Case Study

Innovating Berry Cultivation in GoodBerry Project - Europe

Posted: 22 March 2023

Updated: 26 September 2024

Europe - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

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Climate change impacts

Due to the weakening of berry seeks, including those for strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries, caused by climate change, there has been a decrease in productivity. However, the demand for these berries continue to increase, making it necessary to find ways to increase their production.

Adaptation activity

The GoodBerry project was launched in 2016 as a four-year project funded by the European Union. The project is designed to provide data on increasing productivity and improving the quality of berry species (see Figure). Specifically, the project aims to: ①identify genetic resources in the EU that balance productivity and nutritional value; ②develop innovative production processes and breeding strategies that can maintain high productivity in different European environments; and ③develop standardized analytical tools to evaluate the production and quality of berry species in sub-optimal cultivation environments.

Outputs / Expected benefits

This project aims to foster the latest breeding techniques. It is expected that EU berry producers will adopt these production systems to improve the competitiveness of berry production in Europe.

Fig. GoodBerry concept
(Source: https://goodberry-eu.eu/project/goodberry-concept/)

Related Information

GoodBerry「GoodBerry」
GoodBerry「fact sheet」
Mizuho Intelligence Research Institute's "FY2016 Survey and Analysis of Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plans in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Sector (Survey and Analysis of Adaptation to Regional Climate Change Impacts in Foreign Countries)" Survey Report (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Consignment Project)