Búsqueda en la base de datos
Artículo de blog
Working with Estonian organic dairy farmers to set goals and improve health
In Estonia, organic production has recently developed rapidly and the share of organic land in the total agricultural area is approximately 23%. However, organic milk production has not increased, and many current farmers were also the pioneers from the start. Reasons for the relatively low proportion of organic dairy herds...
Estonia
2021 - CORE Organic Cofund
Vídeo
Healthy soils for Europe
Watch the presentation from Anna Pollak, Operational Group ‘Alternative methods for wireworm control in potatoes’ during the EIP-AGRI seminar ‘'Healthy soils for Europe: sustainable management through knowledge and practice’ on 13 April 2021
European Union
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Artículo
Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura published Research & Innovation Agenda
Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura (PTAEEx), an Operational Group belonging to the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity & Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), elaborated a Research & Innovation Agenda which identifies the main priorities and challenges of the sector with the objective of reaching a sustainable organic sector and its optimal development in...
Spain
2021 - Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura (PTAEEx)
Estudio de caso
Improving Slovenia’s organic production capacity
Slaughtering and processing on-farm to obtain high-quality organic lamb meat
Organically bred sheep and goats can play a key role in preserving the landscape and biodiversity in the steeper meadows and pastures in Zasavje, a picturesque valley in the Sava Hills in central Slovenia. However, local breeders were facing difficulties in selling their meat due to the low prices and...
Slovenia
2021 - European Network for Rural Development
Artículo de blog
Pastoral schools on the rise: Italy welcomes the “Scuola Nazionale di Pastorizia”
Transferring pastoral knowledge to preserve vibrant rural areas
Over millennia, pastoral societies have accumulated knowledge and skills on how to successfully manage pastoral systems. Their work contributes to maintain vibrant rural areas, benefitting the rural economy and reversing land abandonment, while it also unlocks multiple ecosystem services for the whole society.
Yet,...
Italy
2021 - EuroMontana
Artículo de blog
Agriculture MEPs approve agreement on EU farm policy reform
MEPs voted on 9 September for features of the provisional agreement that are being advanced through the co-decision process. COMAGRI’s priorities confirm the Parliament’s interest in biodiversity and climate commitments becoming core CAP elements, mainly by strengthening mandatory climate and environmentally friendly practices. MEPs also endorsed the proposals that: at...
European Union
2021 - European Parliament
Artículo de blog
New “rooftop farm” at FAO highlights how innovative technology can help safeguard agro-biodiversity
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a prototype rooftop farm at its Rome headquarters, an initiative that highlights how innovative technology contributes to making agri-food systems more sustainable and to increasing access to healthy diets.The farm will help explore the potential of...
Italy
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Boletín informativo
Climate-smart agriculture - Solutions for resilient farming and forestry
The realities of a changing climate are increasingly affecting European farming and forestry. Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that can help farmers and foresters build resilience and adapt to the effects of climate change, and increase productivity and incomes in a sustainable way. Climate-smart practices can focus on ways to...
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Artículo de blog
How sustainable farms in Italy are improving animal welfare and our food systems
More than 40 million tonnes of meat is produced in the continent each year for human consumption.
As a result, animals can pay a tough price in the system to meet demand - with intensive farming conditions making livestock more prone to diseases.
At least 20% of livestock production is lost globally,...
European Union
2021 - EuroNews
Vídeo
Pulicaro: a sustainable ecosystem
The Pulicaro farm is located in Tuscia Viterbese, between Orvieto and Lake Bolsena, Italy. It occupies an area of 33 hectares divided between forest and farmland associated with poultry and livestock. It is an integrated management system designed to manage many aspects. It focuses on agroecology, intercropping and sustainable practices...
Israel
2021 - Pulicaro Farm
Libro
Caracterización de los espacios rurales en El Salvador a partir de estadísticas nacionales
En el presente estudio se ofrecen algunas reflexiones sobre los límites y alcances de las definiciones de ruralidad actualmente en uso y se propone una caracterización alternativa del territorio rural en El Salvador. Asimismo, se presenta un balance de las nuevas narrativas de la ruralidad surgidas en América Latina en...
El Salvador
2021 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
Documento técnico
Action Plan for the development of EU organic production
The EESC recognises the role of organic farming in achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal and sees this action plan for the development of organic production as a solid basis for developing the organic sector in a sustainable manner. It supports in particular the Commission's market-oriented approach to...
European Union
2021 - European Union
Informe
Agriculture and food security in climate sensitive areas in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean region is characterised by very limited arable land resources, 95% of which are already farmed (UfM, 2016). With almost no room left for the expansion of cultivated areas, the future of Mediterranean agriculture and its contribution to food security relies on the preservation of fragile lands threatened by...
European Union
2021 - Committee of the Regions
Informe
Impact of seafood imports on the EU small-scale coastal fleet
International trade has become an important component of seafood production, with the growth in seafood trade greatly outpacing both population growth and seafood production growth. The EU plays a significant role in the international seafood market as the world’s largest seafood importer. The growing import of seafood into the EU...
European Union
2021 - Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (European Commission) , EUMOFA
Sitio web
agroBRIDGES Project
agroBRIDGES was born from the need to stimulate the adoption of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) in the European Union. SFSCs introduces key economic, social and environmental benefits for sustainable development, like:
Rebalancing the market position of farmers and increasing their income.
Better connecting farmers with consumers and reducing intermediaries.
Meeting the societal...
European Union
2021
Documento técnico
CAP impact on Generational Renewal
The ageing of the farming population is one of the top challenges facing rural areas in the EU
• Risk of land concentration
• Increase in need of skilled (hired) labour
• Vitality of rural areas
=> Generational renewal = priority of the CAP
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Sitio web
European Agri-Food Data Portal
Data on national and European agriculture and common agricultural policy (CAP), provided by the European Commission’s agricultural and rural development department.
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Boletín informativo
Romanian Rural Development Network Newsletter - October 2021
RO NRN Newsletter - october edition: status on calls for projects; cooperation project between LAGs, AgriFish Council of 11-12 october and other topics
European Union
2021 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Prácticas
Dispositivo para atrapar enjambres
Construcciones urbanas son en reiteradas ocasiones el hogar de familias de abejas que buscan un lugar donde vivir, generando gran inquietud o malestar de los vecinos quienes en ocasiones incurren en prácticas como eliminarlas con insecticidas o tapar el orificio por el que se les ve entrando, ambas prácticas no...
Spain
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Documento técnico
Food safety at small scale - developing a hygiene practice guide for smallholder producers in Hungary
Good practice series - Food safety
As an alternative to long globalized food chains, short food supply chains involve shorter physical distances and\or fewer actors between the producer and the consumer. In some contexts this model is now being promoted by the European Union, for the health and environmental advantages that it brings, couples with its...
Hungary
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Total results:2289