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CORE Organic is the acronym for "Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems". As an ERA-NET action, it intends to increase cooperation between national research activities. CORE Organic Plus is the continuation of the ERA-Nets CORE Organic I and CORE Organic II. Compared to the previous CORE Organic ERA-Nets the Plus ERA-Net will benefit from an additional top-up funding by the European Commission.
CORE Organic Plus consists of 24 partners from 21 countries/regions.
The overall objective of CORE Organic is to enhance quality, relevance and utilization of resources in European research in organic food and farming and to establish a joint pool for financing transnational research in organic food and farming.
The background for this objective is that the public European research and development effort in organic food and farming is characterized by small research communities, often scattered and fragmented both geographically and institutionally. This generates a need for gathering the dispersed expertise into a critical mass, to maintain and increase the competitive quality and relevance of research.
The calls since the beginning of CORE Organic are described HERE
CORE Organic Plus consists of the following fund owners or fund managers:
1. International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, Aarhus University (ICROFS), Denmark
Mr Niels Halberg
MsIvana Trkulja
2. Federal Agency of Agriculture and Food (BLE), Germany
Ms Elke Saggau
Ms Arnd Bassler
3. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Vlaams Gewest (DLV), Flanders, Belgium
Mr Johan Verstrynge
Ms Marleen Mertensl
4. Walloon Agricultural Research Centre CRA-W
Dr. Ir. Jean-Pierre Destain
Dr. Ir. Marc Lateur
Ms Veronique Dewasme, Service public de Wallonie
5. Ministry of Food Agriculture and Fisheries, Danish AgriFish Agency, Denmark
Mr Uffe Rasmussen
Ms Karen Munch Mortensen
6. Ministry of Agriculture (PMin), Estonia
Ms Maarja Malm
Mr Martin Kukk
7. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM), Finland
Ms Suvi Ryynänen
Ms Seija Ahonen-Siivola
8. French Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAAF), France
Mr Pierre Grenier
Mrs Valérie Dehaudt
9. National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France
Mr Hervé Guyomard
Mr Stéphane Bellon
10. Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), Germany
Mrs Elisabeth Bünder
Ms Barbara Weber
11. Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali (MIPAAF), Italy
Ms Serenella Puliga
Ms. Elena Capolino
12. Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics (LSIAE), Latvia
Ms Ligita Melece
Ms. Agnese Krieviņa
13. Ministry of Agriculture (ZUM), Lithuania
Mr Vilius Martusevicius
Ms Neda Jakubauskiene
14. Ministry of Economic Affairs (MinEZ), Netherlands
Ms Annette Wijering
Eric Regouin
Marian Blom, Bionext
15. The Research Council of Norway (RCN), Norway
Ms Unni Røst
Ms Siri Anzjøn
16. The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), Poland
Dr Anna Ostapczuk
Mr. Piotr Pryciński
Dr Agnieszka Chmielewska
17. The Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI), Romania
Ms Nastasia Belc
Ms Luciana Bratu
Mr Adrian Asanica
18. Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (MAE), Slovenia
Ms Jana Erjavec
Ms Metka Kalinšek
19. National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Spain
Dr Antonieta de Cal y Cortina
Ms Anabel de la Peña
20. Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Science and Spatial Planning (Formas), Sweden
Ms Susanne Johansson
Mr Henrik Lange
21. Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), Switzerland
Mr Markus Lötscher
22. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (GDAR), Turkey
Dr Şahin Anil
Ms Ayşen Alay Vural
Ms Saziye Sekerci
23. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), United Kingdom
Mr Dan McGonigle
Mr Matthew Heaton, Natural England
24. Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Mr Stefan Vetter
Ms Elisabeth Hochwater
CORE Organic is coordinated by International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, ICROFS
Website: www.icrofs.org
E-mail: coreorganic@icrofs.org
Phone: +45 87157716 (Ivana Trkulja)