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EIP-AGRI projects

The European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) is a funding programme of the European Union.

It works to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry that 'achieves more and better from less'. It brings together innovation actors i.e. farmers, advisers, researchers, businesses, NGOs and others in agriculture, horticulture and forestry.Together they form Operational Groups (OG) tackling a practical problem or an opportunity which may lead to an innovation. An Operational Group is composed of those key actors that are in the best position to realise the project's goals, to share implementation experiences and to disseminate the outcomes broadly. 

EIP-AGRI projects are financed by the H2020 framework programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The funding is provided by calls for applications in the federal states of Germany. For the EIP-AGRI funding period 2014 to 2020, a total of 25,5 Mio Euro was granted for the State of Brandenburg and Berlin on a cofunding basis of 20 per cent. Since 2015, 22 projects were started, among these six projects with ATB participation. 

EIP-AGRI projects

  • In the EIP project SunBot, a driverless, electrically operated tractor-unit combination of marketable and new components is being developed. It will be used in the future for herbaceous growth under the shrubs in berry c…

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    09.08.2018

    31.12.2022

    Funding authority:

    Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg

    Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums

  • In the EIP project PRIMEFRUIT, a plant-physiological approach to determine yield capacity will be developed for pome and stone fruit. For this, spatially resolved data on growth capacity will be collected with automatabl…

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    13.12.2016

    31.12.2021

    Funding authority:

    Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg

    Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums

  • In the EIP Project Aqua C + effective data for water requirements for the cultivation of fruit crops be made available. Existing models of irrigation control will be tested and validated systematically under practica…

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    13.06.2016

    31.12.2021

    Funding authority:

    Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg

    Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums

  • EIP project Precise application of lime in Brandenburg - pH BB wants to improve the management of soil acidity in agricultural farms in Brandenburg. In Brandenburg, 74% of the areas suffer from reductions in yield and de…

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    01.01.2017

    30.09.2022

    Funding authority:

    Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg

    Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums

  • In the EIP project Digestate products for the improvement of animal housing and the soil structure, biochar is produced by pyrolysis of fermentation residues from biogas plants, which then is to be used in dairy barns as…

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    13.12.2016

    31.03.2023

    Funding authority:

    Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg

    Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums

  • In poultry and pig farming, in particular, stressful conditions caused by dust and noxious gas concentration and by noise loads can be observed in the animal houses. The health hazards in animals and humans are undispute…

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    01.01.2018

    31.03.2021

    Funding authority:

    Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg

    Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums