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Alternatives for contentious inputs: Research well on track
On 30 November and 1 December, the Organic Innovation Days 2021 entitled “Better inputs for organic agriculture” took place online. This public event was organised in collaboration with the two Horizon 2020- funded EU projects RELACS and Organic-PLUS. Both projects aim to reduce the use of controversial inputs in organic...
2021 - RELACS
Статья в блоге
Europe and Central Asia: “economic and agricultural powerhouse” with solutions at hand
The region of Europe and Central Asia is an economic and agricultural powerhouse that boasts diverse cultures, agri-food systems and climatic zones, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today. This diversity, he added, provides opportunities to share experience and good practices within the region and beyond, but to tap this potential...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Политический обзор/документ
Action plan for organic production in the European Union 2021 – 2027
By producing high-quality food with low environmental impact, organic farming will play an essential role in developing a sustainable food system for the European Union (EU).
A sustainable food system is at the heart of the European Green Deal. Under the Green Deal’s ''Farm to fork'' strategy, the European Commission has set a target of...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
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Letter From The Farm | Between Hotbeds And The Hungary Gap
Meet Matthew Hayes, an organic-biodynamic-biointensive farmer originally from the UK, who has lived and farmed in Hungary for the last 25 years. He runs a market garden with his wife Kata in Zsámbok, a village in Pest county to the east of Budapest. In his first Letter From The Farm, Matthew writes...
Hungary
2021 - Arc2020
Политический обзор/документ
A national roadmap towards 100% organic seed
Based on surveys and on extensive stakeholder consultation process over four years in 21 European countries, the current increase in production and use of organic seed in Europe seems too slow to reach the goal of 100% organic seed in 2036.
• Seed companies need reliable data on the actual demand...
European Union
2021 - LiveSeed
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Seeds of change: a systems-based approach to plant breeding
The LIVESEED project investigated how crop breeders and seed producers can combine best practices from across the industry to increase the availability and quality of organic seeds. The results will help meet the EU’s ambitious targets for organic agriculture.
Under the Farm to Fork strategy, the European Commission has set a...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Статья
Support to High-Nature-Value Farming in Bulgaria: Compliance with the no backsliding principle?
The SWOT analysis accompanying the CAP Strategic Plan in Bulgaria identified this country as one of the Member States with the highest loss of HNV farmland in the EU. Unfortunately, it digs no further to analyse the reasons behind the loss, the types of HNV farmland that suffers most, or...
Bulgaria
2021 - Arc2020
Политический обзор/документ
Building a European network on agroecology to accelerate the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems
12 European partners join forces in a coordination and support action to develop a framework for a European network of agroecological living labs, research infrastructure and learning spaces for farmers, research and civil society actors. European agriculture and food systems are strongly impacted by a large number of challenges such...
European Union
2021 - AE4EU
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Inspirational ideas: Weed control without chemicals
Over the past decades, agriculture has become increasingly dependent on the use of herbicides and of pesticides. While they have contributed to boosting yields, herbicides can have negative effects on the environment, on biodiversity and also on human health. Therefore, the EU has more recently created policies which seek non-chemical...
European Union
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Проект
Strengthening livestock production chains based on species-rich forages to overcome meat and dairy sector and improve sustainability of livestock farm
The project consists of seven WPs and 32 activities aimed to:- study the status and potential of milk and meat supply chains based on species rich grasslands- improve the organization and efficiency of the supply chains based on species rich grasslands, and implement innovative solutions in the farms- develop an...
Italy
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
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Letter From The Farm | Three Years In: Realism And Planning For Utopia
Back on Chiara Garini’s forest farm at the foot of the Italian Alps. Three years in, her mushroom farm and forest garden is at a crossroads: should she expand or diversify? In any case Chiara is determined to bring utopia into her business plan, and tells us about an exciting...
Italy
2021 - Arc2020
Доклад
EIP-AGRI Focus Group Sustainable beef production systems
The Focus Group (FG) on sustainable beef production was launched in 2020 as part of the activities carried out under the European Innovation Partnership 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability' (EIP-AGRI). The main question for this Focus Group was “How can grass-based* beef production systems, based on agroecology principles, remain sustainable?”. Beef...
European Union
2021 - EIP Agri Agricultur & Innovation
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Working with Estonian organic dairy farmers to set goals and improve health
In Estonia, organic production has recently developed rapidly and the share of organic land in the total agricultural area is approximately 23%. However, organic milk production has not increased, and many current farmers were also the pioneers from the start. Reasons for the relatively low proportion of organic dairy herds...
Estonia
2021 - CORE Organic Cofund
Видеоматериал
Healthy soils for Europe
Watch the presentation from Anna Pollak, Operational Group ‘Alternative methods for wireworm control in potatoes’ during the EIP-AGRI seminar ‘'Healthy soils for Europe: sustainable management through knowledge and practice’ on 13 April 2021
European Union
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Статья
Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura published Research & Innovation Agenda
Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura (PTAEEx), an Operational Group belonging to the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity & Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), elaborated a Research & Innovation Agenda which identifies the main priorities and challenges of the sector with the objective of reaching a sustainable organic sector and its optimal development in...
Spain
2021 - Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura (PTAEEx)
Тематическое исследование
Improving Slovenia’s organic production capacity
Slaughtering and processing on-farm to obtain high-quality organic lamb meat
Organically bred sheep and goats can play a key role in preserving the landscape and biodiversity in the steeper meadows and pastures in Zasavje, a picturesque valley in the Sava Hills in central Slovenia. However, local breeders were facing difficulties in selling their meat due to the low prices and...
Slovenia
2021 - European Network for Rural Development
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Pastoral schools on the rise: Italy welcomes the “Scuola Nazionale di Pastorizia”
Transferring pastoral knowledge to preserve vibrant rural areas
Over millennia, pastoral societies have accumulated knowledge and skills on how to successfully manage pastoral systems. Their work contributes to maintain vibrant rural areas, benefitting the rural economy and reversing land abandonment, while it also unlocks multiple ecosystem services for the whole society.
Yet,...
Italy
2021 - EuroMontana
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Agriculture MEPs approve agreement on EU farm policy reform
MEPs voted on 9 September for features of the provisional agreement that are being advanced through the co-decision process. COMAGRI’s priorities confirm the Parliament’s interest in biodiversity and climate commitments becoming core CAP elements, mainly by strengthening mandatory climate and environmentally friendly practices. MEPs also endorsed the proposals that: at...
European Union
2021 - European Parliament
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New “rooftop farm” at FAO highlights how innovative technology can help safeguard agro-biodiversity
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a prototype rooftop farm at its Rome headquarters, an initiative that highlights how innovative technology contributes to making agri-food systems more sustainable and to increasing access to healthy diets.The farm will help explore the potential of...
Italy
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Информационный бюллетень
Climate-smart agriculture - Solutions for resilient farming and forestry
The realities of a changing climate are increasingly affecting European farming and forestry. Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that can help farmers and foresters build resilience and adapt to the effects of climate change, and increase productivity and incomes in a sustainable way. Climate-smart practices can focus on ways to...
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
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