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COST Action FA1105

COST Action FA1105. Biogreenhouse Towards a sustainable and productive EU organic greenhouse horticulture (OGH). Food and Agriculture (FA). Participating countries

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COST Action FA1105

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  1. COST Action FA1105 Biogreenhouse Towards a sustainable and productive EU organic greenhouse horticulture (OGH) Food and Agriculture (FA) Participating countries AT, BA, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IL, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SI, SK, SE, TR, UK 2012  2016 • ObjectivesBuilding a network of experts to/for • Linking experts in a integrated approach • Develop a common agenda and support of agenda setting • Improve accessibility and availability of knowledge, expertise and facilities • Coordinating existing research for OGH • Support the EU in standards development • Submission of proposals and collaboration in research • Main Achievements • 130 individual members from 28 countries in Europe andabroad; 30% are womenand 25% are ESR • Two joint WG meetings in Ludwigshafen (DE) and Bucharest (RO) with 100 participants, Presentation of the state of OGH in the participatingcountriesandtheir research withregardto the Action. Abstracts are published on the website • WGs made workplansfor the comingperiodand met again in expert groupstowork on the deliverables • Four Short Term Scientific Missions werecarried out • A draft for a reserach agenda was made and was consultedwith TP organicsto support them in the setting of the EU research agenda. • Joint WG meeting -2nd Symposium on OGH • From the 28th -31st of October 2013 there will be held in Avignon(F) a Joint Meeting of all the Working Groups combined with the 2nd ISHS Symposium on Organic Greenhouse Horticulture • Contact details • Chairof the Action • MrRob Meijer • Wageningen UR GreenhouseHorticulture ;NL • rob.meijer@wur.nl • ViceChair • Prof. Dr. Beatrix AlsaniusSLU, MicrobialHorticulture Laboratorybeatrix.alsanius@slu.se • Science Officer • Ioanna StavridouScience Officer Food and Agriculture COST Office • ioanna.stavridou@cost.eu • Websitewww. biogreenhouse.org

  2. Working Group activities • Working Group 1:Robust Planting material • To produce a manual for variety testing • Toproduce a review paper on methodsfor the production of healthyseeds • With WG2 and WG3: Methods and substrates for resilient planting material • Working Group 2: Soil fertility, Suppressiveness and Water management • Guide forsoilfertility in OGH • Standards forcomposting • Watermanagement andreduction of emissions • Document on human health risks • Working Group 3: Plant health • Fact sheets of diseasesandpests in OGH • Review paper of state of the art of MediterraneanandNorthern European OGH • Working Group 4: Energy use and Climate neutral production • Analysis of the energy economy and fossil energy use in relation to region, growing system an cropping schedule • Develop options for climate neutral production • Working Group 5: Sustainability and Standards • Development of a sustainability tool kit for OGH • Production of road maps to improve sustainability of OGH • Inform and give policy advice to stakeholders especially for the development of EU standards • 20th May 2013 • Industryparticipation • International Society ofHorticultural Science (ISHS)

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