GREEN-DIGIFARM: Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Partnership Opportunity – Strengthening Farmers’ Resilience

Dicle University, Türkiye, is seeking European universities, research institutions, farmer organisations, technology providers, SMEs, agri-food supply chain operators, and experienced Horizon Europe coordinators to jointly develop the GREEN-DIGIFARM project proposal under Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Calls 2027.

GREEN-DIGIFARM aims to strengthen the resilience of European farmers against interconnected climate, environmental, economic, biological, and supply chain risks. The project will develop and experimentally validate integrated risk management strategies, fair risk-sharing mechanisms, and farmer-centred digital decision-support solutions.

The proposed approach will address the compound effects of climate change and biodiversity loss while considering farmers' risk perceptions, decision-making behaviour, economic vulnerability, and adaptation capacities.

Main Objectives

• Assess interconnected agricultural risks and their impacts on farm resilience, business viability, and farmers' livelihoods.

• Investigate farmers' risk perceptions, preferences, and individual and collective risk management strategies.

• Compare the resilience of organic, conventional, and mixed farming systems, including crop and livestock production.

• Develop fair risk-sharing approaches among farmers, processors, buyers, insurers, and other agri-food supply chain actors.

• Co-design digital risk intelligence and early-warning tools to support informed farm management decisions.

• Experimentally test integrated resilience strategies through participatory Living Labs and farm demonstrations.

• Strengthen farmers' risk literacy through practical training, capacity building, and knowledge exchange.

• Generate evidence-based recommendations supporting EU agricultural and rural development policies.

Dicle University's Expertise and Contribution

Dicle University offers expertise in sustainable livestock production, animal nutrition, feed and food safety, climate-smart farming, precision livestock technologies, and green and digital agricultural education.

Our relevant international project experience includes:

• GLISTEN (2023–2025): Green Livestock Farming through Smart Technology in Higher Education Institutions.

• INTEGREEN (2026–2029): Integrating European Green Deal's Farm to Fork Strategies into Agricultural Education in Türkiye's Higher Education Institutions.

Dicle University is particularly interested in contributing to comparative farming system resilience research, organic and conventional livestock pilot activities, Living Labs, farmer engagement, and green-digital capacity building.

Partners We Are Seeking

We welcome partners with complementary expertise in:

• Agricultural economics, behavioural sciences, social sciences, and farmer risk management.

• Climate adaptation, biodiversity, organic farming, and sustainable crop production.

• Artificial intelligence, agricultural data analytics, early-warning systems, and digital decision-support technologies.

• Agricultural insurance, fair risk sharing, value chain governance, and economic resilience.

• Experimental research methods, Living Labs, farmer organisations, and agricultural advisory services.

• Agri-food processing, supply chain management, policy development, and knowledge dissemination.

• Horizon Europe proposal coordination and multi-actor consortium management.

Collaboration Opportunity

We aim to establish a multidisciplinary, multi-actor European consortium to co-develop a competitive Horizon Europe 2027 proposal.

Dicle University is open to participating as a scientific partner, work package leader, or potential coordinator, depending on the consortium structure.

We invite interested organisations to connect with us to explore collaboration opportunities and jointly develop GREEN-DIGIFARM.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Denli
Institution: Dicle University, Faculty of Agriculture
Country: Türkiye