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Organic Ambitions Scotland’s Organic Action Plan 2016-2020
The Organic Action Plan is a welcome tool in exploring the fantastic trade opportunities that exist for organic food and drink in Scotland. As a wholesaler we can see the demand that exists for organic produce within Scotland. The Organic Action Plan will provide a platform to ensure that in...
Ireland
2019
Project
#17Reasons2Coop - Agri-cooperatives contribution to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals
The campaign #17Reasons2Coop aims at promoting agri-food and forest cooperatives as a critical tool to design tomorrow’s agriculture. Since the beginning of their existence and at each stage of their growth, by responding to farmers’ needs, agri-cooperatives have been pursuing the objective of social, economic and environmental sustainability. Sustainability is...
Belgium
2019 - COPA COGECA - EU farmers and agri-cooperatives
Blog article
Delivering, inspiring and improving – thoughts on the future of organic farming
LinkedIn Op-ed on the future of organic farming in the EU
Denmark
2019 - Copa Cogeca
Report
Farmers’ views on EU agri-environmental policies
Behavioural sciences are increasingly informing policy-making, including agricultural policies. Their unique contribution to policy lies in the first-hand evidence they provide regarding how people think and behave. For the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to be a success, it is necessary to understand farmers' decision-making and viewpoints beyond...
European Union
2019 - European Commission
Report
More farmers better food. Why and how to put small-scale sustainable producers at the core of the new CAP
Why and how to put small-scale sustainable producers at the core of the new CAP
Sustainable small farmers should be put at the core of EU agricultural policy, according to a new paper released today by the Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty. The strongly documented publication comes ahead of a key vote in the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee in early April,...
European Union
2019 - Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty
Blog article
Hemp: high time for the EU to weed out prejudice
A LinkedIn Op-ed on the potential of the hemp sector and its benefits for enviornment and bioeconomy.
Belgium
2019 - Copa Cogeca
Report
The Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) In South-East Europe
For nearly two decades, the EU accession is seen as crucial to a successful domestic transformation in South Eastern Europe (SEE). The EU integration process is of a regional character and cannot be completed without joint efforts and venture among SEE counties. Regional cooperation first requires a focal point to...
2019 - Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe
Report
La producción agroecológica en la Comunidad de Madrid
Este informe es el resumen de un año de estudio y análisis del sector a través de 118 entrevistas y tres talleres participativos a productores y productoras de los 171 proyectos que se han localizado en los diferentes municipios madrileños. Nace con los objetivos de identificar a las personas y proyectos que conforman...
Spain
2019
Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter
Romanian National Rural Network No.1/2019 Newsletter, with a lot of news regarding Rural Development in Romania and EU and with a lot of news about Romanian Presidency of the European Council.
Romania
2019 - RNDR
Project
Cetaceans-Fisheries Interactions in the Med
The initiative involves the close collaboration between scientists and fishers, combining fishers local and experiential knowledge with scientific information in the quest for solutions.
Italy - Malta - Spain
2019 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Report
AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR EN ESPAÑA ANUARIO 2019
El modelo familiar de producción de alimentos es la mejor receta para luchar contra el despoblamiento del mundo rural. Los pequeños agricultores y ganaderos de carácter familiar son un modelo de futuro.
El despoblamiento no es un problema de los agricultores. Los agricultores y ganaderos deben ser gra parte de la...
Spain
2019 - La Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos
Blog article
How to foster social farming in mountain areas?
On June 25, 2019, Euromontana attended a conference in Brussels on “Social Agriculture and Care Farm: Work opportunity, Social Partnership and Inclusion” organised by the Care-T-Farms project. Care-T-Farms is an Erasmus + programme, willing to encourage the use of farms as places promoting positive mental and physical health and wellbeing.
2019 - Euromontana
Report
Implementando el ods 2 en agricultura sostenible a través de la agroecología
Esta publicación consta de tres grandes apartados, introduciendo en el primero de ellos el concepto de agroecología, la situación de contexto actual mundial de la alimentación y sistemas agroalimentarios y cómo ha ido evolucionando la agroecología en estos últimos años en el contexto internacional y en la propia FAO. En...
Spain
2019 - Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) & FAO Office in Spain
Website
FASST PROJECT
FASST objective is to advance the effectiveness of Social Farming at systemic and practice levels by developing concrete and relevant training for the sector (both providers of services and social farmers), deliver the training to validate its relevance and accuracy, develop a system of sustainability, mainstreaming and uptake of the...
2019 - FASST
Journal
Rural connections The European rural development magazine. Autumn/Winter 2018
This edition focuses on communications uncovering the latest thinking from rural networkers while profiling some great examples of communication using digital channels, on-farm knowledge exchange and marketing initiatives to support Rural Development policy implementation.
The edition also includes the regular news and updates from the ENRD and the EU, as well...
European Union
2019 - ENRD
Project
Towards a macroregional strategy for the Carpathians
Euromontana participated in a public hearing on 10th September 2019 to share comments on the own initiative report on “the macroregional strategy for the Carpathian region”, prepared by Mr Wladyslaw Ortyl, member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Marshall of the Polish Podckarpackie region.
This draft opinion calls for the establishment of a...
2019 - Euromontana
Blog article
FAO: Family farms are key to sustainable future in Europe and Central Asia
There are an estimated 500 million family farms in the world, representing more than 90 percent of all farms. They are essential to our way of life, producing the bulk of our food and serving as the foundation of agriculture and the rural economy. Family farmers hold the key to...
Romania
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
Seafood industry integration in the EU 2018 all 22 Member States with a coastline
This study researched the drivers and mechanisms of both structural and non-structural horizontal and vertical integration in the seafood industry in all 22 Member States with a coastline. The objective of the study was to identify trends among the Member States. The observed trends generally fall into three broad, inter-linked...
European Union
2019 - European Commission
Blog article
With malnutrition on the rise, discussion aims to solidify guidelines for the region
With only about 2 percent of its total population severely undernourished (7 percent lower than the world average), the Europe and Central Asia region is better off than others with regards to food security. However, other forms of malnutrition are following in the wake: Millions still suffer from micronutrient deficiencies...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
FAO project aims to protect indigenous brown cattle breeds, farmer livelihoods in eastern Europe
Upon request from the governments of Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine, FAO has been helping these countries maintain the genetic diversity and sustainable use of local brown cattle breeds suitable for both dairy and meat production.
A two-day workshop starting today in Kyiv will provide an update on the process, present a...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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