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Practices
Tomato: seed extraction and conservation
Harvest and clean the fruits, and slice them longitudinally. Crush the fruit sections into a mixture of pulp, seeds, and juice. Subsequently pour the mixture into a large container where it ferments for a period usually lasting three days. For acid extraction, apply an equal volume solution of hydrochloric acid...
Italy
2023 - Bresov Project
Practices
How to reproduce Brassica oleracea crops in purity
B. oleracea plants are usually self-incompatible and they need to cross with other genotypes for generating progenies. The self-incompatible genotypes require specific management for controlled pollination achieved by spatial isolation in the field or by the use of pollination chambers isolated by net for avoiding pollen contamination by pronubes. Self-incompatibility...
Italy
2023 - Bresov Project
Book
The Mediterranean Caravan: Learning in MedAgroecology
The booklet Learning in MedAgroecology is intended as a support tool for the Ag-roCur4All curriculum. The contents are summaries of an introduction that can be expanded upon later. In each chapter, you will find the MedCaravan Toolbox: the links to all the materials the partners produced and support on contents....
2023 - DEAFAL: www.deafal.org URGENCI: www.urgenci.netBuğday Association for Supporting Ecological Living: www.bugday.orgZelena Tranzicija: www.zelenatranzicija.rsHSEP: hsep.hrFCiências.ID: www.fciencias-id.pt, caravanaagroecologica.weebly.com
Conference proceedings
Summary of the Brazil-France researcher/stakeholder seminar around agroecological food policies at the territorial scale
This public policymakers workshop aimed to discuss experiences of territorial policies in Brazil and France and innovative forms of collective action aimed at reconnecting agroecology, food and health. It brought together 15 people in person and 17 online: researchers, members of organizations and networks involved in these themes, public policy...
Brazil - France
2023 - INRAE
Policy brief/paper
Supporting the health and well-being of Europe’s agricultural workforce
Good health is vital to the roles that agricultural workers play in sustaining our food supplies, caring for our environment, and safeguarding the social fabric of rural communities. EU policies, including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), can be coordinated to help improve the overall well-being of our agricultural work force,...
European Union
2023 - EU CAP Network
Video
Webinar "Connecting with Europe - Rural Europe Takes Action" during Feeding Ourselves 2023
Organised by Forum Synergies, in partnership with Cultivate & ARC2020. Forum Synergies helped giving the European touch to the Irish gathering FEDDING OURSELVES 2023, with the webinar "Connecting with Europe - Rural Europe Takes Action" held on Saturday 25th. Two european initiatives from the book "Rural Europe Takes Action -...
European Union
2023 - Forum Synergies, in partnership with Cultivate & ARC2020.
Newsletter
Agricultural & Rural Convention ARC2020 Newsletter Autumn 2023
Change can be difficult. Sometimes a big general idea is well supported - like a just transition - but when it comes to the details, the specifics, there is uncertainty. And often this uncertainty is sown by the sheer weight and style of the lobbying machine. It has always been...
European Union
2023 - ARC2020
Blog article
Press release: “We need concrete support for the Soil Mission” – A call by the research and innovation platform for organic and agroecology, TP Organics
Healthy soils are essential for food production but are under threat: over 60% of soils in Europe are unhealthy, thus not able to deliver vital ecosystem services, including climate change mitigation and adaptation. With the EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, the European Commission is pioneering a novel instrument...
European Union
2023 - TP Organics
Blog article
Driving the transition towards healthy soils in Europe: IFOAM Organics Europe supports Soil Living Labs
It is estimated that more than 60% of EU soils are unhealthy. The EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” aims to accelerate the transition to healthy soils by 2030. The creation of 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses under the Soil Mission will accelerate the forming and uptake of solutions by land managers and improve citizen...
European Union
2023 - TP Organics
Blog article
Farmers at the heart of innovation applying and sharing knowledge in living farm labs
“Organic living labs and lighthouse farms in Europe” is a study by TP Organics, the European technology platform for organic food and farming. Launched at the Organic Innovation Days 2022 and subcontracted to the Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture ÖMKi, it conducts an analysis of seven living labs and five...
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Project
OrganicTargets4EU
OrganicTargets4EU aims to reach 25% of agricultural landunder organic farming and a significant increase in organic aquaculture by 2030.
The European commission recognises the key role of organic farming (and aquaculture) in the transition towards a more healthy and sustainable food system and it sets ambitious targets for organic production in...
European Union
2023 - OrganicTargets4EU
Blog article
Protecting farmland pollinators
Irish Operational Group promotes actions to support biodiversity within productive farming system
The Protecting Farmland Pollinators Operational Group project encourages farmers in Ireland to make small changes on their farms which will make big differences to pollinators. These changes include providing habitats on their farms that will offer food, safety and shelter for wild bees and hoverflies and increase biodiversity in general....
European Union
2023 - EU CAP NETWORK
Video
Voices from the field: The future of Ireland’s sustainable farming
Tucked away in the heart of Ireland in the sleepy rural village of Cloughjordan, you’ll find an eco village which hosts ‘Feeding Ourselves’, an annual gathering of farmers and environmentalists to discuss the future of sustainable agriculture. A number of farmers came along to the event to share their view...
Ireland
2023 - EURACTIV
Newsletter
EU CAP Network Newsletter May 2023
In the new EU CAP Network, innovation, knowledge exchange and EIP-AGRI play a crucial role in sharing good practices and connecting people across EU agriculture, forestry and rural areas. The new edition of the Agrinnovation magazine offers inspiring stories, interviews, Operational Group updates and other news from across Europe.
European Union
2023 - EU CAP Network
Case study
Naoberhoeve farm
The Naoberhoeve is a Bio-dynamic social farm. The name of the farm refers to an old social system of neighbours who help each-other. In our modern interpretation of ‘’Naobership’’we share the beauty, the space and the opportunities for development of the farm with people in need of care.
The Naoberhoeve is...
European Union
2023 - Social Farms
Video
NATI00NS: The Messenger of the EU Mission "A Soil Deal for Europe"
The Horizon Europe project NATI00NS contributes to the Soil Mission objectives by mobilising potential applicants for regional soil health Living Labs open calls funded by the Mission through a range of engagement events and capacity building activities. Niels Halberg, NATI00NS Project Coordinator at Aarhus University, provides an overview of the...
European Union
2023 - NATI00NS
Blog article
CAP Strategic Plans: New publication promotes national plans
A new publication from DG AGRI sets out an overview of facts and figures for the 27 EU Member States’ approved CAP Strategic Plans (CSPs).
Key elements in CSPs for the 2023-2027 period are provided in the document featuring information available at the end of 2022. This clarifies the choices made by EU...
European Union
2023 - EU CAP Network
Newsletter
Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest August 2023
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more.
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2023 - FAO FFKP
Website
NATI00NS - Supporting the soil deal for Europe across national communities
NATI00NS is a European project funded under the HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 programme and coordinated by Aarhus University (Denmark).
The main objective of NATI00NS is reaching out to and preparing regional and national stakeholders across Europe to apply for and implement soil health Living Labs, facilitating the deployment of the EU Mission “A Soil Deal...
European Union
2023 - HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 programme and coordinated by Aarhus University (Denmark)
Video
AGROMIX | Agroforestry in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Listen to what German farmers have to say about their experience with Agroforestry in this video about the AGROMIX German pilot project field visit. The field visit was coordinated by IfaS which took place on the 9th of February 2023 in Palatinate, Germany. The field visit took participants around three...
Germany
2023 - AGROMIX Project
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