Project 101083589 - AGrOecOlogy for weeDs - GOOD (2023-2026)

Call: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage

Coordinator: University of Coimbra, Paco das Escolas, Coimbra, Portugal,

Participating institutions: Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, Zemun-Belgrade, Serbia and other 18 institutions from 10 European countries (Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Ireland, Cyprus, Belgium, Latvia and the Netherlands)

Project leader: dr Helena Freitas

Participants from the Maize Research Institute: dr Milena Simić, dr Milan Brankov, dr Vesna Dragičević

Web site: https://www.goodhorizon.eu/

The Project base: The reduction of herbicide use and risk has become major policy targets of Farm to Fork strategy, aiming to promote agroecology and the transition to sustainable and resilient farming systems. GOOD is a 4-year project adopting multidisciplinary approach, aspired to create and evaluate Agroecological Weed Management (AWM) systems, and demonstrate that AWM adoption enhances sustainability and resilience of cropping systems. The main ambition is to foster the agroecological transition for weed management across Europe. Living-Labs (LL) will be co-created with stakeholders and established in 6 EU pedoclimatic conditions in both annual and perennial crops to promote AWM practices in conventional, organic and mixed farming systems. The use and combination of cover crops along with several cultural practices, the use of beneficial microorganisms and digital tools will be assessed towards the agroecological manipulation and management of weeds and the increase of crop productivity and farmers’ income.

Smanjenje upotrebe herbicida i rizika od zagađenja životne sredine je osnova strategije «Od njive do trpeze» (Farm to Fork), sa ciljem promovisanja agroekologije i prelaska na održive i manje izložene poljoprivredne sisteme. GOOD je četvorogodišnji projekat koji se zasniva na multidisciplinarnom pristupu u cilju kreiranja i primene agroekološkog sistema mera za suzbijanje korova. Demonstracija sistema u poljskim uslovima će pokazati da usvajanje ovakvog sistema za suzbijanje korova poboljšava održivost sistema gajenja useva. Glavna ambicija je da se podstakne usvajanje i prelazak na modele i programe za suzbijanje korova koji su bazirani na agroekološkim principima i održivosti širom Evrope, radi smanjenja zagađenja. Laboratorije u polju (Living-Labs, LL) će biti organizovane u 6 pedoklimatskih uslova EU u jednogodišnjim i višegodišnjim zasadima kako bi se, zajedno sa zainteresovanim stranama, promovisale održive prakse u konvencionalnim, organskim i kombinovanim sistemima gajenja useva. Kombinovana primena pokrovnih useva sa drugim agrotehničkim merama, upotreba korisnih mikroorganizama i digitalnih alata će se ispitivati radi primene mera suzbijanja baziranih na agroekološkim «manipulacijama» i upravljanju korovima u cilju povećanja produktivnosti useva i prihoda poljoprivrednika.