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Artículo de blog
Agroecology: Transitioning toward sustainable, climate and ecosystem-friendly farming and food systems
Farming in Europe has been transformed over the last 70 years by policies, technologies and practices that sought to guarantee a stable supply of affordable food. But success has come at the cost of mounting environmental degradation. This CORDIS Results Pack highlights 11 EU-funded research projects that demonstrate the potential...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Artículo de blog
A Green Deal for the future of European rural areas
The European Green Deal (EGD), is designed to be a transformative agenda for Europe at all levels. The application of the Green Deal in rural areas is a necessary and essential part of the transformation and resilience of the EU’s rural future and will define this Commission’s legacy. In this...
European Union
2021 - Ruralization
Informe
Hand in hand with nature – Nature-based Solutions for transformative agriculture
A revision of Nature-based Solutions for the Europe and Central Asia region, supported by Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) examples
This report seeks to provide the countries in the Europe and Central Asia region with an overview and real examples of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) applied to agriculture. This is FAO’s first attempt to present NBS applied to agriculture especially pointed at the countries of this region, prompting the scaling-up of...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vídeo
"Soil Health : A core principle for agroecology" Interview with Marc-André Selosse
Soils are the foundation of our terrestrial ecosystems and soil health is crucial to global food production. In this short video interview with Marc-André Selosse, botanist and mycologist, professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, let's discover this complex underground ecosystem on which we depend to feed...
2021 - Agroecology Europe
Audio
5. #Organics: the EU's Organic Action Plan: what's on the plate? with Nathalie Sauze-Vandevyver
The EU's recently launched Organic Action Plan sets ambitious goals to boost organic food production and raise organic farming in Europe to 25% of all farmland by 2030. The Action Plan will benefit the environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and contribute significantly to achieving the EU's goals set out in the...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Proyecto
Galileo Enhanced Solution for Pest Detection and Control in Greenhouse Fields with Autonomous Service Robots
Farmland has been on the decline in Europe for years, due to growing urbanisation. The move to protect and increase forest areas has also had an impact, making greenhouse farming more relevant than ever. While greenhouses enable farmers to produce more with less, their warm and moist conditions also allow...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Prácticas
Las Valonas, construcciones de piedra seca para proteger los olivos, Territorio Sénia, España
'Valona' o 'Trona' es una construcción circular de piedra seca que rodea el tronco de un árbol para protegerlo del viento y que, además, reporta otros beneficios importantes para los agricultores. Este tipo de construcción abunda en la zona mediterránea de España, en especial en Cataluña y la Comunidad Valenciana,...
Spain
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Sitio web
COCOREADO Project - COnnecting COnsumers and producers to REbalance farmers’ position through AmbassaDOrs trainings.
COCOREADO, which is inspired by Esperanto for co-creation, is a project designed to rebalance the position of the farmer as an individual actor, as a key player in innovative food supply chains, and as a supplier for public procurement. Based on the multi-actor approach and a deep understanding of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation...
European Union
2021 - COCOREADO
Prácticas
Biosolarization (Example: tomato plants)
Biosolarization provides a sustainable, organic method to soil disinfection and control of nematodes, phytoparasitic fungi and weeds in preparation for crop planting. The high temperatures that are produced during the decomposition process in addition to solar radiation create an effect that controls pathogenic microorganisms in the soil. In applying and...
Spain
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Acto
EIP-AGRI workshop Farm data for better farm performance
Digital technologies and data-based solutions can help farmers work more precisely, efficiently, and sustainably, improving decision-making and farming practices, and helping increase farm’s environmental performance and competitiveness, whilst also making farming jobs more attractive to younger generations. Collaborative data sharing models play a key role in ensuring that data driven...
European Union
2021 - EIPAgri
Artículo de revista especializada
The political economy of agroecology
This paper examines agroecology within Europe, its dynamics, its position within a broader politico-economic framework and its political significance. It argues that agroecology is contesting and, at least in some places, effectively changing the main social relations of production in today’s agriculture. In this respect, it has a strategically important...
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2021 - The Journal of Peasant Studies
Artículo de blog
Forests - new EU strategy
As announced in its Communication on the European Green Deal, the Commission is developing a new (post 2021) EU forest strategy. The strategy will build on the EU’s 2030 biodiversity strategy, cover the whole forest cycle and promote the many services that forests provide. The strategy will also be aimed...
2021 - European Commission
Libro
Families and Food in Hard Times European comparative research
Food is fundamental to health and social participation, yet food poverty has increased in the global North. Adopting a realist ontology and taking a comparative case approach, Families and Food in Hard Times addresses the global problem of economic retrenchment and how those most affected are those with the least resources.
Based on...
2021
Boletín informativo
Romanian National Rural Development Network Newsletter - 5/2021
Romanian National Rural Development Network Newsletter - Topics include: EU AgriFish Council of 26-27 May, LIAISON project: EURIC; LAGs Good practices, Local Gastronomic Points, Training for LAGs and other topics.
Romania
2021 - Romanian National Rural Development Network
Revista especializada
EU Rural Review 31 'Rural social economy'
An economy that puts people and the planet first is highly relevant to rural areas, where it can improve access to basic services, create jobs and foster social inclusion while promoting the digital and green transition.
This edition of the EU Rural Review explores the main features of the social economy, highlighting...
European Union
2021 - European Network for Rural Development
Artículo de blog
Banana plant, soil and root ecology reveals sustainable routes to pest and disease control
All living organisms have enemies. EU-funded research has harnessed the enemies of banana plants’ enemies for a natural battle in which banana plants, people and the environment are all winners. Population growth and global climate change are putting tremendous pressure on our agricultural food chain, making it even more imperative to...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Prácticas
Les valonas, constructions en pierres sèches pour protéger les oliviers, Territoire de Sénia, Espagne
La valona ou trona est une construction circulaire en pierres sèches qui entoure le tronc des arbres, les protégeant ainsi du vent et offrant de nombreux avantages aux agriculteurs. Ce type de constructions est très présent sur la côte méditerranéenne espagnole, en particulier en Catalogne et dans la Communauté de Valence, où...
Spain
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de revista especializada
Indicator-based analysis of organic farming in Romania. Regional spatial patterns
Organic farming is regarded as the most effective and environmentally friendly solution to the growing pressure on land resources as a result of population growth and urban demand for goods and services. In Romania, little research has been conducted on the geographical distribution of organic farming at regional level and...
Romania
2021 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Conferencia/Reunión
Entretien avec Pierre-Marie Aubert : L'agroécologie pour nourrir l'Europe d'ici 2050
Retrouvez notre conférence organisée le 11 mars 2021 avec Pierre-Marie Aubert, chercheur, coordinateur de l’initiative Agriculture européenne à l’Iddri (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales) : L'agroécologie pour nourrir l'Europe d'ici 2050, le scénario TYFA "Ten Years For Agroecology"
France
2021 - Fondation Terre Solidaire
Sitio web
Valdibella Cooperative: restoring the dignity to Sicilian farmers in Italy by preserving biodiversity and native crops
It has been since 1998 that Valdibella Cooperative is working in Camporeale, Italy to create and spread alternatives to the food system in Sicily. With more than 30 members, Valdibella Cooperative aims at restoring dignity to farmers by promoting concrete actions against commercial and labour exploitation and by applying organic agricultural methods...
Italy
2021 - Valdibella Cooperative
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