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OECD meeting of Agriculture Ministers
Ministers of Agriculture from OECD countries and partner economies around the world will meet at OECD headquarters in Paris on 7-8 April 2016, to discuss Better Policies to Achieve a Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Global Food System. Ministers will explore the new policies needed to achieve this widely shared interest,...
France
2016 - OECD
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International Conference on Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Land Use
Conservation Agriculture is practised on over 155 million hectares around the world, covering more than one tenth of the global annual cropland surface. The largest and most rapid expansion has been in North and South America, Australia/New Zealand, and some parts of Asia and Africa. Compared to this, the adoption...
Hungary
2016
Artículo de blog
Mapping Local and Solidarity -Based Partnerships between Producers and Consumers in the Mediterranean Basin
Mapping the Local and Solidarity-based Partnerships in Mediterranean Basin is an extremely challenging task: it means dealing with a new and rapidly growing field. To date, to the best of our knowledge, there is has been no study that deals specifically with local food systems in the area as a...
European Union
2016 - URGENCI
Artículo de blog
Fit for purpose, fair and sustainable: A new agricultural policy is possible
A new study by German environmental NGO NABU (BirdLife Germany) shows how current funding could be used more economically and ecologically.
Sixty billion euros. That’s roughly how much of the EU’s annual budget is allocated to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Almost 40% of the bloc’s coffers are spent on it....
European Union
2016 - EurActiv
Boletín informativo
INVESTING in Slovenia’s agriculture 2014-2020
In the period to 2020, the new CAP will invest around EUR 1.8 billion in Slovenia’s farming sector and rural areas, with additional co-financing from the Slovenian authorities. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs and growth, sustainability, modernisation, innovation and quality. At the same...
Slovenia
2016 - European Commission
Parte de un informe
The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2016
Chapter 6: small-scale fisheries
Artisanal or small-scale fisheries (see definition in Box 9) represent an important share of the fisheries sector in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and the considerable role that they play in the region has long been recognized. Small-scale fisheries have the potential to make a significant contribution to food...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
Smart Farming Thematic Network
Horizon 2020 Thematic Network - Smart AKIS ‘European Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) towards innovation-driven research in Smart Farming Technology.’
Smart-AKIS is a Horizon 2020 thematic network which aims to increase the adoption of Smart Farming Technologies by the European farming community. It strives to bridge the gap between the field...
European Union
2016 - Eip - Agri
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EIP-AGRI workshop ‘New value chains from multifunctional forests’
Multifunctional forests offer diversified opportunities of sustainably optimising the usage of natural resources and creating rural development opportunities. That is why they play a key role in the successful implementation of the EU bioeconomy strategy.
In order to explore innovative approaches in creating new values from multifunctional forests the EIP-AGRI network...
European Union
2016 - Eip-Agri
Informe
Precision Agriculture and the Future of Farming in Europe
The aim of the project “Precision Agriculture and the Future of Farming in Europe” is to identify implications for legislative pathways for precision agriculture in Europe by mapping areas of concern around future developments.
European Union
2016 - European Parliament
Proyecto
Mediterranean Solidarity & Agroecology!
Urgenci committed to strengthening partnerships with the various initiatives around the Mediterranean Basin and setting up programmes for experience-sharing and exchange of practice. The end objective of this is to create a real Mediterranean network of local solidarity partnerships. Our proposal is included in the Mediterranean Positive Agenda as one...
2016 - URGENCI
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Agriculture statistics - family farming in the EU - 2016
Data from October 2016. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database.
Family farms dominate the structure of EU agriculture in terms of their numbers, their contribution to agricultural employment and, to a lesser degree, the area of land that they cultivate. There were 10.8 million farms in the...
European Union
2016 - EUROSTAT
Vídeo
The Future of Food and Gerald Miles
All around the world there are millions of farmers who continue to farm and refuse to turn their land and resources into just another money making industry. They continue to fight for their autonomy and their fundamental right to grow clean and nutritious food for their local communities. Gerald Miles is...
European Union
2016
Artículo de blog
New fish hatchery and aqua-feed unit inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan
A new fish hatchery and aqua feed production unit were inaugurated last week in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan – the first instance of support for aquaculture infrastructure since dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Financed by the Government of Finland, the facilities were built under an FAO project entitled, “Towards Sustainable...
Finland - Kyrgyzstan
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
Red Gold – from EU and FAO – yields fruit in Serbia this season
The four-member family Petrovic from Prnjavor near the town of Sabac, has been growing raspberies for years, agriculture being the only source of income for the family. Jovan, his wife Gordana and two sons Milan and Ivan, college students, cultivate maize, soybean, wheat and clover on 3,3 hectares of their...
Serbia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vídeo
The Land for our food
The Land for our Food is a documentary movie produced by the Access to Land network and directed by Julio Molina. The video takes us on the journey of Gavin Bridger, a grower from the Community Supported Agriculture project of Farnham Local Food in England, through various European countries in his...
European Union
2016 - Access to Land
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The “Reading Mountains” festival
Based on the success of the 1st edition, the Alpine Convention is organizing the Reading Mountains festival
The “Reading Mountains” festival is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Alps – its many languages, different, yet similar cultural heritage and its arts in all shapes and forms. For this...
Angola
2016 - EUROMONTANA
Vídeo
Back to the land
From London to sheep farming on Eigg
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016
Artículo de blog
Industrial agriculture threatens to drive German smallholders into ruin
The existence of many farms in Germany is dependent on the level of economic pressure and competition brought by larger scale holdings. More and more small farmers are being driven into ruin and the environment is paying a hefty price
Germany
2016 - EurActiv
Informe
Pig report 2016
The report show that strengths and chances derive from modern meat processing and marketing, high performance infrastructure and logistics. On agricultural level the strong and dense organizational structure is highly influential. The good capacity-building system provides high productivity. Also increasing number of fattening units thus, increasing pork production.
European Union
2016 - agri benchmark
Vídeo
Inspirational ideas: Online videos to bring consumers and farmers closer
The main objective is that the videos give consumers an insight into how the milk they drink is produced. It shows what life and work on farms in the region is really like, increasing the connection between producer and consumer. Christine Licher from the association speaking to The Local said...
Germany
2016 - EIP-AGRI Agriculture and Innovation
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