🌱Seasonal greetings from ROTATES Thank you to all our partners, farmers, researchers & pilot Living Labs for a year of collaboration and shared progress toward resilient, biodiverse agri-food systems.

🌱Partner spotlight: ACOESTE (Madeira, Portugal) ACOESTE is a non-profit agricultural association supporting farmers on the west coast of Madeira through training, technical advice, and innovation🌍

🌱Predicting Yam Performance with Leaf Spectra? Yes, we do! The @cirad.bsky.social DEFI team in Guadeloupe is advancing ROTATES’ work by using leaf spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict yam performance before harvest. @inrae-france.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @enoll-network.bsky.social

🌱World Soil Day and why it matters for ROTATES Our project works to improve soil health by integrating Minor Root & Tuber crops into diverse farming systems across Europe. @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @enoll-network.bsky.social

🌱Partner spotlight: Thomas Plants With over 30 years of expertise in vegetable seedling production, Thomas Plants is a key player supporting growers across France. Their R&D division develops climate-resilient varieties, including new sweet potato lines tailored for European conditions.

🌱Tuber Tidbits #1 Did you know that minor root and tuber (MRT) crops like sweet potato, yam, cassava and taro are still considered “minor” crops in Europe while they’re already very common in other countries?

🌱Partner spotlight: Université de Liège – Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech & TERRA (Belgium) As the bioengineering faculty of ULiège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech and the TERRA research center focus on sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and resilient ecosystems🌍 @universitedeliege.bsky.social

🌱Partner spotlight: Institut Lyfe (France) Known worldwide for excellence in gastronomy & hospitality (formerly Institut Paul Bocuse), Institut Lyfe combines education, research & innovation. “Transforming food and hospitality through knowledge, innovation, and creativity.”

🎓New PhD position within the #ROTATES project! Explore the genomic diversity of cassava and taro: key crops for biodiversity and resilience in sustainable agri-food systems. 📍Montpellier, France (CIRAD – AGAP Institute) Focus: Comparative genomics, molecular evolution, pangenomes

🌱 The #ROTATES Newsletter is coming soon! Get the latest updates on agrobiodiversity, crop innovation, and sustainable food systems. 👉 Subscribe here: rotates.eu/newsletter/ #HorizonEurope #Sustainability #FoodInnovation

🌱Partner spotlight: ENoLL – European Network of Living Labs @enoll-network.bsky.social is the world’s largest network of certified Living Labs, with 170+ members! In ROTATES, they bring: 🤝Expertise in user-centred co-creation 🌍A global innovation ecosystem tackling real-world challenges

🌱 Partner spotlight: CREA – Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing As Italy’s leading agri-food research organisation, CREA brings 30+ years of expertise in cereal transformation & pasta quality. “Meeting 21st-century food challenges with circular, bio-based solutions.”

🚀 The ROTATES website is live! Check out our new home online 👉 rotates.eu Follow our journey as we boost agrobiodiversity with minor root & tuber crops 🌱 and build resilient, sustainable food systems across Europe & Africa 🌍. #ROTATES #HorizonEU #AgroBiodiversity

🌱Partner spotlight: ITC – Innovation Technology Cluster Murska Sobota (Slovenia) ITC drives innovation, digitalisation & sustainability in agri-food🌍. In ROTATES, they bring: 🤝Multi-actor approach expertise 💡Living Lab & Pilot coordination 📈Cross-sector collaboration & knowledge sharing

🌱 Coordinator spotlight: @cirad.bsky.social CIRAD (France) leads ROTATES, bringing decades of experience in tropical & Mediterranean agriculture 🌍. Their expertise covers genomics, crop systems, plant health & value chains for cassava, yam, taro & sweet potato.

🌱 Together in ROTATES: boosting resilience & biodiversity through agriculture! 🤝18 partners across 🌍 join forces to promote minor starchy root & tuber crops like yam, taro, sweet potato & cassava. @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social

ROTATES Consortium brings together exceptional expertise, spanning the entire agri-food value chain: #farmers, #researchers, #processors, #marketers and #consumers. Uniting agronomy, data science, entomology, and social science, ROTATES channels knowledge to cultivate the agriculture of the future.

🌱 What if the key to a resilient future is buried beneath our feet? ROTATES is unearthing it, with cassava, yam, taro & sweet potato. From France to Cyprus, Madeira to Guadeloupe, and even the Republic of Congo, this project is planting the seeds for renewal. #ClimateResilience #EUResearch

🌱 The ROTATES Project just kicked off in Montpellier (7–8 July)! A Horizon Europe effort to boost agrobiodiversity by integrating sweet potato, yam, cassava & taro into EU farming systems. Let’s rotate toward resilient agriculture. #ROTATESproject #Agroecology #HorizonEurope #FoodSecurity