HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-BIODIV-09 Enhancing the competitiveness of organic crop breeding: focus on intercropping adapted varieties - Collaboration Offer

As Doğuş Teknoloji, we can develop a digital comparison platform that supports organic crop breeding for intercropping systems.
The platform will provide a centralized environment where breeders, researchers, and farmers can:

• List and compare organic crop varieties based on their performance under different climatic conditions.

• Access data on new cross-breeding results and evaluate their suitability for intercropping and organic production.

• Engage in discussions and knowledge exchange, fostering collaboration among farmers and breeders.

The platform will require guidance from domain experts to define relevant data categories (e.g., crop traits, eco-physiological parameters, soil interaction metrics) and to ensure compliance with organic breeding regulations.

Data will be collected from various sources, including (if available):

• Existing Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe project outputs

• European research infrastructures in environment, biological, and food domains

• Field trials and experimental plots

• Public agricultural databases and climate datasets

Key functionalities of the platform will include:

1. Crop Performance Dashboard: Displays growth, yield, and resilience metrics for different varieties under varying conditions.

2. Intercropping Compatibility Scoring: Rates crop combinations based on complementarity, competition, and facilitation mechanisms.

3. Discussion Forum: Enables farmers and breeders to share experiences and best practices.

4. Regulatory Guidance Section: Provides information on OHM and OVSOP compliance for breeding material.

We can fulfill the below scope/outcomes of the call:

-            an improved understanding of key target traits for developing varieties adapted to intercropping farming systems is available to researchers and breeders, benefiting all agricultural systems;

-            identify crop combinations and superior–performing variety combinations that consistently yield well together;