GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Proposals should:

• Take stock of the main socio-economic variables relevant for the paludiculture sector, including options for marketing of its products, and carry out socio-economic analyses, including projections and foresight;
• Estimate the potential for degraded peatlands and wetlands, currently used for conventional agriculture or forestry (with drainage), to be converted to paludiculture;
• Establish an observatory and databases for analytical purposes, covering the whole supply chain;
• Analyse positive and negative incentives and trade-offs, including with regard to carbon farming, in particular those that relate to the policy environment and to the attitudes and values of farmers and other actors;
• Explore solutions to lift possible lock-ins and speed up the development of paludiculture including with social innovation;
• Support the establishment of a network of researchers and practitioners involved in paludiculture at European and global level.