Denmark's agricultural industry body, connecting EU research on sustainable farming, organic systems, and CAP policy to thousands of working farms.
Landbrug & Fødevarer (Danish Agriculture & Food Council) is Denmark's main agricultural industry organization, representing Danish farmers, food companies, and agribusiness. In H2020 projects, they serve as the bridge between research and farming practice — translating scientific results into actionable knowledge for practitioners through networks, training workshops, decision-support tools, and farmer-to-farmer learning platforms. Their core contribution is mobilizing Denmark's large agricultural sector to participate in multi-actor research, ensuring that innovations in organic farming, livestock management, crop diversification, and environmental compliance actually reach working farms.
Coordinated AGRISPIN on innovation support systems, and participated in AgriDemo-F2F, SKIN, BEST4SOIL, OK-Net Arable — all focused on practitioner networks, knowledge exchange, and farm-level innovation.
Consistent involvement in LIVESEED, OK-Net Arable, CERERE, Organic-PLUS, IWMPRAISE, LEGVALUE, and DIVERSify — covering organic seed, weed management, intercropping, and phasing out contentious inputs.
Participated in Eu PiG, DISARM (antibiotic resistance management), AVANT (antimicrobial alternatives), and PATHWAYS (livestock sustainability transitions).
Involved in NIVA (IACS modernization and CAP digitization), EFFECT (payments for agro-ecosystem services and policy implementation), and IPM Decisions.
Participated in SmartAgriHubs (digital innovation hubs for agriculture), PerceptiveSentinel (big data and earth observation), and NIVA (GIS and earth observation for CAP).
In the early period (2015–2018), L&F focused heavily on building agricultural innovation support infrastructure — farmer-to-farmer learning, knowledge platforms, EIP operational groups, and energy efficiency in cooperatives (AGRISPIN, SCOoPE, AgriDemo-F2F). From 2019 onward, the focus shifted toward CAP policy tools, sustainability assessment, antimicrobial alternatives, and environmental targeting — reflecting the EU's growing emphasis on Green Deal compliance and sustainable intensification. The later projects are more policy-oriented and data-driven, moving from "how do farmers share knowledge" to "how do we measure and reward sustainable farming."
L&F is moving from general knowledge-sharing networks toward data-driven sustainability measurement and policy compliance tools, positioning them well for Farm-to-Fork and Green Deal implementation projects.
L&F operates almost exclusively as a participant (24 of 25 projects), with just one coordinator role (AGRISPIN). They work in large, multi-country consortia — 483 unique partners across 33 countries — which is typical for a national industry body that brings farmer engagement and dissemination capacity rather than research leadership. Their value to consortia is clear: they provide access to Denmark's agricultural sector and ensure research outputs reach real farms, making them a sought-after dissemination and multi-actor engagement partner.
With 483 unique consortium partners across 33 countries, L&F has one of the broadest agricultural collaboration networks in Northern Europe. Their partnerships span universities, research institutes, farmer organizations, and SMEs across the EU, with particularly strong connections in Western and Northern European agricultural research.
As Denmark's central agricultural industry body, L&F offers something most research partners cannot: direct access to thousands of Danish farms and food companies, plus the organizational capacity to mobilize them for field trials, demonstrations, and knowledge uptake. Their track record of 25 H2020 projects shows they are a trusted multi-actor partner — when a consortium needs to ensure research reaches practitioners, L&F delivers. For anyone building a consortium targeting CAP implementation, sustainable farming transitions, or antimicrobial reduction in livestock, they bring both policy influence and on-the-ground farm engagement.
