CICS 03

New and high value product development requiring technical quality adjustments

Topic

High-end products

Country

United Kingdom

Responsible 

SAOS
Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society Ltd.

Objectives:

To grow (involving intercropping), process, and market organic oilseed rape for oil (human use) and livestock (oil and protein cake) 

The main stakeholders are Norvite, interested farmers, academics, SAOS, agronomists, crushers, marketing, and buyers/end users. 

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Updates from
the CICS 03:

Innovative intercroppers / OR crops co-operating VIDEO RELEASE

Innovative intercroppers / OR crops co-operating VIDEO RELEASE

Intercropping – growing a few crops at the same time – is a great idea. If you grow barley and peas, for example, the barley gets drip-fed ‘free’ nitrogen from the bean crop, the pea gets a scaffold to support its growth, and pollinating insects get a food source from...

Introducing intercropVALUES to Scottish stakeholders

Introducing intercropVALUES to Scottish stakeholders

Our project partner SAOS | Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society Ltd published last year an article to introduce the project and intercropping to its members and wider audience in Scotland.  The newsletter where it appears is printed and sent to approx. 680 co-op...

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