Welcome

The ‘European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiversity’ was founded to exchange knowledge and practical experience across country and language borders, between farmers and policymakers, scientists, businesses and NGOs, to enable fast and effective implementation of best practices. This will help to optimize agrobiodiversity benefits, promote sustainable agriculture and will encourage widespread uptake of biodiversity concepts, thereby also enhancing non-agronomic ecosystem services. Read more…


Practical Experiences

Improved capacity and skills for land managers to integrate functional agrobiodiversity into their management practices.

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Policies and Incentives

Greater impact on agricultural policies at national and European levels to promote the integration of functional agrobiodiversity into policies.

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Scientific Research

Improved scientific understanding of the contribution of functional agrobiodiversity to ecosystem services.

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Project Examples
European Livestock Breeds Ark and Rescue Net (ELBARN)

ELBARN is a pan-European concept for in-situ conservation of animal genetic resources. It aims to change the status quo by creating a network of existing Ark Farms, by encouraging... more

BIOBIO – Indicators for biodiversity in organic and low-input farming systems

Organic and low-input farming systems have been shown to benefit farmland biodiversity although a generic indicator system to assess these benefits at the European level is... more

The Colworth Farm Project in the UK - Putting sustainable agriculture to the

A key research area in Unilever’s quest for new industry-defining innovation is agriculture, with major research programmes based at Colworth farm. The 500-hectare... more

Operation Pollinator

Instigated by Syngenta and based on scientific research and the experience of selected farmers, Operation Pollinator has proven to help growers successfully establish and manage... more