Cross Visit Arable France
Resilience of arable farms: Organic selection, Diversification & Cooperation
France, Saint Fargeau
16-18 June 2025
Come and learn about techniques in plant breeding, diversification, experimentation and get inspired by organic farmers as they will be sharing their experiences.
What you can expect from this cross visit
- Learning about technical aspects of organic selection, organic heterogeneous material (cereal), farming system diversification
- Inspiring cooperation examples between different actors: farmers, advisors and researchers to enhance organic agrosystems
- Local tools to facilitate cooperation
- Discovering the key agricultural and advisory landscape in France: its diversity and complexity
Program
Contact information
- Marianne ROISIN, Chambre d’Agriculture Yonne: m.roisin@yonne.chambagri.fr
- Alix BELL, ITAB: alix.bell@itab.asso.fr
Requirements
Participation to the entire cross visit programme. There is no possibility to arrive later or leave earlier, except for local participants.
Participants
Agricultural advisor supporting organic farmers or farmers in conversion and advisors or young graduates willing to gain competences in organic advice are welcome to join this cross visit. Maximum 15 participants.
Travel costs
In case you do not have budget to cover your travel costs, the project advisory partner in your respective country can reimburse part of your travel costs. Eligible countries for cost reimbursement are FR, DE, IT, BG, EE, DK, AT, CH, HU, ES,PT, HR, RO, IE, NL, SE, FI, CZ, PL, GR, SI, RS.
Eligible costs for reimbursement are transport (train, flight), accommodation (2-3nights), social lunch and dinners, up to a limit of 400-800EUR/participant.
Once your participation to the cross visit is confirmed, you will receive more detailed information by the advisory project partner in your country about the conditions for cost reimbursement.
Costs during the Cross Visit are estimated to 350 EUR including for breakfasts, social lunch & dinner & activity as well as the accommodation for 2 nights. This estimation does not include the food and transport expenses to reach Auxerre.
Hotel booking
Le Hameau des grilles, Saint Fargeau: 180 EUR the single bedroom, breakfast included for two nights
