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FAO’s novel wild boar map could help manage African swine fever
Throughout Europe and Central Asia, wild boar raid crops and spread swine diseases, negatively affecting agriculture, conservation, road traffic and the health of livestock, wildlife and even humans. Due to their increasing densities and expanding ranges, economic losses are on the rise.
To better manage wild boar populations, officials have needed...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Event
Vulnérabilité des sols Méditerranéens à l’érosion hydrique : Etat des connaissances et mesures d'adaptation face au changement global
L’objectif général de ce colloque est de faire le bilan des recherches en matière de vulnérabilité des sols méditerranéens face à l'érosion hydrique, de discuter des principales pistes d'adaptation face au changement global, de favoriser la diffusion de ses résultats et de promouvoir les collaborations entre chercheurs Nord-Sud et Sud-Sud....
2018 - Ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche maritime, duparti développement rural et des eaux et forêts
Blog article
L’union Européenne Autorise La Vente Des Semences Paysannes !
À l’occasion d’une nouvelle législation dont le but est de soutenir le bio, ils ont adopté une mesure autorisant les agriculteurs bio à vendre les graines issues de leurs récoltes « maison ».
France
2018
Blog article
Goats in good company
Emanuele La Barbera and Alessandra Rabittiis, organic farmers in Umbria, Italy, have found a natural way of reducing the number of parasites causing suffering to their goats. Emanuele and Alessandra herd 70 camosciata delle alpi goats and produce milk and dairy products. Most of their farmland is dedicated to pasture,...
Italy
2018 - Eip - Agri
Event
Forum on Agriculture, Rural development and Migration in the Mediterranean
Following the 11th Ministerial meeting of CIHEAM's Member states focused on the root causes of migration from the point of view of agricultural development and food security and in line with the CIHEAM Action Plan for the Mediterranean (CAPMED 2025), the CIHEAM jointly organised a Forum with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Union for...
2018 - Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)
Event
Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
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.
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Smart villages revitalising rural services
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...
European Union
2018 - European Network for Rural Development
Book
Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Estonia
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...
Estonia
2018 - OECD
Journal article
Utilisation de pratiques agroécologiques et performances de la petite agriculture familiale : le cas de la Guadeloupe
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...
France
2018 - INRA
Blog article
The future of the CAP: small-scale farmers speak out from the European Parliament
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...
European Union
2018 - European Coordination Via Campesina
Report
Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indications
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...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
A food policy for Europe
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...
European Union
2018 - Green European Journal
Conference paper
BANS final event – Brussels 26 March 2018
Two-year EU-funded project supporting small-scale fishers across the Baltic and North Sea celebrates its closure with well attended gathering in Brussels.
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Video
Reportage : Du maraîchage au porc bio en Périgord Vert
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.
France
2018 - Aquipresse
Blog article
FAO plows efficiency savings into priority food and agriculture needs
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.
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Reportage : 4e année pour le projet d’agriculture communautaire de la MRC d’Argenteuil
Projet d’agriculture communautaire de la MRC d’Argenteuil
France
2018
Blog article
Baba Residence, an initiative to attract young people in depopulated villages in Bulgaria
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...
Bulgaria
2018 - SIMRA
Blog article
Workshop in Thorupstrand – 2018
“Survive and Thrive: Adding Value to Fisheries Policy and Production for Small Scale Fishers”
Denmark
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Blog article
Welcome spring! Welcome forests!
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...
European Union
2018 - SIMRA
Newsletter
News from the Deck – December 2017 & January 2018
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
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
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