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Global Food Forum 2016
The agri-food sector is at the crossroads between huge opportunities and massive pressure. Every single decision needs to be informed by a wide range of factors, where citizen expectations, breakthrough technologies and consumption patterns in developed but also in developing countries are only the tip of the iceberg.
To cope with...
Italy
2016 - FARM EUROPE
Blog article
FAO and India’s SEWA join efforts to empower rural women and youth
New agreement aims to ensure capacity development, farmers’ access to productive resources, knowledge exchange.
India's Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and FAO are strengthening their collaboration to boost rural development and reduce poverty in Asia and Africa via local initiatives focused on empowering rural women and youth.
Italy
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
How Italian Mountain Honey Is Made
Think of Italy and one thinks of food, but not many people think 'mountains.' Yet mountains remain a principle source of the traditional, handcrafted food production Italy is famous for.
Since climate and gradients combined render large-scale industrial agriculture unfeasible, food traditions and environmental health endure in most of Italy's mountains....
Italy
2016 - EUROMONTANA
Blog article
Inspirational ideas: Dealing with water scarcity
When water is scarce, irrigation scheduling and irrigation efficiency are especially important. New, innovative ways of obtaining real time feedback on irrigation management are currently being developed including digitally connected fruit measuring tools and online precise irrigation-scheduling algorithms.
Italy - Spain
2016 - Eip - Agri
Report
Short chain delivery of food in urban and peri-urban areas
Report on a project looking at three enterprises involved in short supply chains: Willem & Drees in the Netherlands, Pico Bio in Switerland and Cooperativa Agricoltura Nuova in Italy.
Italy - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Switzerland
2015 - supurb Food
Video
"Proud to be Lucan," Organic Farm Vignola
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Video
"Free", Paolo Maria Mosca Farm
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Video
"The farm of a thousand stories" The Old Homestead
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Magazine article
Bringing consumers together to keep local food in business
Ethical purchasing groups, known as GAS (Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale) first appeared in Italy in the 1990s. GAS are groups of consumers who purchase collectively and directly from producers who are chosen on the basis of sustainable production principles. GAS groups were born from the desire to build a healthy...
Italy
2015 - Friends of the Earth Europe
Event
Terra Madre - We Feed the Planet. The event on the future of food and farming
Terra Madre Giovani - We Feed the Planet will be held in Milan from October 3 to 6, 2015. The event will give a starring role to the young people working in food production, with thousands of farmers, food artisans, fishers, nomads, Indigenous Peoples, cooks, students and activists from all...
Italy
2015 - Terra Madre, Slow Food
Conference/Meeting
Global challenges, local solutions
Joint learning partnerships for widespread catalyzing practices in food systems and land-use at service of our planet
The conference will bring foundations together with diverse stakeholders (civil society organizations, public, multilateral institutions and others) to look at good practices supported by foundations in the fields of land use and sustainable food systems and to discuss elements of success, replicability and the potential to scale-up. This will be...
Italy
2015 - European Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Conference/Meeting
7th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (Ec-Plf)
University of Milan is pleased to Welcome you to the 7thEuropean Conference on Precision Livestock Farming that will be held from the 15th to the 18th of September, 2015, in Milan, Italy.
The European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming takes place every two years, and during the last edition was confirmed...
Italy
2015
Conference/Meeting
Organic Opportunities for Sustainable Rural Development to 2020
Today, the crisis situation in the European dairy sector clearly highlights the failures of our current EU policies for supporting viable farm enterprises and balanced rural development. As a result the programme will include a panel discussion looking at whether EU agri-food policies are capable of supporting sustainable farming and...
Italy
2015
Conference/Meeting
G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting
G20 Members (Turkey, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indıa, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the EU) represent 85% of the world’s economy, 70% of the global agricultural economy and the two thirds of...
Argentina - Australia - Brazil - Canada - China - France - Germany - India - Indonesia - Italy - Japan - Mexico - Republic of Korea - Russian Federation - Saudi Arabia - South Africa - Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United States of America
2015
Report
Pilot project: Exchange programmes for young farmers
The analysis of survey responses shows that young farmers have different expectations and needs, depending on the region in which they live, the agricultural sector in which they work (intensive, extensive), their level of education, their relation to the farm (owner of the farm or not) etc. This study revealed...
Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czechia - Estonia - European Union - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Sri Lanka - Sweden - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2015 - European Commission
Video
"Proud to be Lucan," Organic Farm Vignola
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - reterurale
Video
"Free", Paolo Maria Mosca Farm
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - reterurale
Fact sheet
Factsheet on the national rural development programme 2014- 2020 for Italy
The National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) Italy, outlining the priorities for Italy for the use of approximately 2.14 billion EUR of public expenditure (963 million EUR from the EU budget and 1.17 billion EUR of national co-financing) for the period from 2014- 2020, was formally adopted by the European Commission...
Italy
2015
Video
"The farm of a thousand stories" The Old Homestead
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - reterurale
Video
Nuovi fattori di successo 2015: "Liberi"- Azienda Agricola Paolo Maria Mosca
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - Rete Rurale Nazionale
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