Foire Agricole Ettelbrück 2025

LIST share H2020 FRAMEwork Project and Recodo at agricultural fair...

The Saturday engagement team | Credit: LIST

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) were pleased to attend the 2025 Foire Agricole Ettelbrück (FAE), which took place from July 4-6, 2025, at the Däichwisen site in Ettelbruck. LIST's participation focused on showcasing the H2020 FRAMEwork project, their Born Farmer cluster, and Recodo through dedicated exhibitions and engagement at their booth.

The Born Farmer Cluster has been pioneering throughout the course of the project, undertaking meaningful Citizen Science events with member businesses and deploying innovative AI-assisted camera traps to empower farmers by simplifying biodiversity monitoring. The Recodo platform hosts the Born Farmer Cluster online and serves as a digital hub for the project's resources and tools. Visitors were able to explore this innovative platform and understand how the project has supported implementing biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices.

The LIST team, including project researchers Claudio Pettuco and Dr. Marco Beyer, engaged with fair attendees throughout the three-day event. A highlight came on Saturday when Luxembourg's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture, Martine Hansen, visited the booth. Minister Hansen, who has been closely involved with agricultural development in Luxembourg, took time to learn about the H2020 FRAMEwork project's objectives and achievements. The visit underscored the importance of international collaborations in addressing agricultural and environmental challenges and opportunities.

Minister's visit | Credit: LIST

The 2025 edition of the fair formed a joint event between the Agricultural Fair Ettelbruck (FAE) and the Luxembourg Urban Garden Exhibition (LUGA). This collaborative format aligned well with the FRAMEwork project's interdisciplinary approach, bringing together agriculture and ecology around common sustainability goals. With the fair achieving a new attendance record of over 50,000 visitors, confirming its status as the largest open-air agricultural fair in Luxembourg, LIST's presence ensured that the FRAMEwork project's message reached high level as well as broad and engaged audiences.

Public and farmer engagement at the booth | Credit: LIST

By showcasing the Recodo platform and Born Farmer Cluster content at this traditional agricultural gathering, the research institute successfully bridged the gap between academic research and practical farming and policy applications, reinforcing the value of the H2020 FRAMEwork project's mission to promote biodiversity conservation through innovative agricultural practices that bring stakeholders together for shared progress. Attendance at the event was organised by LIST, in consultation with knowledge exchange partner Taskscape, as part of the 'Recodo In Real Life' event series - find webinars and more here.