Agriculture is a leading cause of greenhouse gas
emissions, and with increasing food insecurity and a
rapidly growing global population, our response to
these challenges must begin in the field. At
AGROMIX, we believe thatit is possible to
reduce the environmental impacts of
agriculture, whilst simultaneously
increasing the quantity and quality of food
produced!
To achieve these ambitions, AGROMIX focuses on
a variety of ‘landscapes’,
addressing the physical,
socio-economic,
cultural,
technological, and
political aspects of the land use
transition.
We are ready to transform
landscapes by delivering new research
on how mixed farming and agroforestry systems work,
designing models for farmers to implement these
practices, and offering policy recommendations for
decision makers to support the land use
transition.
AGROMIX first in-person General
Assembly is taking place very soon in Pisa,
Italy!
The next
AGROMIX General Assembly will take place in
Pisa, Italy, from the 7th to the 10th
of November 2022. During the meeting,
partners and members from the project will
discuss the project's outcomes, results and next
steps and they will have the chance to
visit one trial site of the
AGROMIX project or one of the
pilot projects located in the
Tuscany.
Scroll down and get to know which are the farms
that will be visited!
The British
Ecological Society Policy Team is seeking
authors to contribute to a new report on
regenerative agriculture. The term “regenerative
agriculture” is gaining traction and it is
increasingly being used in different contexts with a
variety of meanings by academics, policy-makers,
NGOs and land managers. A robust definition and
measurable assessment indicators will be needed to
ensure that ecological knowledge supports the
transition towards more sustainable agricultural
practices. The BES would like to contribute to this
debate with a policy report, which will be
drafted between November 2022 and July
2023 and will
be launched in September
2023.
There
is a clear momentum in favor of
agroecology in Europe today. A
scientific consensus seems to be
emerging at the international
level. During the second edition
of the Month of Agroecology
2022, held from the 17th of
October to the 18th of November,
Agroecology
Europe will draw on
collective solutions and create
pathways of reflection to
instigate a change in our
dietary patterns and allow a
space for them to be the driving
force we need for the
transition.
The
27th session of the Conference
of the Parties (COP 27) to the
UNFCCC will take place in Sharm
El-Sheikh, Egypt. COP 27
was originally expected to take
place from 8-20 November
2021. Due to the COVID-19
pandemic, COP
26 was rescheduled
from November 2020 to November
2021. As a result, COP 27 will
take place from 7-18 November
2022.
Our food systems are
failing. Can trees and forests
dish up better diets for
everyone? - FOREST NEWS
“A new
global food system must produce
greater quantities of a more
diverse range of nutrient-dense
foods rather than only providing
more calories. It must also
produce these diverse foodstuffs
sustainably, reversing current
trajectories of land degradation
so that production acts as a net
carbon sink and reservoir of
biodiversity."
Pesticides: More sustainable
pest control: what does the
future look
like? -
Food for Europe
“There
have been few issues in the
European political spectrum to
ignite civic action quite like
the use of pesticides. Over the
years the EU has responded,
issuing a series of directives
to limit chemical pesticides and
drive towards more sustainable
pesticide use through what’s
known as Integrated Pest
Management, or IPM."
Experimenting with plant
rotation and intercropping for
biodiverse agriculture
Meet
Lizelore Vos, who has just begun
a plant rotation system to grow
potatoes, carrots, chicory,
alfalfa, and wheat, planting the
crops on different plots each
year, diversifying soil
nutrients. She’s also planted
rows of fruit and nut trees
between the crops, to protect
them from the wind, and
generating additional
ecosystemic benefits Hear
her story
Agroforestry:
A primer
Conventional
agriculture is very productive.
But high productivity comes at a
cost: soil that is depleted or
eroded, watercourses that are
polluted or drying up, and a
food system that produces 20–40%
of greenhouse gas emissions.
Many people now agree that we
urgently need to transform the
food system, including
agriculture. Agroforestry, as a
nature-based approach to
production and land use, will
play an important role in this
transformation.
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Your
Partners for Rural
Digitalisation: The BCO Network
and EU CAP Network Event took
place on October 12th 2022.
It showcased how Broadband
Competence Offices and CAP
Network branches as key partners
to foster, accelerate and
improve rural digitalisation
projects.
LinkedIn
Veltha
(Fostering Research And Policies
for Sustainable Development)
hosted the last LOOPS episode of
the year by brining AGROMIX
& DIVERFARMING
together, two Horizon 2020
projects
to explore solutions for
innovative farming & agribusiness strategies
to boost land use resilience and
efficiency.
Did you
celebrate #WorldFoodDay on
October 16th? We did it and not
alone! Together with The
Greenzine, we shared
some joint posts on social media
to raise awareness about this
important day.
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