OVB Linking H2020 = EUFRUITchamber of agriculture & EIP Agri Operational Group = ALVO-Tech

. Karsten Klopp – Director ESTEBURG

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

ESTEBURG – Obstbauzentrum Jork The Fruit Research & Advisory Center

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

ESTEBURG Fruit Research & Advisory Center Jork

Applied Science Advisory Training Fruit Research Station Obstbauversuchsring des Research Farm Esteburg OVA Jork Alten Landes (OVR) Laboratory OVA Jork Chamber of Agriculture Öko-Obstbau Professional Training Lower Saxony Norddeutschland (ÖON)

Qualification by continuous advisory service & training Jork school of fruit production

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

Applied research at the ESTEBURG Fruit reseach institute - Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony (since 1935)

Departments:

Pome and stone fruit – research centre Jork (25 ha) Soft fruit – research station Langförden (5 ha) Integrated Plant Protection & Diagnosis of plant diseases (Lab, PCR) Fruit quality & fruit storage (Lab, DCA store) Organic fruit production (5 ha) Machines, tools, technical application Horticultural socio-economics & fruit marketing 35 employees

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

Linking a regional OG with international research network

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony Advisory Service at the ESTEBURG I. Fruit farmers association of the Altes Land (since 1929) II. Organic fruit farmers association (since 2000)

Staff member expertise in  Pome fruit (7)  Stone fruit (1)  Soft fruit (5)  Fruit storage (1)  Organic fruit production (1)

Service instruments:  single farm service  small group training  telephone/mobile service  several print media, e.g. email, handbook, magazin 25 employees

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony Training at the ESTEBURG “Jork school of fruit production“

Education

Fruit farmers basic training - apprenticeship(9 students) Laboratory assistant training(2 students) Fruit farmers professional training(16 students) Master/Bachelor students, in cooperation with universities(2 students)

Training

Train the trainer in fruit production extension service (1 student) Qualification measures for unskilled workers Life long learning program for professionals Workshops/events on research topics

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp European Fruit Research Institutes Network (EUFRIN) Members 2017

The members institutes of EUFRIN are located in more than 20 different European countries. They are located at universities or regional research centers, dedicated with their work to support the regional/national fruit industry on farm level and the whole fruit chain. OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

regional fruit expert network Research station for processed fruit

apple breeding station ZIN agricultural administry of city of

Fruit Cooperatives LMS fruit advisory

Chamber of agriculture Lower Saxony ESTEBURG Research - Advisory - Training Innovation broker of EIP & RDP

Research station for berryfruit

agricultural ministry Hanover University of lower saxony Osnabrueck University

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony EIP AGRI Niedersachsen Operational Group Altes Land

Innovation project ALVO-Tech:

adapting innovative technology in the fruit industry in the „Altes Land“ region Problem: Surface water and plant protection

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony drift of plant protection spraying in fruit production

before 2000 since 2000 from 2025

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

plant drift protection products

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

plant drift protection products

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp EIP-Agri ALVO-Tech OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony EIP Agri Niedersachsen Operational Group Altes Land

Innovation project ALVO-Tech:

adapting innovative technology in the fruit industry in the „Altes Land“ region

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp Fruit Growers integrate & organic

FG Obst OVA Jork integrate applied research production

OVR FÖKO EIP Agri consulting organic integrate production OG production

ALVO-Tech ÖON consulting Nabu organic environmental production NGO -Obst r. V. Augustin KG Marktg. Altes Land Rolker GmbH Fruit wholesaler Fruit wholesaler integrate organic

The Operational Group OG Sondergebiet Altes Land is an active group of local partners working together with integrated and organic producing fruit growers OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony EIP Agri Niedersachsen Operational Group Altes Land

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

Linking a regional OG with international research network

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp OVB Jork chamber of agriculture lower saxony

ESTEBURG – Obstbauzentrum Jork The Fruit Research & Advisory Center

EUFRIN Board Meeting Brussels, 15th November 2017 Karsten Klopp