KNOWLEDGE MATERIALS
Practical knowledge for climate-smart organic farming
OrganicClimateNET provides practical Knowledge Materials to help organic farmers and advisers adopt climate-smart and carbon farming practices. These resources cover implementation, potential benefits, co-benefits, rewarding mechanisms and other key aspects that can support more sustainable farming decisions.
The materials are selected, adapted and translated according to farmers’ needs and, where relevant, tested in the project’s pilot countries. They will be made available through the Organic Farm Knowledge Platform and other European knowledge channels.
List of knowledge materials
Organic Climate Net produced materials
| Knowledge Material | Link to OFK Platform |
|---|---|
| Organic Climate Farming defined | Link |
| Organic Climate Farming: an overview | Link |
| Carbon farming in organic agriculture: Considerations under EU policy | Link |
Related projects produced tools
| Knowledge Material | Link to OFK Platform |
|---|---|
| Guide to choosing fruit trees for agroforestry | Link |
| AgriAdapt Webtool for Adaptation | Link |
Related projects produced materials
| Knowledge Material | Link to OFK Platform |
|---|---|
| The sustainability of the avocado crop in Europe | Link |
| Forage potential of five tree species, establishment techniques and maintenance of fodder hedgerows | Link |
| Humus management | Link |
| Climate-friendly practices on your farm: A practical manual | Link |
| Agroforestry for Swedish conditions 2024 | Link |
| Walnut | Link |
| Late winter pruning to prevent spring frost damage and maintain the freshness of the grapes/delay ripening | Link |
| Subsurface irrigation | Link |
| Green manure in viticulture | Link |
| On-farm production and application of compost tea | Link |
| Soil and Climate | Link |
| Regenerative grazing – What? How to do it? What for? | Link |
| Good agricultural practice in irrigation management | Link |
| The DOK Trail | Link |
| The Biocyclic Vegan Growers‘ Guide | Link |
| Sustainable organic and low-input dairying: Farmer Handbook | Link |
| Soil testing for organic farms (DE/FR) | Link |
| Agroforestry in viticulture – a step towards resilience | Link |
| Rice straw mulching to increase water efficiency in citrus production | Link |
| Building a Wildlife Pond on your Land | Link |
| Dairy cattle feeding with reduced concentrates | Link |
| Living mulches technical guide + Hub | Link |
| Hedgerow management – best practice guidelines | Link |
| Soil Health and Organic Farming: Practical Conservation Tillage | Link |
| Young Tree Care in Agroforestry Systems: A Guide for Practitioners | Link |
| Water retention in agriculture | Young tree care in agroforestry | Link |
| Drought-adapted grazing: A practical guide to mob grazing | Link |
| Soil Navigator decision support system | Link |
| Fodder trees and shrubs in ruminant feeding | Link |
| CANARI – Climate ANalysis for Agricultural Recommendations and Impacts | Link |
| Peatland Management – Best practice guide | Link |
| Biomass Buffer Strips – using biomass crops in multipurpose land management | Link |
| Guide to planting hedges and forest stands in Mediterranean agricultural fields (ES) | Link |
| Online fodder tree database for Europe | Link |
| Grazing-based best practices from Grazing4AgroEcology | Link |
| Establishment and maintenance of a low-input, high-biodiversity orchard (FR) | Link |
| Precision irrigation at the service of the vineyard | Link |
| Spontaneous plant cover on almond trees | Link |
| Peatland cultivation: Agricultural use of wet organic soils | Link |
| Cows and climate | Link |
| Multi-species swards in crop rotations: Building climate resilience | Link |
| Incentivising systemic and climate-resilient farming approaches through rewarding mechanisms | Link |
Organic Climate Net collected videos
| Knowledge Material | Link to OFK Platform |
|---|---|
| Keyline Design and agroforestry on the Aebleten farm | Link |
| Keyline Design & Water Management – Experiences of the Katzhof farm | Link |
| Mob-grazing to lower costs and to enhance biodiversity & carbon sequestration | Link |
| Agroforestry systems – planning, planting and financing | Link |
| When is grazing sustainable | Link |
| Why Dutch farmers are increasingly using cover crops | Link |
| Artificial meadow mixture with added herbs | Link |
| Recognising and avoiding heat stress in pastured dairy cows | Link |
| Dual-purpose breeds – An outdated custom or a new opportunity? | Link |
| Exploring agroforestry in organic dairy | Link |
| Humus management: Building up humus – Maintaining soil fertility | Link |
| How to create ponds for water retention in dry areas | Link |
| Conversion to full grazing – experiences of Heiko Stelling | Link |
| Establishing wildflower areas | Link |
| Sorghum: a more drought-resistant crop compared to maize | Link |
| Dealing with drought in natural forage production | Link |
| Vineyards and climate change in the European southern region | Link |
| Silvoarable agroforestry system at Gladbacherhof | Link |
| Best practices in sustainable water management on the organic farm ‘Oro del Desierto’. | Link |
| How to make swales for water retention in dry areas | Link |
| E-course for regenerative farming | Link |
| Adaptive multi-paddock grazing of organic cattle. Regenerative farming. | Link |
| Planting fodder hedges – the basics | Link |
| Agroforestry at the Adlerzart farm | Link |
| Grasslands and climate change: Holistic pasture management | Link |
| Fodder hedges – A response to dry summers | Link |
| Living Mulches – Technical Guide | Link |
| Minimum tillage: Experiences from Kampars organic farm in Finland | Link |
| Stock-less organic farming in Finland: Three farmers share their strategies | Link |
| Subterranean drainage and irrigation: experiences from the Kallela organic farm in Finland | Link |
| Agricultural biogas – Why it’s worth it | Economic, agronomic and climate benefits | Link |
| Groenewoud Gas: Large-Scale Biogas Production | Powering 1000 Homes with Biogas from Cow Manure | Link |
| From solar robots to robust breeds | Link |
| Climate mitigation at the Eilte organic farm | Link |
