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Last month marks the first international forum organized by OH-FINE, a project promoting organic agriculture to restore soils, boost biodiversity, and improve the economic viability of farming systems. This inaugural event brings together several initiatives that share the same mission of advancing organic farming, fostering collaboration, and creating synergies among them.
José M. Blanco, from the Agroecology Group at the University of Barcelona (UB), participated in the OH-FINE Forum, representing and contributing to discussions on organic a farming on behalf of OrganicYieldsUP (OYUP).
The forum has sparked insightful reflections on themeaning and role of these alternative agricultural systems in shaping the present and future of European agriculture.
Building on the development of a new database compiled from decades of long-term field trials and farm monitoring, OrganicYieldsUP,represented by José, contributes its expertise on the value of scientific data for practical application. The project emphasizes how this data can be integrated with farmers’ experience and knowledge to co-create innovative strategies for improving yields in organic arable farming systems across the EU.
The combination of scientific data and farmers’ experience across a wide range of climatic and cropping conditions offers new opportunities to develop solutions that address the complex relationships between farm management, field practices, crop performance, and farmers’ well-being—while tackling the enabling conditions needed at both regional and EU levels.
