Proposals submitted to the call must address one of the three topics:

1. Agricultural genetic resources: This includes research aiming to broaden the genetic base of crops to improve functional traits fit to sustainable food systems, and to increase tolerances to environmental conditions related to the climate change.

2. Agricultural practices and farm models: This includes research leading to new agricultural practices, technologies, decision support systems and business models that improve agricultural production and soil quality, creating economic, social, and environmental value through greater diversity of plant species and wider functional and response diversity.

3. Agrobiodiversity and territorial systems: This includes research leading to an increased agrobiodiversity at landscape level contributing also to the regeneration of low-quality agricultural habitats, to the enhancement of ecological connectivity and to a better understanding of the links between farm diversity and landscape complexity.

The deadline for pre-registration of proposals is May 4, while the deadline for proposal submissions is June 22. A webinar for applicants will be held on April 5, with slides from the event available for download shortly after.

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