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EU Pig Innovation Group (Eu PiG)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2016, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2020,
The European Union (EU) is the world’s second biggest producer of pigmeat and is the market’s largest exporter. In order to maintain an economically viable and sustainable pig industry, innovation is a key factor. EU PiG specifically aims to more effectively connect producers with the latest science, husbandry techniques and technologies from within their industry via fellow producers, academics a ...
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FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR LESS GHG EMISSION AND MORE SOIL CARBON SINK IN CONTINENTAL AND MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURAL AREAS (LIFE+FORAGE4CLIMATE)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2016, Date de fin: 31 août 2020,
Background
The agricultural sector and climate change are strongly interlinked. On the one hand, climate change has a significant impact on the quality and quantity of agricultural production and related revenues while, on the other hand, agricultural practices generate considerable amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to global warmi ...
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A Europe-wide thematic network supporting a sustainable future for EU dairy farmers (EuroDairy)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2016, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2019,
EuroDairy will foster development and dissemination of practice-based innovations in dairy farming on key sustainability issues for the post-quota era. Work Package 1 (Project co-ordination) oversees formation of the Thematic Network, ensures interconnectivity in generation, capture and demonstration of innovation and best practice, and reports project outputs including recommendations for further ...
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Biomethane Emilia-Romagna Regional system (BioMethER LIFE+)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 31 mars 2018,
Background
The transport sector accounts for 19.5% of total European Union greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (22.9% in Italy). Counter to the general EU trend, GHG emissions from transport have increased by 24% compared to 1990 levels, with road transport responsible for most of the rise. The replacement of fossil fuels with biofuels could be one way of chan ...
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Helping enhanced soil functions and adaptation to climate change by sustainable conservation agriculture techniques (LIFE HelpSoil)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2013, Date de fin: 30 juin 2017,
Background
In the river Po plain, the organic carbon stock stored in soils varies from 34-60 tonnes per hectare (t/ha). The potential for further uptake if soils are managed appropriately is estimated to be at least 12.8 t/ha of CO2 equivalent. Furthermore, increasing the organic content of soil improves the physical and chemical qualities of soils, leadi ...
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Supporting Vulnerable Women and Children in a Residential Setting
Date du début: 1 janv. 2016, Date de fin: 31 mars 2017,
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The Haven’s EVS project aims to support cross-cultural understanding, improve the skillset of EVS candidates, and to provide additional support and activities in refuge to women and children who have been subjected to domestic abuse in Wolverhampton. NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS :The project will involve a total of 5 volunteers aged between 18 and 30 years (Female) ...
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A model to reclaim and reuse wastewater for quality crop production (ReQpro)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2017,
Background
Agriculture is the top water-consuming sector in southern European countries, accounting for more than 50% of the total water demand and reaching up to 80% in specific cases, according to the European Environment Agency's report, âThe European environment, state and outlook 2010, water resources-quantity and flowsâ. In Italy, agriculture ac ...
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Europa kommt sich näher - Europe grows closer
Date du début: 1 août 2015, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2017,
The project „ Europe grows closer“ within the European Voluntary Service gives young Europeans and people in Germany an understanding of other cultures and supports their acceptance, tolerance and respectful acquaintance. As the foreign participants will live in Germany for 10 months another aim is acquiring competences to manage daily life abroad, dealing with a foreign culture, rules and tradi ...
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Reduction of greenhouse gases from agricultural systems of Emilia-Romagna (LIFE+_Climate changE-R)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2013, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,
Background
Italyâs agricultural sector is considered to be responsible for producing 35% of the countryâs methane and 45% of its nitrous oxide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is a link between intensive agricultural activities and the level of these emissions. Much of Emilia-Romagnaâs agricultural output is focused on producing high quality fo ...
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Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional performance-based approach (GLAMUR)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2013, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2016,
General objective of the project is to integrate advancement in scientific knowledge about the impact of food chains with application of knowledge to practice to increase food chains sustainability through public policies and private strategies. This general objective will be pursued through the following specific objectives:• To develop and validate a ‘performance criteria matrix’ for assessment ...
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Evaluation of manure management and treatment technology for environmental protection and sustainable livestock farming in Europe (MANEV)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,
Background
The negative environmental impacts on areas of intensive pig farming areas are considerable and well-known. They include air, water and soil quality deterioration, as well as social nuisance and health impacts. Efforts to recycle nutrients in livestock manure must be adapted to local characteristics.
Environmental technologies and management ...
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Achieving good water QUality status in intensive Animal production areas (AQUA)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2014,
Background
Intensive livestock farming contributes to excessive levels of nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) in the environment. This can deteriorate groundwater quality, especially through increased nitrate concentrations. An increase in livestock numbers over the past 50 years has generated an increased amount of manure, which in turn ha ...
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Enhancing collaboration in research for Livestock (RTD2Farm)
Date du début: 1 juin 2011, Date de fin: 31 mai 2013,
RTD2Farm has a simple, yet effective strategy to increase the uptake of RTD Results by livestock farmers.RTD2Farm will be involving the three main players of the process; RTD providers (Research centres, Universities, Industry, etc), Technology Transfer experts (Networking and Training Organisations) and Farmers (End Users).RTD2Farm will analyse methods for knowledge and technology transfer, defin ...
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A web-based system for real-time Monitoring and Decision Making for Integrated Vineyard Management (MoDeM_IVM)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2012,
The aim of the MoDeM_IVM project is to develop a new, interactive, web-based Decision Support System (DSS) for integrated management of the vineyard. The SME participants are strongly confident that the project results will improve their competitiveness in a very important and highly profitable market (i.e., grapevine in EU27), because of: i) the DSS is highly innovative and focused to solve pract ...
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"Good animal welfare in a socio-economic context: Project to promote insight on the impact for the animal, the production chain and society of upgrading animal welfare standards." (ECONWELFARE)
Date du début: 1 août 2008, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2011,
"The project proposal has been prepared in response to the call KBBE-2007-1-4-15 “Assessing the socio-economic consequences and costs benefits of measures promoting good animal welfare”. Central in this call is support to develop European policies implementing the Action Plan on Animal Welfare. Overall objective of the project is related to the policy instruments needed to achieve the aims of th ...
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Integrated systems to enhance sequestration of carbon, producing energy crops by using organic residues (Seq-Cure)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2006, Date de fin: 30 juin 2010,
Background
In 2000, CO2 emissions in Emilia-Romagna were estimated at almost 35 million tonnes. If the other greenhouse gases, CH4 and N2O are included, emissions in the region currently exceed 41 million tonnes/yr of CO2 equivalents. Agriculture can contribute to mitigating climate change by producing biomass as a substitute for fossil fuels, as well as ...
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Good practices for European developers of advanced ICT-enabled energy-efficiency Systems (GENESYS)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2008, Date de fin: 12 avr. 2010,
So far, several EU funded projects and other initiatives have taken up the challenge of Promoting sustainable development, Ensuring security and diversity of energy supply, Improving industrial competitiveness, Enhancing economic and social cohesion; furthermore, very valuable research work has been carried out in the past, but the gap to the market(s) and to the full inclusion of the nowadays tec ...
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Optimisation of nitrogen management for groundwater quality improvement and conservation (OptiMa-N)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2004, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2007,
Background
Agriculture, particularly intensive livestock production, contributes 60 % of nitrogen released into the soil and water of northern Italyâs Po Plain. Assessing the amount of soluble nitrogen in the environment during different periods of the year and in different climatic and cultivation conditions is an important part of the knowledge-gather ...
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A mismatch between skills demand and supply has high economic and social costs and contributes to structural unemployment. In 2009 and 2010, nearly every European country was affected by the economic crisis. Some members of the European Union faced serious risk of public finances system collapse. In such difficult circumstances, companies were drastically cutting costs. The first area for savings ...
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