Youth Organic Farmers Club Erasmus Project

Project Title

Youth Organic Farmers Club

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

Project Summary

Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that combines best environmental practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources, the application of high animal welfare standards and a production method in line with the preference of certain consumers for products produced using natural substances and processes. According to the FAO no Latin American country has subsidies or support for organic production in spite of the fact that Latin America – one of the biodiversity reservoirs of the world, is just beginning to take cognizance of the enormous possibilities of organic agriculture. It has the farming traditions, the fertile lands and the varied climatic zones that allow it to produce almost anything in an ecological way, helping the much needed greening of the planet.NGOs are playing the most influential role in the emergence of organic agriculture, usually by promoting alternative models of production among farmers . They have also played a major role in supporting small farmer associations in the adoption of organic methods of production and in selling organic products.The project applicant would like to transfer the know – how developed by the consortium from EU countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, Romania) consisted of NGO working with Youth, University,Technology Center and Research Institute and to introduce innovative educational and training methods including Open Education Resource with the introduction of innovative training opportunity – Communal Organic Farms in the partner countries – Antigua and Barbuda (ACP), Costa Rica (LA) and in Nepal (A) for youth and workers with youth. The project’s aims is to increase capacities of the entities from Partner countries for education, training and quality in the work with Youth in the field of organic farming and to increase mobility for workers with Youth into the Project partner countries. Among the targets is development of the Open Educational Resource with sophisticated training forms and professionalized processing methods in order to introduce innovative production of organic products by Youth and relevant organisations and such support their entrepreneurship of Youth and organisations working with Youth. The mobility of workers with Youth from EU countries to 3 partner countries will increase the capacities of the partner organisations working with Youth and also the mobility of participants from EU countries will bring the expertise in the fields of Youth work and organic farming and processing from this specific countries with wide range of plant variety. In order to support the partners capacities the Regional Strategy Platform meetings in 3 Partner countries, School Campaigns and Final Conference Networking meeting in Barbados will be organized where the Youth production and the Fair trade principles will be promoted for the overall region with success story presentation from other partner countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149201,21 Eur

Project Coordinator

OBCIANSKE ZDRUZENIE NO GRAVITY & Country: SK

Project Partners

• PARIVARTAN KO LAGI AVIYAN NEPAL
• ASOCIACION CULTURAL DE INTERCAMBIODE COSTA RICA
• ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA CONSERVA
• SZECHENYI ISTVAN UNIVERSITY
• INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU BIORESURSE ALIMENTARE
• CARIBBEAN YOUTH ENVIRONMENT NETWORK BARBADOS