by EuroFUE-UJI | 2 Mar 2022 | FUNICE en
The Erasmus+ FUNICE project on organic and sustainable agriculture met in Balikesir (Turkey) on 7-8 February for its third transnational meeting. The University of Balikesir has been the partner entity in charge of hosting this transnational meeting, whose objectives have focused on the work plan to develop the training material on innovative methodologies for the development of organic agriculture without the use of pesticides.
The consortium will then publish the training book, which will be put into practice by training farmers in these new pesticide-free cultivation methodologies. The consortium composed of the Association de Développement Rural International du Bas Segala (France), the FUE-UJI (Spain), Growth Coop (Spain), the municipality of Karesi (Turkey), the University of Balikesir (Turkey), the ARID Association (Poland) and the Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization of Grodkowice (Poland), will meet again next June in Granada (Spain) to continue with the implementation of the activities planned in the framework of
the project.
by EuroFUE-UJI | 22 Mar 2021 | FUNICE en
The FUNICE project has started its activity after the first transnational meeting between its partners, which was held online on February 3rd. The main objective of this Erasmus+ project, in which FUE-UJI is a partner, is to reduce the gap between research and farmers with the aim of improving their training in organic agriculture. In order to lay the foundations for the initial development of the training programme, this first meeting has been held between international partners led by its coordinator, Association de Développement Rural International du Bas Segala from France.
All the members of the FUNICE project consortium have participated in the analysis of the project idea, the objectives, the planned activities and the expected results, as well as in the definition of the visual identity of the project. Besides the coordinator (Association de Développement Rural International du Bas Segala from France) and FUE-UJI, representatives of the other entities of the consortium have also participated in the meeting: Growth Coop (Spain), the municipality of Karesi (Turkey), Balikesir University (Turkey), Association ARID (Poland) and the Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization of Grodkowice (Poland).

The FUNICE project, which will be implemented over 2 years, will coordinate its actions to develop in the coming months a first specialised and innovative training programme on the advantages of using mycoryza in agriculture. This training, aimed especially at farmers, will promote organic and more sustainable agriculture, reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers.
by EuroFUE-UJI | 22 Mar 2021 | FUNICE en
The FUNICE project, in which the FUE-UJI participates as a partner, has been one of the projects approved by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme in the modality “Strategic Partnerships for Vocational and Educational Training”. This project will be coordinated by the Association de Développement Rural International du Bas Segala from France.
FUNICE, which aims to reduce the gap between research and farmers in order to improve their training in organic agriculture, has 6 other international partners in addition to its coordinator. The partner organisations of the project are the Fundación Universitat Jaume I-Empresa (Spain), Growth Coop (Spain), the municipality of Karesi (Turkey), the University of Balikesir (Turkey), Association ARID (Poland) and the Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization of Grodkowice (Poland).
All partners in the consortium will work together over the next two years to train agricultural professionals in sustainability and the use of organic components in production. They will also be trained in reducing the use of fertilisers and pesticides.
by EuroFUE-UJI | 17 Mar 2021 | FUNICE en
The Erasmus + project FUNICE has published the first project newsletter on the first activities of this Erasmus + project. The FUNICE project focuses on reducing the gap between research and farmers with the aim of improving their training in organic agriculture, in addition to offering them the necessary training for the reduction of fertilizers and pesticides in the agricultural sector.
FUNICE Newsletter no. 1