TOGEN DANISMANLIK TARIM HAYVANCILIK ZIRAAT GIDA BIYOTEKNOLOJILERI ITHALAT IHRACAT SANAYAI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Their core work

TOGEN is a Turkish agricultural consultancy and trading company whose name describes its full scope: consultancy (danışmanlık), livestock and animal husbandry (hayvancılık), agricultural engineering (ziraat), food, and biotechnology, combined with import-export operations. In practice, they specialize in sheep and small-ruminant farming systems, bringing direct knowledge of Turkish sheep production to European research and knowledge-exchange networks. Both of their H2020 participations were in large multi-actor European sheep farming networks, where they contributed practical producer-side expertise and served as a Turkish industry contact point within pan-European consortia. Their commercial background in agri-food trade and biotechnology means they can connect research outputs to actual supply chains and farming operations.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early project (SheepNet, 2016–2019), TOGEN's recorded keyword profile is sparse — only a numeric topic code survives — suggesting their initial role was primarily as a Turkish industry representative contributing to a broad productivity-focused network rather than as a technically defined expert. By EuroSheep (2020–2023), their keyword footprint is far richer, covering animal health, nutrition management, cost-benefit analysis, sustainability assessment, and transdisciplinary methods, which points to a more substantive technical engagement with the second network. The trajectory is toward deeper specialization in the science of sheep nutrition and health management, moving beyond simple networking participation.

TOGEN is moving from broad network participation toward technically defined roles in sheep health and nutrition science, making them a more useful partner for applied research projects targeting livestock performance and welfare.

How they like to work

TOGEN has participated exclusively as a consortium partner in both projects — never as coordinator — which is consistent with an SME whose value lies in sector-specific and geographic expertise rather than project management capacity. Both engagements were large, multi-country European networks (CSA type), suggesting they are comfortable operating in diverse, broad consortia and contribute as a national representative or industry contact rather than as a technical lead. With 11 unique partners across 8 countries from just two projects, they show a wide but shallow network — many different partners, not repeated bilateral relationships.

TOGEN has worked with 11 unique consortium partners across 8 countries, a notably broad reach for only two projects, driven by the pan-European structure of both sheep farming networks. Their network is concentrated in the agricultural research and advisory community across Europe, with Turkey providing a Southern and Eastern geographic anchor.

What sets them apart

TOGEN's primary value to a consortium is access to Turkish sheep farming industry networks — Turkey is a major sheep and goat producing country, and few SMEs combine on-the-ground Turkish livestock expertise with a track record in European H2020 knowledge networks. Their dual identity as both a consultancy and an import-export trading company means they can also serve as a commercialization pathway, translating research outputs into actual agri-food trade flows between Turkey and EU markets. For projects needing non-EU country representation with real producer contacts, TOGEN fills a gap that academic partners cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SheepNet
  Their entry into European H2020 networks and their highest-funded project (EUR 181,125), establishing TOGEN as a recognized participant in pan-European sheep productivity research.
• EuroSheep
  A direct follow-on to SheepNet covering health, nutrition, and sustainability — the fact that TOGEN was selected again for this successor network signals recognized contribution in the first project.