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SIMONE

Ongoing

European / PRIMA Projects

Systemic Innovations with Multiple performance evaluated in ON-farm Experimentations

  • Agroecology
  • On-farm experimentation
  • Living labs
  • Weed management
  • Crop nutrition
  • Crop resilience
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Period
Jan 2024 – Feb 2028
Funding programme
Interreg North-West Europe
Total budget
5.4 million euros
Public funding
2.8 million euros from Interreg NWE
Coordinator
ARVALIS, France
Countries
France, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany
Partners
11

About the Project

SIMONE will identify, deliver, and evaluate innovations that involve technical, environmental, and economic dimensions. By fostering cooperation among diverse actors, SIMONE seeks to enhance rural linkages and bolster agricultural sustainability across North-West Europe.

On-farm experiments are set up for weed management, crop nutrition, and crop resilience, with co-creation as the basis of each one. The farms take part in a living lab, and each region hosts one living lab where actors exchange knowledge.

For the duration of the project, international visits to the living labs inform farmers, advisors, and policy makers about the potential of on-farm experimentation and innovative solutions. Students are involved in the living labs, and the results are implemented in course material.

Key Objectives

  • Living Lab Engagement: SIMONE engages six living labs positioned across North-West Europe's rural areas, collaborative platforms where stakeholders from various backgrounds converge to co-design and test innovative solutions tailored to local needs.
  • Methodological Framework Development: a robust methodological framework adapts and applies a shared knowledge model within each living lab, to identify and predict the combined effects of agroecological measures on input reduction and crop establishment at the system level.
  • On-Farm Experimentation: partners work directly with farmers to implement and evaluate agroecological practices and equipment on their farms. At least 50 farmers receive support in setting up trials, monitoring progress, and accessing smart technologies.

Our Role in the Project

Hiphen is one of the eleven partners of the consortium.

The Consortium

  • Arvalis France
  • Inagro Belgium
  • Hiphen France
  • MTU Ireland
  • Agroscope Switzerland
  • VIVES Belgium
  • VanDenBorne Netherlands
  • CRA-W Belgium
  • SPNA Netherlands
  • ABC France
  • BIONALES Germany

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