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Regional Roundtable on the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020)
The Roundtable will focus on new features and innovations included in the new World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020). Additionally, the meeting aims to disseminate among the selected member countries of FAO the new WCA 2020 which will cover the period 2016-2025. The Roundtable is part of...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
Can the rural environment become an opportunity upon the arrival of refugees in Europe?
Human migration has occurred throughout history and everywhere on the planet. The old continent has constantly witnessed major migratory flows. However, the current plethora of people, routes, motives and countries of origin, poses new challenges and a need to seek strategies to address these displacements.
Spain
2017 - SIMRA
Note/document d'orientation
Access to Land for Farmers in the EU: Conference Report
Five panelists explored the current state of land concentration in Europe, identifying the serious barriers to access to land which are preventing young and small farmers from accessing land, or retaining access to their land. There was consensus amongst most panelists on the importance of preserving small-scale farming in Europe...
European Union
2017 - European Coordination of Via Campesina
Article de blog
Exploring the use of wastewater in agriculture
With food demand and water scarcity on the uptick, it's time to stop treating wastewater like garbage and instead manage it as a resource that can be used to grow crops and help address water scarcity in agriculture.
Properly managed, wastewater can be used safely to support crop production — directly...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Document technique
Welfare of farmed fish
Common practices during transport and at slaughter : executive summary
The aim of this study was to gather information on current animal welfare practices in European aquaculture as regards the transport and slaughter of farmed fish, and to analyse the extent that fish welfare issues remain unresolved. The costs of adhering to good welfare practices, the economic situation, effects on...
European Union
2017 - EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Vidéos
FAO in Europe and Central Asia
Overview of FAO’s work in Europe and Central Asia – especially the Western Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Produced by Visiontime International LLC for the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
From farmers to organizations
How collective action can transform smallholder agriculture
Smallholder farmers produce most of the food in developing countries, but still they account for majority of the 800 million food insecure and poorest people globally. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide. Smallholders and their families account for a large portion of our...
Ecuador - Mozambique - Nicaragua
2017 - World Food Programme (WFP)
Manuel
Access to Land Community and Supported Agriculture - Stories from Europe
This booklet has been written by the European Access to Land network in cooperation with Urgenci, the network for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), based on CSA members’ stories from across Europe.
Land and communities – new building stones for European food and agriculture. In the last 10 years alone, Europe has...
2017 - Access to land network, Urgenci
Divers
Support from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) - Opportunities for Small-Scale Coastal Fishermen
A leaflet on opportunities for small-scale coastal fishermen in the EMFF.
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Article de blog
More support to family farmers needed to meet world's rising food demands, FAO tells G20
The FAO Director-General argued that the world's rural areas will be the key battleground in the push to achieve the 2030 sustainable development agenda, since it is there that poverty and hunger are most concentrated.At the same time, most of the increases in agricultural yields required to feed a world...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rapport
Young farmers : policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform - Study
This report provides information regarding the state of implementation of the current CAP young farmers’ mechanism. The different implementation styles of the Members States are described and the currently implemented policy tools are evaluated. Based on the secondary analysis and case studies, several policy recommendations are formulated, aimed at improving...
European Union
2017 - Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union
Rapport
EIP-AGRI Focus Group Benchmarking of farm productivity and sustainability performance
Benchmarking can support farmers to improve their productivity and sustainability performance. At its simplest, benchmarking is defined as improving the performance, of a farm, for example, by comparing with peers, learning from others and identifying actions. Valuable lessons can be drawn from benchmarking by raising the subsequent questions: why are...
European Union
2017 - EIP Agri
Ouvrage
EUFarmRecipes and stories to tell
A book celebrating EU agriculture produce, culinary traditions and farmers
A book celebrating EU agriculture: produce, culinary traditions and the role of farmers and agri-cooperatives
European Union
2017 - COPA COGECA
Rapport
Expert meeting on climate change implications for Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries
The Expert Meeting on Climate Change Implications for Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries, was held at the GFCM, Rome, 4–6 December 2017, with the objective to provide technical support the development of an adaptation strategy to cope with the potential effects of climate change on fisheries, in the framework of...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Fishy Business: Fish POs in the EU
How the failure to properly recognise and regulate the EU’s fish producer organisations [POs] is failing the Common Fisheries Policy and smaller-scale fishermen and what should be done to resolve it.
Italy
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Article de revue
Free Agriculture. When Open source Meets Agricultural Tools
Are the founding principles of open source – the ability to share, distribute, modify and reproduce information – transferable to agriculture? If in the computer field, free software is now a reality, this paper examines whether and how agricultural tools can be created and disseminated through ‘free’ processes. We look...
France
2017
Revue spécialisée
Rural Connections - The European Rural Development Magazine
This edition includes perspectives on LEADER/CLLD, forestry, integrated approaches to rural policy and the new European Solidarity Corps, as well as short updates from the Slovenian and Slovakian networks.
The edition’s thematic section brings ‘A focus on… social inclusion’, including an overview of social inclusion challenges in rural Europe, highlights of...
European Union
2017 - European Network for Rural Development - ENRD
Rapport
EIP-AGRI Focus Group: Reducing emissions from cattle farming
The Focus Group on reducing emissions from cattle farming explored possibilities for mitigating emissions of ethane and ammonia from cattle – and their cost effectiveness. Its scope included both milk and meat cattle and all types of production intensities but was limited to mitigation measures at animal and animal housing...
European Union
2017 - EIP Agri
Article
Sweden: extra quota allocation to trawlers
Sweden: extra quota allocation to trawlers could put the survival of the Western Baltic Cod stock and SSFs are risk
Sweden
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Bulletin d'information
News from the Deck – November 2017
The newsletter of November 2017 includes:
ICCAT 2017: historically high bluefin tuna quota – but what about small-scale fishers?
Fundacja MARE and LIFE at the forefront for a cleaner Baltic Sea
Other news from around the EU
News from our members
Welcome on board
Press review
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
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