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Improving understanding of the contribution of the organic farming sector to sustainability

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: improved and increased data collection on the environmental, economic and social impacts of the EU organic sector, from farm to consumer levels, leading to improved understanding of the overall impact of the organic sector on sustainability (including climate change mitigation and biodiversity); improved capacities of organic supply…

Deadline 23 Sep 2027Opens 20 Apr 2027Budget €6MIndicative grants 1EU contribution per project €6MSingle stageHORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

Funding and competition

  • 1grant expected (official)
  • €6MEU contribution per project
  • €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 155projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Institut National De Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation Et L'Environnement
Paris
FranceResearch organisation234OrganicTargets4EU, CORE Organic Cofund, DIGITAF
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU FiBL
Frick
SwitzerlandResearch organisation191OrganicYieldsUP, OrganicTargets4EU, OrganicClimateNET
Stichting Wageningen Research
Wageningen
NetherlandsResearch organisation176Agroecology-TRANSECT, MEF4CAP, NIVA
Teagasc - Agriculture And Food Development Authority
Carlow
IrelandUniversity174OH-FINE, DEMETER, agroBRIDGES
International Federation Of Organic Agriculture Movements European Union Regional Group
Lidkoping
SwedenOther133OrganicYieldsUP, OrganicTargets4EU, OrganicClimateNET
Fibl Europe - Forschungsinstitutfur Biologischen Landbau In Europa
Bruxelles / Brussel
BelgiumResearch organisation75OrganicYieldsUP, OrganicTargets4EU, OrganicClimateNET
Wageningen University
Wageningen
NetherlandsUniversity150Agroecology-TRANSECT, agroBRIDGES, MIXED
Eigen Vermogen Van Het Instituut Voor Landbouw- En Visserijonderzoek
Merelbeke
BelgiumResearch organisation131OH-FINE, DIGITAF, CAFAMORE
Okologiai Mezogazdasagi Kutatointezet Kozhasznu Nonprofit Kft
Budapest
HungaryResearch organisation · SME100OrganicYieldsUP, OrganicTargets4EU, SCALE-it
Aarhus Universitet
Aarhus C
DenmarkUniversity112OrganicTargets4EU, CORE Organic Cofund, SCALE-it
Innovationscenter For Okologisk Landbrug P/S
Aarhus N
DenmarkResearch organisation · SME90OrganicYieldsUP, OrganicTargets4EU, SCALE-it
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation82CORE Organic Cofund, SCALE-it, OH-FINE
Institut Technique De L Agriculture Biologique
Paris
FranceResearch organisation · SME90OrganicYieldsUP, OrganicTargets4EU, SCALE-it
Consiglio Per La Ricerca In Agricoltura E L'Analisi Dell'Economia Agraria
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation100agroBRIDGES, NIVA, AE4EU
Eidgenoessisches Departement Fuer Wirtschaft, Bildung Und Forschung
Bern
SwitzerlandPublic body90CORE Organic Cofund, SCALE-it, DIGITAF

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation82CORE Organic Cofund, SCALE-it, OH-FINE
Asociacion Ecovalia
Sevilla
SpainOther50OrganicClimateNET, InnOFoodLabs, OK-Net EcoFeed
Instituto Navarro De Tecnologias E Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias Sa
Navarra
SpainCompany50IntercropValuES, BEATLES, BovINE
Soluciones Agricolas Ecoinnovadoras
Murcia
SpainCompany · SME21CAFAMORE, FIREFLIES
Universidad De Almeria
Almeria
SpainUniversity30BIOGREENET, Climate Farm Demo, SmartAgriHubs
Universitat Politecnica De Valencia
Valencia
SpainUniversity21VISIONARY, LIVESEEDING
Esferico Mrv Systems Sl
Murcia
SpainCompany · SME20CAFAMORE, FIREFLIES
Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació
Barcelona
SpainPublic body30Organic-PLUS, NUTRI-KNOW, BESTMAP

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 19partners (median)
  • 11countries (median)
  • 22%of partners are SMEs
Research organisation 28%University 24%Company 22%Other 18%Public body 9%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • OrganicYieldsUP – Improving yields in organic cropping systems (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-3)
  • OrganicTargets4EU – Transformation scenarios for boosting organic farming and organic aquaculture towards the Farm-to-Fork targets (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-01)
  • OrganicClimateNET – A pilot network of organic farming actors contributing to the uptake of climate farming and its co-benefits for a carbon neutral and climate resilient Europe (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-5)
  • CORE Organic Cofund – Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems Cofund (H2020 · 2016 · SFS-19-2016-2017)
  • SCALE-it – UpSCALing Efficient alternatives for contentious InpuTs in organic farming (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-1-two-stage)
  • OH-FINE – Organic farming innovations network europe (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-10)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.