ClimaFruit

Future proofing the North Sea berry fruit industry in times of climate change

ClimaFruit established transnational cooperation between research institutions and the North Sea Region berry fruit industry in order to maximize the implementation of innovative technologies. Thereby, the project secured, sustained and grew the economic value of the industry under by developing a world leading Berry Fruit Cluster in the North Sea Region to ensure investment opportunities, sustainable use of resources and the production of healthy food.

The project produced methods to reduce the carbon footprint of the industry, superior plant material and future production strategies better suited to the North Sea Region climate, as well as a virtual Soft Fruit Climate Change and Environment Centre, ensuring the continuous uptake of methods by the berry fruit industry.


BENEFICIARIES PER COUNTRY
DENMARK
Department of Horticulture, Aarhus University (AU)
SWEDEN
Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agriculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
NORWAY
Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Reseaarch (Bioforsk)
Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Norwegian Univeristy of Life Sciences (UMB)
UNITED KINGDOM
The James Hutton Institute
GERMANY
Fruit Research Institute (OVA) Jork