UPA cree que el acuerdo alcanzado esta madrugada por los ministros de Agricultura de la UE puede ser positivo para los agricultores y ganaderos españoles. El largo proceso de reforma de la PAC ha dado esta madrugada un paso importante. Los ministros de Agricultura de la Unión Europea han alcanzado un...

The European Commission has approved an investment package of more than €280 million from the EU budget for over 120 new LIFE programme projects. This EU funding will trigger total investments of nearly €590 million to help meet these projects' ambitious goals for environment, nature, and climate action. This amount represents a 37%...

  This report represents the initial effort to structure existing knowledge about agroecology as farming and food system in support of the EC Knowledge Centre on Food and Nutrition Security (https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/global-food-nutrition-security_en). Scientific literature has been screened on a selection of developing countries in which food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture represent...

New plant protection products against powdery and downy mildew in vineyards were tested within the EU project "RELACS". In this video, Andi Tuchschmid, vintner of the FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) vineyard, gives a testimonial on his observations of the new products in practical use.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected all aspects of life across Europe. In addition to threatening our health, the pandemic is also posing serious challenges to our socio-economic systems. In rural areas, farmers, businesses and communities are particularly affected. This page provides examples of projects and initiatives primarily launched by...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected all aspects of life across Europe. In addition to threatening our health, the pandemic is also posing serious challenges to our socio-economic systems. In rural areas, farmers, businesses and communities are particularly affected. This page provides examples of projects and initiatives primarily launched by...

The proposed operative group (GO) intends to set up a new circular local economy model, which combines the profitability of farms with social productivity: the valorization of horticultural genetic resources will be based on minimum technological input and on production schedule according to the needs of the community expressed by...

This document synthesises the principle outcomes of the four regional BOND reports Biodiversity & Locality (for Poland and the Czech Republic), Policies for Family Farming (for Portugal and Spain), Regenerative Food (for Hungary and Croatia) and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (for Romania, the Republic of Moldova and France). These reports above...

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a type of solidarity-based food system introduced to the Czech Republic by Jan Valeška, following the example of other European countries. This video presents key CSA principles, the most common forms that CSA takes in the Czech Republic, as well as the experiences of some...

In order to tackle the mounting environmental, social and economic challenges that humanity faces due to the impacts of climate change and other crises, agroecological and other sustainable good practices are needed to be put forward - and upscaled. To achieve this, empowering agriculture-focused organisation in the form of collective...

This report sets out how the BOND project’s activities in Portugal and Spain helped participants to develop new solutions to challenges and effective collective action in Family Farming in these regions. The role of Family Farming is recognised as a determining factor to ensure people’s food security and sovereignty, and...

The BOND Project (Bringing Organisations & Network Development to higher levels in the Farming sector in Europe) developed a blueprint for creating playful working environments to be used to develop engaging interfaces between farmers and policy makers throughout the project's activities. Research has shown that playful initiaives such as Gamification, Serious...

The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography invites you to join the 2020 Vega Symposium, on the topic of Soil and Civilization. Soil is a defining characteristic of physical geography. It’s presence, absence, and character helps shape landscapes around the world. And though soil is the foundation for both ecology and human civilizations,...

Mobiliser les efforts de recherche pour accélérer la transition agroécologique répond à une forte demande des pouvoirs publics, des professionnels et de la société, en France comme en Europe. Pour faire face à ce défi majeur, repenser la manière dont la recherche doit être conduite et développer une stratégie commune...

Strip cropping experiments have shown an increase in general biodiversity and beneficial insects, higher yields for various crops, slower development of pests and diseases, and less soil structural damage. By choosing strip widths compatible with the machines, a farmer already has, implementation on commercial farms can be realised without significant...

Many people are familiar with pruning trees, but on a recent course organised by the association of ecological gardeners (VELT) in Bocholt, Limburg, Belgium, I learned another important trick to shape trees and harvest more fruit. By training trees, you make branches grow in the direction you want. That sounds...

This report is the result from a 10-month-long mapping project in 2019-2020, commissioned by Agroecology Europe, carried out by Védegylet Egyesület with the help of Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG), Hungary. It provides a general overview of the present state of agroecology in Hungary, through attaining an understanding of the historical and political contexts in...

The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological...

The Farm to Fork strategy for Sustainable food is a key component of the European Green Deal. European food is famous for being safe, nutritious and of high quality. It should now also become the global standard for sustainability.

Inside the Barn you’ll find different examples of collective action in sustainable agriculture, marketing and the environment. Some are works in progress, some are works concluded, others are just at the start or even a plan of a project with an expected impact. They are united by a common objective...