The FAO has raised the alarm over the state of biodiversity, which is necessary for global food security, in the first report it has published on the subject.  While it is repeatedly a casualty of agriculture and our nutrition, biodiversity is needed for both of these. In a report published on 22 February...

Family farming shouldn’t be a solitary activity. Rural communities are key for supporting farmers and the development of the rural economy. In Europe and Central Asia, FAO has been supporting different initiatives and projects related to local rural development for more than a decade. Going now a step further, a workshop in Budapest marks...

Today, migratory phenomena are an essential part of political agendas. Little known, their effects on territories of origin and destination have an impact on the socio-economic balance in an already preoccupying climate context.As a major component of population movements, migration from countryside to cities is a strategy to improve household living conditions...

NEWS FROM IFOAM EU WORKING FIELDS: Biofach 2019, UTP trialogues, benefits of eco-schemes, the Common Food Policy and much more!

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...

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...

LinkedIn Op-ed on the future of organic farming in the EU

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...

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,...

A LinkedIn Op-ed on the potential of the hemp sector and its benefits for enviornment and bioeconomy.

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...

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...

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.

The initiative involves the close collaboration between scientists and fishers, combining fishers local and experiential knowledge with scientific information in the quest for solutions.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...