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Civil society seeks to influence future of agriculture in Europe and Central Asia
Civil society organizations want to influence the future work of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Europe and Central Asia. With this in mind, a two-day consultation opens in Budapest today, with some 50 participants from several countries of the region.
The Consultation will aim to concentrate positions among...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Miscelánea
Funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 2019 calls
Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the largest source of public funding for research and innovation from the European Commission. It has a budget of around €3.7 billion for the Societal Challenge 2 (SC2) on ‘Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’ for 2014-2020....
European Union
2018 - Eip Agri
Boletín informativo
Farm-Success project newsletter – 4th edition
Welcome to the final newsletter from the Farm-Success project!Since you last heard from us we have been carrying out the final adjustments, tests, and translations to our online training platform. We have also held several multiplier events across Europe in which young farmers and other stakeholders have discussed the importance of succession processes...
Belgium - Czechia - Italy - Slovenia - Spain
2018
Artículo de blog
Renewables and rural development should go hand-in-hand, say auditors
Current Europe-wide policies on renewable energy are not linked closely enough to rural development, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors, which took the Commission and member states to task for failing to take local needs into account.
The report by the Court of Auditors has warned that...
European Union
2018 - EurActiv
Miscelánea
Regional Initiatives for Europe and Central Asia
FAO ’s three Regional Initiatives for Europe and Central Asia address interlinked issues to ensure the contribution of agriculture to achieve the universality of the Sustainable Development Goals. For this reason, technical teams in the region and at FAO headquarters work in close collaboration to support countries in achieving their...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo
Calm before the storm
Hearing in the European parliament on the state of play of the landing obligation before its full implementation in January 2019 proves lack lustre.
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Boletín informativo
News from the Deck - September 2018
The monthy newsletter of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Directrices
Resource efficient rural economies
This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure looks at how resource efficiency is being supported in rural Europe. Resource efficiency means using natural resources in a sustainable way. It also means minimising the impact of human activities on the environment. The concept of resource efficiency is encapsulated in the idea...
European Union
2018 - European Network for Rural Development
Artículo de revista especializada
Diversité des contributions des systèmes dʼélevage de races locales. Les points de vue des éleveurs de trois races ovines méditerranéennes
La diversité des contributions fournies par les systèmes d’élevage s’appuyant sur des races locales, au côté de la production de biens alimentaires et non alimentaires, est rarement abordée de front, bien qu’elle soit essentielle pour comprendre les modalités de gestion de ces races. Ce travail de recherche fait le point...
2018
Acto
XI European Mountain Convention
Cultural Heritage as an Engine for Creativity, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development of Mountain areas
The XI European Mountain Convention will be organized on 25-27 September 2018 in Vatra Dornei, Romania, by Euromontana in collaboration with the Agency for Mountain Areas (AZM, Romania).
It will focus on the tangible and intangible cultural heritage in mountain areas and on how this strategic resource, inherited from the past,...
Romania
2018 - Euromontana
Artículo de blog
Online discussion: Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas – obstacles and opportunities in the Mediterranean region
As part of the publication “Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas: obstacles and opportunities” (September 2018) and the conference “Women4Mediterranean Conference 2018 – Women build inclusive societies” (Lisbon, Portugal, 10- 11 October 2018), during which the “Empowering Women in Rural and Agriculture Areas” (UM-CIHEAM) workshop will...
2018 - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Estudio de caso
Agroecological symbiosis
Agroecological symbiosis (AES) is a new, transformative model for adaptive and resilient localized food production and consumption. An AES is formed by farms, small and medium-scale food processors, and bioenergy producers working as one system, in close proximity to each other. The physical proximity is dictated by the ecological necessity...
Finland
2018 - University of Helsinki
Artículo de blog
FAO supports the reduction of food loss and waste in southeastern Europe
In Europe and Central Asia, and particularly in countries not part of the European Union, food loss and waste have major implications on food nutrition and security through inefficiencies in the food value chains. FAO is now working with four southeastern European countries to develop strategies for food loss and...
Armenia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
Towards stronger EU-Africa cooperation
With a population expected to double by 2050 from 1.2 billion to around 2.5 billion predominantly young people, the African continent will need to foster job creation and economic growth through sustainable development.
The agricultural sector can play a key role in this, having the capacity to provide jobs and growth...
2018 - European Commission
Artículo de revista especializada
Cultivating vision and networks to untap rural women’s and girls’ potential in the Mediterranean
Last March in New York the sixty-second Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) took place with a priority focus on ‘Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls’. The Commission recognized in its conclusions «the crucial contributions of rural women to local and...
2018
Declaración
Pulse fishing: a European scandal
LIFE members & Management team up with a number of organizations across Europe to stop the attempt to pave the way to a legal and widespread use of this harmful gear.
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Artículo de boletín informativo
Polish fishers lead the way on ghost nets
147 tons of marine litter fished from the Baltic: Polish small-scale fishers show leadership in dealing with ghost nets
Poland
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Artículo de boletín informativo
Portuguese farmers provide answers to climate challenges
For five years, 1000 Portuguese farmers sowed biodiverse seed mixtures, rich in legumes, across 50 000 hectares. This was part of the Terraprima project which tackled multiple challenges including climate change, biodiversity and soil degradation. This nature-based technique offers a potential sustainable intensification solution, simultaneously increasing production and environmental services....
Portugal
2018 - Eip Agri
Artículo
Parasites of Myocastor coypus
a Comparison in Farm Animals and Their Feral Counterparts
The parasitic status in the coypus (nutrias) Myocastor coypus , both farm-bred or free-living on river banks, was determined. The evaluation of faeces from farm-bred coypus indicated infection with the following parasites: Trichuris sp., Strongyloides sp., Trichostrongylus sp., Eimeria seidelli , Eimeria nutriae, Eimeria coypi , and Eimeria myopotami . Free-living...
Czechia
2018 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Miscelánea
Organic is operational
Inspiring innovation for EU agriculture
European agriculture faces increasing restrictions on the use of external production inputs, such as artificial fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics. Organic farmers have experience in dealing with these issues, which is why organic farming may open new avenues for soil management strategies, weed and pest control, and livestock health and wellbeing,...
European Union
2018 - Eip AGRI Agriculture&Innovation
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