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Last month marks the first international forum organizedby OH-FINE, a project promoting organic agriculture to restore soils, boost biodiversity, and improve the economic viability of farming systems. Thisinaugural event brings together several initiatives that share the same missionof advancing organic farming, fostering collaboration, and creating synergiesamong them.
José M. Blanco, from the Agroecology Group at the University of Barcelona (UB), participate in the OH-FINE Forum, representing and contributing todiscussions 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 thepresent and future of European agriculture.
Building on the development of a new database compiledfrom decades of long-term field trials and farm monitoring, OrganicYieldsUP,represented by José, contributes its expertise on the value of scientific datafor practical application. The project emphasizes how this data can beintegrated with farmers’ experience and knowledge to co-create innovativestrategies for improving yields in organic arable farming systems acrossthe EU.
The combination of scientific data and farmers’experience across a wide range of climatic and cropping conditions offers newopportunities to develop solutions that address the complex relationshipsbetween farm management, field practices, crop performance, and farmers’well-being—while tackling the enabling conditions needed at both regionaland EU levels.
