Organic and low-input crop breeding
5 European H2020 organizations list this as part of their work — 4 as their primary capability.
Most active in this area
- KMETIJSKI INSTITUT SLOVENIJE - AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA
Slovenia's national agricultural research institute specializing in organic crop breeding, livestock diversity, and soil management across European farming systems.
“Led ECOBREED (their largest project at EUR 1M) on organic wheat, potato, soybean, and buckwheat breeding, and contributed to INCREASE on food legume genetic resources and IWMPRAISE on non-chemical weed management.”
PrimarySI12 projects - INSTYTUT HODOWLI I AKLIMATYZACJI ROSLIN - PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY
Polish national plant breeding institute combining crop genomics, phenomics, and genebank data infrastructure for wheat, potato, and food legumes.
“ECOBREED specifically targeted nutrient use efficiency and stress tolerance for organic production systems.”
PL6 projects - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
China's national agricultural research academy; EU partner for crop breeding, mycotoxin safety, and soil carbon research with access to Chinese germplasm and field sites.
“ECOBREED (2018-2024) works on wheat, potato, soybean, and buckwheat breeding for nutrient use efficiency, biotic/abiotic stress tolerance, and participatory plant breeding.”
PrimaryCN3 projects - INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE AGRICOLA FUNDULEA
Romanian national crop research institute specializing in organic breeding, genetic resources, and genebank data management for wheat, potato, and legumes.
“Central contributor to both LIVESEED (organic seed systems) and ECOBREED (organic crop breeding for wheat, potato, soybean, buckwheat).”
PrimaryRO3 projects - SAATZUCHT GLEISDORF GMBH
Austrian commercial plant breeder developing organic and low-input crop varieties for wheat, soybean, buckwheat, and potato in Central European farming systems.
“Both DIVERSify and ECOBREED focus on varieties performing under reduced or zero synthetic input conditions, matching their commercial product line.”
PrimaryAT2 projects