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PEGASUS Newsletter
PEGASUS is a European research project aiming to develop innovative approaches and new ways of thinking about the way farmland and forests are managed in order to stimulate a long-lasting improvement in the provision of public goods and ecosystem services from agricultural and forest land in the EU.
The PEGASUS project is already...
European Union
2018 - PEGASUS
Artículo de revista especializada
Crossroads at sea: Escalating conflict in a marine protected area in Malta
his article illustrates how the creation of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Malta is failing to adequately include stakeholders in the configuration of conservation targets and measures, leaving local fishers increasingly disempowered. Through a series of interviews and long-term participatory observation, it has been found that the leaders who represent local...
Malta
2018
Sitio web
New "Grow No Thrown campaign promoting the initiatives from the agriculture sector for fighting food waste
COPA COGECA new project GrowNoThrown promoting various initiatives from the farming sector fighting Food Waste in EU
European Union
2018 - Copa & Cogeca
Miscelánea
Five finalists and their projects from the 2018 European Innovation Award for Women Farmers
The Women’s Committee of Copa is organising the fifth Innovation Award for Women Farmers! The theme of this year’s edition is “Innovative solutions for farming sustainability”. The prize is awarded on the basis of criteria such as the use of new know-how, new methods or new forms of technology in...
European Union
2018 - Copa & Cogeca
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Working on resilient dairy farming
Dairy farming is currently facing a number of challenges. On the one hand, the products have to meet high environmental standards and animal welfare requirements, on the other hand the market demands cheap products. Kirsten Wosnitza, who runs a farm of 120 dairy cows in Schleswig-Holstein with her husband Gerd...
Germany
2018 - Eip Agri Agriculture&Innovation
Vídeo
"We hope to reach an agreement on UTPs by the end of the Austrian Presidency" Josef Plank
Josef Plank, Secretary-General at the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, was invited by Copa and Cogeca at the European Farmers Congress 2018 to present the ambitions of the Austrian Presidency of the European Council on farming issues (UTPs, CAP.
European Union
2018 - Copa & Cogeca
Artículo de blog
ASF - Copa-Cogeca launches a series of conferences on biosecurity
Copa-Cogeca together with the UECBV and APCPR organised a meeting in Bucharest aimed at increasing awareness and sharing good practices on biosecurity among European pigmeat farmers. As one of the countries that is most severely affected by African Swine Fever (ASF), Romania was the ideal place to host this first...
European Union
2018 - Copa & Cogeca
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Salud y Derecho a la Alimentación - Bienestar, equidad y sosteniblidad a través de las políticas alimentarias locales
La salud y el derecho a una alimentación adecuada son derechos que se encuentran avalados y secundados por numerosos tratados, acuerdos y jurisprudencia desde el nivel internacional hasta el local. Sin embargo, a pesar de los compromisos, nos encontramos ante una situación de emergencia debido al ininterrumpido aumento de la...
Spain
2018 - Fundación Entretantos, con la colaboración de la Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología
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Science for society, science with society
The present report looks into the agricultural knowledge base in Europe, how it needs to adapt and how it can contribute to new challenges. Agricultural science being a “systems” science by nature, in order to act it must broaden its scope and become an efficient problemsolving tool. It also needs...
European Union
2018 - Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission)
Boletín informativo
Romanian National Rural Network Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network News no.6/2018. a
Romania
2018 - Romanian Rural Network
Informe
Políticas Alimentarias Urbanas para la Sostenibilidad
Análisis de experiencias en el Estado español, en un contexto internacional
El informe ha sido elaborado por la Fundación Entretantos, con el apoyo de la Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología y la Fundación RUAF. Consiste en el estudio comparado de políticas alimentarias desarrolladas en once ciudades integradas en dicha Red, partiendo de un análisis de políticas alimentarias urbanas a nivel internacional y...
Spain
2018 - Fundación Entretantos
Hoja informativa
The EU rural development policy 2007-2013
The EU's rural development policy evolved as part of the development of the CAP, from a policy dealing with the structural problems of the farm sector to a policy addressing the multiple roles of farming in society and, in particular, challenges faced in its wider rural context.
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Artículo de revista especializada
Challenges and Action Points to Amplify Agroecology in Europe
Agriculture in Europe results in the production of food for both the European population and for the export sector. Significant environmental and social problems have emerged with the intensification of European agriculture. These include the loss of biodiversity, the contamination of soils, water, and food with pesticides, and the eutrophication...
European Union
2018 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute ( MDPI) - Sustainability
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Wild fruits – innovative supply chain
Wild Fruits is an Operational Group from Germany working on the production and processing potential of wild fruits such as chokeberries (Aronia spp.), roses (Rosa spp.) and flowering quinces (Chaenomeles spp.). There is a high market demand for these fruits which are considered health products, however there are very few...
Germany
2018 - Eip Agri Agriculture&Innovation
Manual
The common agricultural policy explained
Today’s agricultural policy is barely recognisable. Not only has the CAP been vastly simplified with the amalgamation of an array of different direct payment schemes into a single farm payment, it is also a more efficient mechanism, meeting more objectives at a lower cost. A policy that once ate up...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
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Great food from European green cities
Inspiring stories and recipes from European Green Capital and Green Leaf Network Cities : special edition
Special hard cover edition! Food is a very important part of many European citizens' lives. It brings family and friends together around the table to talk, laugh and celebrate and in many places, food goes hand in hand with the local culture. Not only is food a hugely important part...
European Union
2018 - Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (European Commission)
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Study on risk management in EU agriculture
The ‘Study on risk management in EU agriculture’ provides an analysis of current agricultural risks and risk management instruments. It provides a mapping of relevant risks in EU agriculture. Information on availability and use of risk management instruments was collected in all Member States though consultations with public authorities, farmers’...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Artículo de blog
Commission creates Task Force Rural Africa to focus on development role of food and farming
A new expert group is to be created by the European Commission to provide expertise, advice and possible recommendations on enhancing the role of the EU agri-food and agro-industrial sector in the sustainable economic development of Africa.
The first step in the creation of the Task Force Rural Africa (TFRA) is...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Informe
Policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in EU agriculture : towards viable farming and green growth
This study presents the main trends in total factor and resource productivity in recent decades. The main pathways for sustainable intensification are explored through case studies and policy analysis. The paper presents a normative analysis of policy tools able to reconcile productivity and sustainability requirements and also provides policy recommendations...
European Union
2018 - European Union
Artículo de revista especializada
Multi-actor networks and innovation niches: university training for local Agroecological Dynamization
The global environmental and social-economic crises of industrialized agriculture have led to the emergence of agroecology as an alternative approach aiming to increase the ecological, social and economic sustainability of agri–food systems. The ‘multi-level perspective’ is now a widely used framework to understand and promote the upscaling of local innovation niches, such as...
Spain
2018
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