Circular Horticulture

How to increase circularity in protected horticulture?

The final report of this Focus Group is now published.

Read all the information at a glance in the Circular horticulture factsheet. 

Tasks:

• Assess existing practices in protected horticulture and their potential to better re-use or recycle water, materials and by-products, identify good practices and success stories from different parts of Europe, taking into account different climatic conditions, agro systems and specifically focusing on farmers' and advisers' experiences.
• Compare different management practices taking into account the feasibility and cost-effectiveness at individual farm level or through collective approaches, and identify success factors (such as knowledge requirements, crucial partnerships) and technical/economic barriers, or other fail factors.
• Identify how these practices may be transferred to other conditions (location, type of production) and how.
• Identify tools to help farmers and advisers assess the opportunities for re-use and re-cycling of resource inputs at farm and regional levels.
• Identify innovative business models for horticultural enterprises.
• Identify further research needs from practice, possible gaps in technical knowledge, and further research needs.
• Suggest innovative solutions and provide ideas for EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and other innovative projects.

Results:

• Starting paper
• Final report
• Factsheet

Other information:

• Agenda 1st meeting, 29-30 November 2017. Prague, Czech Republic
• Agenda 2nd meeting, 18-19 April 2018. Den Hague, Netherlands
• Minipaper 1: Awareness raising and knowledge transfer
• Minipaper 2: Circularity and valorisation of biomass
• Minipaper 3: Clusters enhancing circular horticulture
• Minipaper 4: Monitoring and metrics to boost circularity
• Minipaper 5: Sustainability in circular horticulture
• Minipaper 6: Water use in greenhouse horticulture