspechov
 zoznam 1 – 5 relevantných predošlých projektov/aktivít
 opis relevantnej infraštruktúry alebo technického vybavenia
 opis tretích strán, ktoré nie sú partnermi ale budú prispievateľmi
 návrh plánu využívania a diseminácie výsledkov ak nie je definované inak – nevyžaduje sa pri
prvej fáze dvojfázových postupov
 dodržanie obmedzenia počtu strán – v prvej fáze sa vyžaduje 10 strán (strany nad obmedzený
počet nebudú brať hodnotiaci do úvahy)
Harmonogram:
 Informovanie o výsledkoch:
Pre prvú fázu: max. do 3 mesiacov od deadlinu pre podanie návrhov
Pre druhú fázu: max. do 5 mesiacov od deadlinu pre podanie návrhov
 Podpis grantovej dohody max. do 8 mesiacov od deadlinu pre podanie návrhov