On 6 December 2016 the second edition of Organic Innovation Days took place at the Representation of Emilia Romagna Region in Brussels. The event generated a great interest among the researchers, European regions, farmer organisations, companies and policy makers.

The day started with a policy panel where Simona Caselli, Minister of Agriculture of Emilia Romagna Region, called for more training and advice for farmers converting to organic agriculture.

After the policy panel the winners of the Call for Organic Innovations 2016 presented their solutions that addressed the challenges of animal welfare, increasing productivity/quality of arable farming and transparency in the organic value chain.