The application of agrochemicals for controlling pests and diseases is forbidden in organic agriculture, making crop protection a constant challenge for farmers and agricultural workers. The ecoplanta partnership has identified this clear need to enhance and upgrade farmers’ competencies and provide them with training material and key guidelines in order to help them adopt organic farming principles and to meet the increasing, both at a European level and globally, consumer demands. The targeted countries are Greece, Poland, Hungary and Romania, which are among the EU member states that face negative employment growth, large agricultural sectors and low GDP. At the same time, the employment situation in the agricultural sector in EU27 is changing rapidly and is becoming more competitive over the last decade. Considering these facts, it is clearly needed that VET in agriculture becomes more responsive to the labour market needs.