Goals and Objectives

The main objective of the InnOBreed project is to identify specific fruit cultivars and/or selection-evaluation processes that are better suited for organic production cultivars compared to the ones that are currently used, and that meet organic farming requirements, by:

Breeding with new organic approaches;
Evaluating local genetic resources, (pre-) breeding material and cultivars; and
Introducing these varieties through the organic fruit supply chain.

For the project period (2022-2026), the InnOBreed project has the following set of ambitions:

To promote an evaluation of Fruit Tree Genetic Resources (FTGR) on organic farming bases.
To identify, surround and imbed Innovative Solutions in an impact-based strategy to foster fruit organic breeding.
To ensure a participative approach to define new traits and to adapt evaluation methods fitting with future organic fruit growing challenges.
To increase the use of the FTGR diversity for increasing breeding efficiency.
To stimulate innovation in products and services; in processes and organisation; as well as in marketing.