Open Call for farmers

 

–This call has now closed–

Thank you to everyone who applied to this call. 

Below is the shortlist of farmers who have been contacted for the interview stage.

Living Lab Country Application Code
LL1PortugalPT022
LL1PortugalPT046
LL1PortugalPT051
LL1PortugalPT053
LL1SpainES032
LL1SpainES034
LL1SpainES036
LL1SpainES038
LL1SpainES040
LL1SpainES046
LL1SpainES049
LL1SpainES050
LL1SpainES052
LL1SpainES053
LL1SpainES067
LL1SpainES069
LL2AustriaAT002
LL2AustriaAT008
LL2AustriaAT009
LL2AustriaAT010
LL2AustriaAT013
LL2AustriaAT015
LL2AustriaAT017
LL2AustriaAT020
LL2AustriaAT021
LL2SwitzerlandCH001
LL2SwitzerlandCH004
LL2SwitzerlandCH005
LL2SwitzerlandCH006
LL2SwitzerlandCH007
LL2SwitzerlandCH011
LL2SwitzerlandCH012
LL2SwitzerlandCH016
LL2SwitzerlandCH022
LL3GermanyDE002
LL3GermanyDE007
LL3GermanyDE026
LL3GermanyDE009
LL3GermanyDE008
LL3GermanyDE033
LL3GermanyDE023
LL3GermanyDE017
LL3GermanyDE020
LL4MoldovaMD008
LL4MoldovaMD022
LL4MoldovaMD012
LL4RomaniaRO020
LL4RomaniaRO002
LL4RomaniaRO014
LL4RomaniaRO013
LL4RomaniaRO009
LL4RomaniaRO016
LL4UkraineUA052
LL4UkraineUA011
LL4UkraineUA039
LL5SloveniaSI002
LL5SloveniaSI004
LL5SloveniaSI008
LL5SloveniaSI021
LL5SloveniaSI025
LL5SloveniaSI029
LL5SloveniaSI030
LL5SloveniaSI032
LL5SloveniaSI033

49 places

available

Receive €5000

per cropping season for 3 seasons

What would you be working on?

Participating farmers will test the performance of Regenerative and Conservation Agriculture Practices as part of a Living Lab. (What are Living Labs?)

Each of our 5 Living Labs contains a number of farms across a region of Europe. Each Living Lab addresses a specific goal. 

Take a look at the Living Lab for your country below to find out about its goal and to help you decide if you would like to take part.

Spain and Portugal

Permanent cropping systems

Living Lab 1

Goal: Develop sustainable permanent cropping systems under Mediterranean climate conditions.

Learn more about this Living Lab

Ukraine, Moldova and Romania

Black Soil

Living Lab 4

Goal: Develop innovations to conserve black soil.

Learn more about this Living Lab

Austria and Switzerland

Organic farming

Living Lab 2

Goal: Develop regenerative agriculture approaches to support organic farming systems.

Learn more about this Living Lab

Slovenia

Crop-livestock integration

Living Lab 5

Goal: Develop Conservation Agriculture solutions with crop-livestock integration to enhance soil health

Learn more about this Living Lab

Germany

Adaptation to Climate Change

Living Lab 3

Goal: Develop innovations to improve soil health for climate change.

Learn more about this Living Lab

Timeline

–Notice–

Due to the high number of applications received for this Open Call, there may be a slight delay to the timeline below.

Call Opens

6th May 2026

Deadline for applications

6th July 2026 (23:59 CET)

Announcement: applicants selected for interview

13th July 2026

Interviews

14th to 22nd July 2026

Confirmation of participation

27th July 2026

Any questions?

 

Contact the TRAILS4SOIL co-ordinators for advice and guidance: trails4soil@uco.es

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