ECOPIONET Operational Group: Innovation and Bioeconomy in Rural Areas. Creation of an organic extensive herbaceous products PO in Salamanca, Toledo, and Guadalajara based on an innovative transfer network.
- Type Operational group
- Status Filled
- Execution 2018 -2020
- Assigned Budget 509.019,2 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Castilla y León; Castilla - La Mancha
- Main source of financing CAP 2014-2020
- Project website https://pionerosecologicos.net/
Description
Creation of an Organization of Producers of extensive organic herbaceous crops through an innovative system of transfer and organization, in which different actors from diverse fields are integrated to exchange knowledge.
Objectives
- Establish an effective organizational system and knowledge transfer network by integrating agents with different profiles
- Create an organic product PO (Producer Organization) that allows producers to achieve a higher margin for their products and reduce costs.
- Disseminate the project's results so that they reach a wide range of audiences (farmers, buyers, public administrations, research centers, technology companies, and end consumers).
Results
- Improving farmers' knowledge of organic production and marketing, agrosystem management, and profitable farm management. Increasing interaction and knowledge exchange among different stakeholders.
- Laying the groundwork for the future creation of an organic product association based on improved knowledge of associations to enable farmers to gain greater bargaining power and offer consumers healthier, sustainable, and quality products.
- Dissemination of project results to a wide range of stakeholders
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: IRNASA
- Coordinator/entity email: raquel.arroyo@irnasa.csic.es
Collaborators
- Volterra Ecosystems S.L.
- OFISET S.L.
Beneficiaries
- IRNASA
Outsourced
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
- Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecologica (SEAE)
- Fundación Cajamar de la Comunitat Valenciana
- Asociación Agraria Jovenes Agricultores de Salamanca (ASAJA Salamanca)
- Unión de Campesinos COAG Salamanca
- Coordinadora Agraria de Castilla-La Mancha (COAG CLM)
- Unión de Pequeñas Agricultores y Ganaderos de Salamanca (UPA Salamanca)
- Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos de Castilla-La Mancha (UPA CLM)
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- ECOPIONET Project Video
- Innovative methodology
- Webinar Presentation of the results of the Ecopionet Operational Group
- Webinar: Organic Farming Field Workshop
- GO ECOPIONET, Experiences of our pioneers and tutors
- Visit to the farm of a tutor participating in the Ecopionet Operational Group
- Visit to the La Higueruela farm (Toledo)
- Visit to the Muñovela estate
- Web page
- News 1
- News2
- Document 1
- Document 2
- Document 3
- Document 4
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