The second call of the Horizon Europe Agroecology partnership (European Partnership on accelerating farming systems transition through agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures, AGROECOLOGY) on the topic „Integrating environmental, economic and social perspectives in assessing the performance of agroecology. Value-chain and policy implications“ is now open.
Call topics:
Topic 1: Determine and assess benefits/impacts and trade-offs of agroecology, and identify best practices
Proposals submitted to this Topic are expected to choose at least one of the following themes:
- Methods and procedures to tackle trade-offs in agroecological production
- Scenario analysis to identify and support the most suitable options to accelerate the adoption of the identified best practices at different spatial and temporal scales
Topic 2: Transform value chains, business models and policies to facilitate the transition to agroecology
Proposals submitted to this Topic are expected to choose at least one of the following themes:
- Transformation and development of new business models in the value chains to facilitate the agroecological transition
- Coordination among actors, social innovations and policies to enhance the agroecological transition
Estonian participants are financed by the Estonian Research Council or the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture by 100,000 euros if the applicant is a project partner or by Research Council by 300,000 euros if the applicant is a project coordinator.
All applicants must meet the requirements of the call and their national funding organization.
Please find more info about the call announcement.
More info about the call and documents: Agroecology: Call2
Partnering tool: Agroecology: Partnering
A Webinar about this Call will take place on 13 December from 10:00-13:00 (Estonian time). The link for the registration: AGROECOLOGY second call: Webinar for applicants Survey.
The call is conducted as a two-step-procedure:
- Deadline for pre-proposal submission is 17 February 2025 14:00 CET
- Deadline for full proposal submission is 9 July 2025 14:00 CEST
Call contact at the Estonian Research Council:
Maarja Soonberg-Kaine
maarja.soonberg-kaine@etag.ee
Call contact at the Estonian Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture:
Maarja Malm
maarja.malm@agri.ee