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In the EU almost 50% of the territory is covered by farmland (both arable land and permanent grassland). Agriculture therefore plays a key role in land management and has a huge responsibility in the preservation of natural resources. The desired relationship between agriculture and the environment can be captured by the term “sustainable agriculture”. All farming systems, from intensive conventio ...

Background The promotion of EMAS and broader sustainable development is a priority of the 6th Environment Action Programme, as is the development of a thematic strategy on the sustainable use of resources. Before the project’s start, there had been only two EMAS registrations in Portugal and none for agriculture (EU-wide there are only 12 in this sector ...