Bringing together the wider community of scientists and experts working on fisheries and the marine environment in the Mediterranean and Black Sea in order to build a lasting network, discuss advancements in research, integrate scientific knowledge in support of decision-makingand identify research priorities for the coming decade.

This issue of the EU Rural Review showcases rural communities across Europe taking the initiative to find practical solutions to challenges they face and seize new opportunities. It explores how digital and social innovation can be used in new, creative ways to improve basic services in rural areas. It further looks...

Estonian agriculture has undergone significant growth and structural change since the 1990s in a policy and regulatory environment that has been mostly supportive of investment. The implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy has contributed to the modernisation of the country's agriculture, leading to high productivity growth with relatively limited environmental...

L’analyse et la quantification des performances de la petite agriculture familiale (PAF) constituent un enjeu au regard de la transition agroécologique. Cet article utilise une méthode combinant enquêtes auprès d’agriculteurs de la PAF de Guadeloupe, typologie et évaluation, à l’échelle de l’exploitation, des avantages qu’ils tirent de pratiques agroécologiques en...

CVC stated its satisfaction with the Commission’s proposal to limit financial aid to 60,000 EUR per farm, but added that it is important to take the active farmers who work there into account, as well as the economic and social conditions of the workers and day labourers.  Moreover, cuts to the...

Geographical indications (GIs) refer to products with specific characteristics, qualities or reputations resulting from their geographical origin. This differentiates products based on unique local features, history or distinctive characteristics linked to natural and human factors, such as soil, climate, local know-how, and traditions. GIs are recognized as intellectual property rights...

Attention in Brussels is focused once again on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The cycle of reforms that is now underway could see further adjustments of the CAP for the post-2020 period. The success of these reforms tends to be gaged in political terms: a ‘successful’ CAP reform is one...

Two-year EU-funded project supporting small-scale fishers across the Baltic and North Sea celebrates its closure with well attended gathering in Brussels. 

Reportage en Périgord Vert à Saint-Pierre-de-Côle où Maël Gallard et Laure Baillard sont en train d'installer un nouveau projet agricole sur les cinquante hectares des Causses de Cesserou.

When the announcement was made that FAO regional offices around the world would each receive an additional US$ 1 million to advance food and agriculture priorities, the technical team in Budapest wasted no time in putting forward proposals for Europe and Central Asia.

Projet d’agriculture communautaire de la MRC d’Argenteuil  

Baba Residence (baba – grandmother in Bulgarian) is an initiative bringing together urban youth and elderly people in low-density and remote villages in Bulgaria. Participants spend one month living and learning in a mountain village, with the purpose to create a meeting point between the entrepreneurial spirit of young people...

“Survive and Thrive: Adding Value to Fisheries Policy and Production for Small Scale Fishers”  

The 21st of March is the official first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The day of the equinox, in which plants start to blossom and sprout as warm air begins to invade our latitudes. Not only this, this day is also celebrated throughout the world as the International...

The newsletter of December 2017 & January 2018 includes: Large-scale project for the Mediterranean to be led by LIFE for three years with the support of the MAVA Foundation, Massive support to LIFE for the vote on pulse fishing, Other news from around the EU, News from our members as well as Press review

The 11th OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Rural Development Conference was held in Edinburgh on 9-12 April 2018. Prior to the main conference, a series of interactive sessions, led by the European Network for Rural Development, showcased projects and approaches already launched by rural communities to face 21st...

Every year either Netherlands or Belgium hosts the bi-national CSA Conference. This year it was held in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands and close to several CSAs. It was a fully sold out event (125+) with a plenary meeting, workshops, a meal and a movie and on Sunday we...

SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) is a four-year project (2016-2020) funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme. It aims to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development – and how to boost them – in marginalised rural areas across Europe...

The programme aims to improve existing training and resources for CSA farmers, equipping them with the skills and tools to produce healthy sustainable food for local communities, and to encourage experience sharing with European countries where CSA is less established. The event took place over five days at Cascina Santa Brera,...

The use of agent-based modelling approaches in ex-post and ex-ante evaluations of agricultural policies has been progressively increasing over the last few years. There are now a sufficient number of models that it is worth taking stock of the way these models have been developed. Here, we review 20 agricultural...