What can EIT Food offer for farmers?
EIT Food provides farmers with practical tools, learning programmes and collaborative opportunities that help them transition to more resilient, regenerative and competitive production systems. Our support ranges from capacity-building and innovation testing to access to networks across the agrifood value chain.
We offer these opportunities because farmers play a central role in Europe’s food transformation. Their adoption of climate-smart, regenerative and data-driven practices is essential to achieving environmental targets, strengthening rural competitiveness and ensuring long-term food security.
How can farmers get involved?
Farmers can join EIT Food initiatives such as the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio which include landscapes in several regions across Europe (like Navarra 360º and Lower Silesia 360º) and also regional hubs that provide local support. Whether they want to learn new skills (thorugh the Academy), participate in innovation trials or connect with peers, there are multiple entry points designed to meet different needs.
To get involved, farmers can explore available opportunities on our platform, connect with local partners or sign up for personalised guidance. Our team helps farmers navigate the options and find the most relevant initiatives. Through EIT Food’s Think & Do Tank approach and the Test Farms network, farmers can actively test innovations on real farms, share practical feedback, and shape solutions that work in their own fields.
Stories of pioneering farmers
Across Europe, pioneering farmers are demonstrating that regenerative and climate-resilient practices are both profitable and sustainable.
What courses can EIT Food offer for farmers?
EIT Food offers a broad set of learning opportunities tailored to farmers, including programmes on regenerative agriculture, soil health, sustainable water management, digital tools, carbon farming and circular business models. These courses are designed to be highly practical and directly applicable to real farm operations.
Training Courses are delivered in flexible formats—online, hybrid and in-person field sessions.
Explore your way in our learning programmes that help farmers gain new skills, strengthen decision-making and access the latest scientific and technical knowledge shaping Europe’s agrifood transition.
Meet here the programme operators:
Bulgaria and Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, Czechia and Poland
Guidebooks
Continue your learning journey by accessing a library of practical materials, including methodology guides, farmer toolkits, case studies and technical briefs. Materials can be downloaded as PDF files or accessed directly through our platform.
The Regenerative Agriculture Manual
Mediterranean Crop Guidebooks:
Almonds
Dehesa Manual (only in Spanish)
Policy&Trends in Regenerative Agriculture
Time and Resource Management Manual
Case Studies: Regenerative Agriculture in Action
The Regenerative Agriculture Guidebook with the subdivisions of crops/practices
(English) (Polski)
Consumers Perspectives on Regenerative Agriculture in CEE: Our latest study provides deep insights into the awareness, perceptions, and opinions on regenerative agricultural practices among consumers in Bulgaria and Poland.
Webinars on regenerative agriculture principles
Regenerative Agriculture Basics
Introduction
Course 1: The living soil and how it works
Course 2: Cattle Regenerative Action
