Chercher dans la base de données
Ouvrage
A partnership between Europe and farmers
The EU has 500 million consumers and they all need a reliable supply of healthy and nutritious food at an affordable price. The economic environment is set to remain uncertain and unpredictable. Moreover, there are many current and future challenges including global competition, economic and financial crises, climate change and...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Rapport
Access to land and Community Supported Agriculture: Stories from Europe
Access to agricultural land has become a major issue throughout Europe - we are witnessing loss of land, land degradation, land concentration, land price increases and speculation. Yet the growing demand for local, fair and organic food cannot be met without the land and the committed farmers.
Community Supported Agriculture has...
European Union
2017 - Access To Land
Article de blog
How a dairy cooperative in Slovenia became one of the leading producers of high quality fresh milk and cheese
A dairy plant in Slovenia created a local mountain supply chain with high added value that resulted in having a positive impact on the local economy and promote the long tradition of the area in dairy production. By modernizing and improving its production technology, the dairy effectively transformed the plant...
Slovenia
2017 - Euromontana
Article de blog
GEOPOS: livestock geo-localisation through satellite
Due to the mountainous topography of the Basque Country, livestock breeders often lose a lot of time by going to seek their herd in the mountains every day, which is especially stressful for part time farmers. Thus, the livestock breeders expressed a need for change in the livestock management. This...
Spain
2017 - Euromontana
Étude de cas
Viva S ol: Case Study from a S eries on Access to Land for Communit y Connected Farming an association of cheese eaters and producers
A national association of cheese eaters and producers established to support the development of solidarity between urban and rural people, and to encourage the settlement of small farmers and artisans in rural Lithuania.
Viva sol has started a farmers’ market in Vilnius, a box scheme, environmental training and activities to support...
Latvia
2017 - Access to Land
Article de blog
Smart farming hinges on e-skills and rural internet access
The digitisation of agriculture could help Europe address food security and environmental issues at the same time. But realising this vision will require e-skills, proper broadband infrastructure and big data management, experts warn.
2017 - EurActiv
Article de blog
Future of CAP: Feeding the world
According to the United Nation's world food security report, 815 million people faced serious hunger in 2016 – that is more than one and a half times the entire population of the European Union. There are numerous reasons why so many millions are affected by this issue, from conflict to...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Article de blog
The Cork 2.0 Action Plan released by DG AGRI
The European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has recently published the Cork 2.0 Action Plan. This Action Plan outlines planned and completed activities across the EU to implement each of the ten policy orientations of the Cork 2.0 Declaration concerning rural communities and possible policy responses.
This Action Plan...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Étude de cas
Access to Land in Southern Spain: From under productive latifundia to workers cooperatives established on public land
A new case study of our case study series on Access to land has just been released. It is entitled "Andalusia: a recent history of land issues and struggles. From unproductive latifundio to workers’ cooperatives on public land".
Spain
2017 - Access to Land
Article de blog
‘Multifunctional’ women could save EU rural areas
In a study of women and their roles in rural areas adopted by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee and Women’s Committee (28 February), EU lawmakers called for an enhanced role for women in the EU farming sector.
Faced with a number of severe challenges ranging from growing urbanisation to an ageing...
European Union
2017 - EurActiv
Article de blog
Let life in the oceans be a priority for ‘blue growth’
Blue growth is considered a miracle cure for stagnating economic growth. It will cure overexploited fish stocks, dwindling resources and feed a growing world population. In the absence of a Planet B it gives a glimmer of hope. Blue economy is a collective term for hopes of creating sustainable blue...
2017 - EurActiv
Article de revue
How the municipality of Alzen quadrupled its population in 40 years
On April 6th, 2017, Euromontana’s team and members of the South-West Europe Circular Economy Group visited Alzen, a village in the Pyrenées Ariégeoises, in the south-west of France. Alzen has managed to become an attractive destination for new inhabitants, including young people. Indeed, in 40 years, Alzen quadrupled its population....
France
2017 - Euromontana
Article de blog
Progress expected on the implementation of the legislation on the OQT “mountain product” in Italy
On February 24, 2017, Elisabetta Parravicini, Vice-President of Euromontana and President of member organization ERSAF (Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste), presented Euromontana’s work and future objectives at a meeting on Italian mountains as driving forces for development. Elisabetta Parravicini began by recounting the history and outlining...
Italy
2017 - Euromontana
Ouvrage
AgroEcological Transitions: Changes and Breakthroughs in the Making
Around the year 2010, the research field of “transition studies” was gaining increasing attention and was developing into a true research community with the advent of the “Sustainability Transitions Research Network” (STRN), the organisation of annual international sustainability transition (IST) conferences, and the launch of a scientific journal, named “Environmental...
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2017 - Wageningen University & Research
Article de blog
CoR Opinion on the future CAP under preparation?
The Committee of the Regions hosted a conference and a public hearing on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on March 8th, 2017. Agriculture represents 14 million farms and 46 million jobs in the European Union and the CAP is one of the oldest EU policies. Vice-President Timmermans...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Article de blog
The ins and outs of the European food chain
The 44 million workers in the EU’s food chain are vital to ensuring European citizens have access to sufficient quantities of high-quality food. From farmers to retailers, the sector is constantly evolving to keep up with the major challenges of the future.
European Union
2017 - EurActiv
Article de blog
Acting big for rural development and action plan for the implementation of Cork 2.0
Six months after the Cork 2.0 event and the publication of the Declaration “A better life in rural areas”, Copa and Cogeca (farmers and agri-cooperatives), CEJA (young farmers) and CEPF (forest owners) organised a joint event in Brussels, on March 22nd, 2017. The event, entitled “Cork 2.0 Declaration – Acting...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Article de blog
Urban Farms Won’t Feed Our Cities, But They’re Still A Great Idea
Large-scale urban agriculture is on the rise globally, with more and more farms appearing in our cities. A far cry from allotments and community gardens, urban farms occupy much bigger spaces; they can employ people, regenerate huge neighbourhoods and give residents access to fresh produce on their doorsteps.
European Union
2017 - ARC 2020
Article de blog
The SIMRA project published its second newsletter!
The second newsletter of the SIMRA project has been published! It provides information on SIMRA’s progress after one year of working on the project; on SIMRA’s first stakeholder workshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, in October 2016; and on SIMRA’s first results such as a social innovation definition, the launch of innovative...
European Union
2017 - SIMRA
Article de blog
Three CAP Consultation Submissions – health, farming & a platform
A number of organisations made submissions to the CAP consultation, which closed last week. Here we outline three differing ones – one from public health, one from farming and one, which we devote more space to, from a platform bringing a number of organisations together in Germany.
European Union
2017 - ARC 2020
Total results:2252