Maand: maart 2022

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-31 17: 42: 59 , ENRD News [ad_1] The European Commission has authorised the marketing of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) as a novel food for the EU following a detailed assessment by the European Food Safety Agency. The Farm to Fork Strategy identifies insects as an alternative protein source that could facilitate the shift towards a more sustainable food system. House crickets become the third insect authorised as a food ingredient for the EU market and they will be available in either frozen, dried or powder form. A dedicated Q&A webpage can tell you more about this safe new source of novel food protein. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-31 17: 47: 48 , ENRD News [ad_1] Many mountain areas in Member States receive special support from the CAP due to the natural constraints involved in farming upland areas. Cohesion policy also invests significantly in EU mountain regions and a new EU-wide communication campaign explains this rural funding’s results. Cohesion funding in mountain regions co-finances new and improved infrastructure including key investments in transport, broadband, energy, education, tourism, water, and sewerage, and much more. All this funding helps make rural Europe more resilient and improves opportunities for synergies with CAP support. The Montana174 communication material explains how EU Cohesion Policy helps mountain areas to be more sustainable in simple and concise terms. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-31 17: 49: 34 , ENRD News [ad_1] The European Economic & Social Committee (EESC) continues to raise awareness about the Long-term vision for rural areas and its follow-up Rural Pact. This includes observing how EU rural communities compare in relation to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Lidija Pavić-Rogošić is the rapporteur for the EESC’s opinion on the Long-term vision for rural areas and she is closely following the Rural Pact’s progress. She has been a member of the Croatian Network for Rural Development since its early days and was a founder of Croatia first LEADER Local Action Group. Her EESC role involves raising awareness about the EU’s enablement of Agenda 2030 actions and she advocates sustainable rural transformation so that no one is left behind in the EU’s prosperity. She and the EESC believe that “rural inequality and inequality between rural and urban areas need to be addressed, and respect for the political voice and concerns of the rural population must be part of a process aimed at improving their lives.” [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-22 12: 32: 05 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] This event is organised by 3 projects funded by Horizon 2020 - Nefertiti , IPMWORKS and IPMDecisions . This event aims to provide a macro vision on the main outputs and outcomes of these projects, as well as their future developments. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: www.belgium.be België: 2022-03-30 14: 11: 51 , [ad_1] Vanaf 9 april 2022 kan het grote publiek opnieuw de geschiedenis en uitzonderlijke architectuur van het Brussels justitiepaleis ontdekken. Samen met het aangrenzende Poelaertplein dat een prachtig zicht over de stad biedt, is het majestueuze justitiepaleis overigens één van de meest gefotografeerde plaatsen van onze hoofdstad.Bezoek is opnieuw mogelijk dankzij een samenwerking tussen de federale overheid (FOD Justitie, Regie der Gebouwen), het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest en het Hof van Cassatie.Elke woensdag en zaterdag kunnen bezoekers uit binnen- en buitenland deelnemen aan een rondleiding onder begeleiding van een gids. Meer informatie   [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van www.belgium.be

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-02-25 16: 50: 07 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] The Walloon Network Support Unit organises the Festival of Social Agriculture. It will take place at the Abbey of Floreffe, a day dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating social agriculture in Wallonia. The event will be in French. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-02-25 16: 54: 44 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] This EURACTIV virtual conference to discuss what a potential policy framework for supplements could look like, given the regulatory environment is broadly in place. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-11 12:12:15 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] The ENRD Contact Point, jointly with the Austrian National Rural Network, are organising the 22nd National Rural Networks meeting in Austria. The event is planned to be physical, however if circumstances do not allow the meeting to be in person, it will be hosted virtually. Aims of the meeting: To take stock of lessons learned and discuss networking best practices from the current programming period to be used in the future. To explore the role of NRNs in implementing AKIS under CAP Strategic Plans.  To provide update on rural networking activities. Background documents: [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-01 15: 05: 07 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] Agárdi Csóbor Ltd, is a wine producing family business. It started in 1989 as a hobby and in 2000 they started selling wine and expanded the vineyard. By 2021, the family owned 34 hectares of vineyards. As market demand increased, the processing capacity of the winery was no longer sufficient, and it was decided to invest further in the business.The family used the investment support to build a wine storage hall; install a wine cooling system; and to acquire fermentation tanks and oak barrels. They also installed a photovoltaic system and bought a semi-automatic capping machine.  [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-28 16: 48: 02 , ENRD News [ad_1] The first meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on Carbon Farming took place online on 24 March 2022. Presentations and videos from the day are available on the event page. The meeting focussed on sharing examples of European good practices and promising initiatives on carbon farming, discussing how these can be upscaled using the CAP and what the key enablers and barriers are to doing this. Check the event page regularly for further updates, including the highlights report from the day. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-23 17: 26: 11 , ENRD News [ad_1] This initiative announces EU-level action to strengthen long-term care and early childhood education and care, as envisaged under the European pillar of social rights. It will help strengthen gender equality and social fairness, including also in rural areas. You can share your views until 29 March 2022. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: www.eea.europa.eu België: 2022-03-24 15: 21: 03 , News [ad_1] The European Climate Law includes the establishment of a European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, composed of 15 independent senior scientific experts covering a broad range of relevant disciplines. The Advisory Board will provide independent scientific advice on EU measures and climate targets and their coherence with the European Climate Law and the EU's international commitments under the Paris Agreement. Following an open, fair and transparent selection procedure, the EEA Management Board appointed the following 15 members (in alphabetical order): Maarten van Aalst, University of Twente Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen  Constantinos Cartalis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Suraje Dessai, University of Leeds Laura Díaz Anadón, University of Cambridge  Ottmar Edenhofer,  Technische Universität in Berlin Vera Eory, Scotland’s Rural College Edgar Hertwich, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim  Lena Kitzing, Technical University of Denmark Elena López-Gunn, ICATALIST Lars J. Nilsson, Lund University  Keywan Riahi, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Joeri Rogelj, Grantham Institute of the Imperial College London  Nicolaas Schrijver, Leiden University  Jean-Francois Soussana, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment   The Advisory Board will build on the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC and other national and international bodies. It will follow a fully transparent process and make its reports publicly available. The first tasks of the Advisory Board will be to elect its chairperson and to define its work programme. The Advisory Board will be supported in its work by a Secretariat hosted by the European Environment Agency. Background The European Climate Law, adopted in June 2021, sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goal set out in the Paris Agreement. It also provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in the Paris Agreement. To support the achievement of these objectives the European Climate Law also provides for the establishment of a European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is established through an amendment of the founding regulation of the EEA. The members of the Advisory Board are appointed in a personal capacity for a term of four years, renewable once. They will give their positions completely independently of the Member States and the EU institutions. No more than two members of the Advisory Board can hold the nationality of the same Member State. Location field [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van www.eea.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-22 12: 25: 18 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] The Rural Networking Department of Agricultural Research Centre (Estonian Rural Network) in cooperation with the Polish Rural Network will organize a web-based thematic seminar on smart villages ‘Polish experience and vision’. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-02-25 16: 17: 49 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] National Rural Networks of Estonia and Finland are organising the third workshop ‘Network to innovate: Waste management and circular economy.’ The workshops will give the opportunity to meet other actors in the field, exchange knowledge and possibly even form new partnerships. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-22 12: 27: 49 , ENRD Upcoming Events [ad_1] The seminar organised by the European Regions for Innovation in Agriculture, Food and Forestry offers a space where the EU’s forest-related initiatives could be discussed in a holistic manner, namely the EU Forest Strategy for 2030, the EU Biodiversity Strategy, the European Climate Law, the EU Fit for 55 package, the EU nature restoration law among others. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: www.eea.europa.eu België: 2022-03-22 10: 58: 07 , News [ad_1] The EEA briefing ‘Europe’s groundwater — a key resource under pressure' provides an overview of the state of groundwater in the European Union (EU). The briefing is published on the World Water Day 2022, with the theme ‘Groundwater: making the invisible visible’. In the EU, groundwater supplies 65% of drinking water and 25% of water for agricultural irrigation. However, according to the latest EEA data, about a quarter of the total groundwater body area in the EU is in poor chemical status and 9% in poor quantitative status. Considering both poor chemical and quantitative status, about 29% of the EU’s groundwater body area lacks capacity to meet the needs of ecosystems and people, the EEA briefing states. The main reason for poor chemical status in EU groundwater is diffuse pollution from agriculture, most commonly nitrates and pesticides. Reasons for poor quantitative status mainly arise from excessive abstraction for irrigation, especially in southern Europe. Over-abstraction of coastal freshwater aquifers may also result in saline intrusion from seawater, which can make groundwater unusable for decades or increase the cost of treatment, the EEA briefing warns. Climate change is expected worsen these problems as demand for irrigation increases in Europe. The European Green Deal has reiterated the need to manage water resources sustainably and tackle chemical pollution and water stress, to ensure sufficient, good-quality water for the environment and people. Reducing the pressures from agriculture and public water supply are key, according to the EEA briefing, but new approaches are also needed, including the use of information technology, financing, and the enforcement of circularity in the use of groundwater. Location field [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van www.eea.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-01 15: 14: 11 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] The Valmiera municipality in north-western Latvia created a coordinated tourist offer in the Zilaiskalns (Blue Mountain) village based on the area’s natural and industrial heritage. The municipality recently established the Local History and Culture Centre which presents the life and history of this small community. To complement the cultural centre, the municipality developed an innovative service, consisting of a railbike that allows visitors to enjoy a four km long journey along an old narrow-gauge railway which is part of the village’s industrial heritage.  [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-01 15: 25: 58 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] A Slovenian young farmer and forester from an area with natural constraints used CAP support for generational renewal and rural development purposes to take over the running of his family farm and expand its economic prosperity. The success of his business modernisation activities created employment, strengthened local value chains, and provided circular economy outcomes.  [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-14 20: 42: 39 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] The intensification of agriculture is a major contributor to the loss of biodiversity and the extinction of many species, and between them, existing agri-environmental programmes and the private agricultural extension services are often not able to fully address the issue.To address this gap in advisory services, the Fördergemeinschaft Ökologischer Landbau Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (FÖL) set up an advisory programme in cooperation with different authorities in Brandenburg. Through it, farmers can receive free advice on how to improve their nature conservation practices, while at the same time learning ‘peer-to-peer’ from a group of demonstration farms about new conservation ideas and options.  [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-14 20: 52: 52 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] Three dairy farm businesses and a cooperative, in southern Slovakia, formed a partnership to modernise their sheep milk production and establish their own short supply chain. The partners jointly created the brand “Gemerske ovecky” to promote their sheep’s milk products, and, with support from several effectively integrated measures of the Slovakian Rural Development Programme (RDP) they financed a marketing campaign and modernised.   [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-14 21: 01: 43 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] KLAS, s.r.o., a cattle and fodder production farm in south-central Slovakia, used support from the Rural Development Programme to reconstruct and expand its cattle stables and modernize its agricultural machinery. These investments have resulted in increased efficiency and quality of fodder production, higher levels of animal welfare, and improved soil fertility.  [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-20 14: 16: 08 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] CAP-funded forestry consulting in Germany’s eastern Brandenburg. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu

Bron: enrd.ec.europa.eu België: 2022-03-20 14: 26: 55 , ENRD Projects and Practice [ad_1] New advisory services help modernise Madrid’s regional agricultural sector. [ad_2] Lees dit artikel en meer van enrd.ec.europa.eu