Biofuels Versus Food Competition for Agricultural Resources: Impacts on the EU Farming Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 191-209
Author(s):  
Massimo Canali ◽  
Maurizio Aragrande
Keyword(s):  
Farming Systems ◽  
Food Competition ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals The Return of Large Carnivores and Extensive Farming Systems: A Review of Stakeholders’ Perception at an EU Level

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1735
Author(s):  
Marcello Franchini ◽  
Mirco Corazzin ◽  
Stefano Bovolenta ◽  
Stefano Filacorda
Keyword(s):  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Large Carnivores ◽  
Direct Experience ◽  
Large Carnivore ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
Extensive Farming ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

Conflicts between large carnivores and human activities undermine both the maintenance of livestock practices as well as the conservation of carnivores across Europe. Because large carnivore management is driven by a common EU policy, the purpose of this research was to assess stakeholders’ perception towards bears and wolves at an EU level. We conducted a systematic search and subsequent analysis of 40 peer-reviewed studies collected from 1990 to September 2020 within Member States of the EU. Rural inhabitants and hunters exhibited the most negative attitude compared to urban inhabitants and conservationists, whose attitude was more positive. We showed that direct experience with predators as a consequence of ongoing re-colonization may have affected the degree of acceptance of certain categories and that the long-term coexistence between humans and carnivores does not necessarily imply increased tolerance. To encourage coexistence, we recommend monitoring changes in attitudes over time relative to carnivore population dynamics.

scholarly journals Regional diversification of the use of agricultural production potential in the EU candidate and the Eastern partnership countries

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0257490
Author(s):  
Anna Jankowska
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Production Potential ◽  
Productivity Level ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
Eastern Partnership Countries ◽  
Regional Diversification ◽  
The Eu

Diversification of the agricultural production potential often implies the differentiation of the achieved farming productivity due to its effect on the agricultural resources and structural processes. The article aims to examine the diversity of the production potential in the agricultural sectors of the EU candidate countries (CC) and the Eastern Partnership countries (EPC) and its impact on the variety of the achieved productivity, as well as to present changes in the analyzed indicators in the years 2006–2017. A synthetic measure of agricultural development and a linear regression analysis were applied in the article. The research revealed that Belarus may be distinguished with regard to its production potential, as well as the achieved productivity. In most countries (with the exception of Montenegro and Macedonia), an increase in the value of the synthetic measure of the possessed potential has been recorded in the studied period. However, the synthetic measure of the agricultural productivity level displayed an insignificant raise only in half of the countries surveyed.

scholarly journals THE FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF ECONOMY OF UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF EURO INTEGRATION

2017 ◽  
pp. 395-406
Author(s):  
Ievgeniia Markova ◽  
Tetyana Shestakovska
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
Agrarian Sector ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
The Eu

The article substantiates the peculiarities of the development of the agrarian sector of the economy in the context of integration into the ELI, which confirms that the modern global society is undergoing transformational processes, in which Ukraine must take and takes part. It is determined that domestic agricultural science should promote more rational land use, create with the help of the latest information technologies the basis for increasing the range of agricultural products certified by the EU rules. The study of the positive experience of the EU countries regarding the use of raw materials for energy agricultural resources and the awareness of the objective need for finding alternative kinds of fuels and energy for Ukraine has given rise to the need to develop a bioenergy industry, which, in its turn will allow the introduction of an environmental ideology in the field of the production and consumption of bioenergy. The methodological approaches are determined, the theoretical conclusions are obtained which can beused in the process of development of the strategy of agricultural development of Ukraine in the conditions of European choice while preserving its own identity.

scholarly journals Shades of Greening: Reviewing the Impact of the new EU Agricultural Policy on Ecosystem Services

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hauck ◽  
Christian Schleyer ◽  
Klara J. Winkler ◽  
Joachim Maes
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Mixed Effects ◽  
Crop Diversification ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Ecological Focus Areas ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

AbstractIn December 2013, the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council formally adopted the new regulations for the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (2014-2020). The new regulations include three obligatory greening measures: ecological focus areas, maintaining permanent grassland, and crop diversification. We assess the impact of these measures on ecosystem services using scientific and gray literature. The literature review reveals that the adopted greening measures will have mixed effects, i.e., trade-offs and synergies across ecosystems services. Provisioning services, in particular crop production, are expected to decrease when the measures are implemented. All other service categories, i.e., regulating and cultural services, will increase – or are at least will not obviously be negatively affected – once the measures are implemented. However, in terms of tradeoffs and synergies, much depends on objectives being pursued, the baseline or alternative land use underlying the comparison, and on the prevalent farming systems and farm characteristics. Including the ecosystem services concept into the design and assessment of policies would allow a systematic review of the consequences of measures also for services otherwise easily ignored.

Participatory organic research in the USA and Italy: Across a continuum of farmer–researcher partnerships

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Delate ◽  
Stefano Canali ◽  
Robert Turnbull ◽  
Rachel Tan ◽  
Luca Colombo
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Us ◽  
Organic Farmers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
On Farm ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Organic Research

AbstractOrganic agriculture continues to expand in the USA and in the European Union (EU), particularly in Italy, which had 48,650 organic farms in 2014 compared with 19,474 in the USA. Additionally, EU support for organic research is nearly double than that of the USA. Along with increased support for organic research, the EU organic community has achieved recognition at the European Commission policy level for a dedicated innovation platform, advocating the practice of farmer-first models for participatory research. The US land-grant universities have a long history of on-farm research, primarily through the Extension Service, but the need exists for more inclusive, second-loop, co-research with organic farmers. A survey was conducted of organic farmers and researchers in Italy and in the USA to ascertain the extent of participatory organic research activities and experiences, and explore the vision each group had for the future of co-innovation between organic farmers and researchers. Results indicated that, despite the higher level of organic research support in the EU, the percentage of researchers involved in on-farm/participatory organic research was equivalent in Italy and the USA, presumably due to the more recent emphasis in Italian/EU agricultural research agendas on the importance of farmer knowledge and participation in organic research. Overall, 60% of surveyed organic researchers in both countries cited involvement in on-farm/participatory organic research, with ‘farming systems’ and ‘nutrient/pest management’ the main research focus in the USA, compared with ‘farming systems’ and ‘equipment’ in Italy. Both countries’ researchers expressed their vision of participatory research as helping to improve communication between researchers and farmers, to enable work on relevant research, and to allow farmers to adapt technologies to their own conditions. Organic farmers in Italy completed survey questionnaires as part of a field day activity, leading to more Italian farmers responding to the survey, compared with USA counterparts who were queried via e-mail. Organic farmers in Italy identified ‘knowledge-sharing’ as a critical value of participatory research, and were conducting on-farm research with less compensation than US farmers. The ‘lack of time’ was cited as the most important constraint limiting participatory research by Italian and US farmers, although the ‘lack of common language’ also was rated as potentially impairing full participation. Lessons shared between EU and US organic researchers as a result of this project included methods to institute policies aimed at increasing support for organic research and co-innovations with organic farming communities, and connecting experienced on-farm researchers in the US with Italian colleagues to enhance collaborative activities with organic farmers.

The nature conservation value of European traditional farming systems

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
E M Bignal ◽  
D I McCracken
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
European Farming ◽  
The Eu

The European landscape reflects many centuries of dynamic interaction between people and their natural environments. Indeed, much of the current biological and aesthetic value of the wide variety of "cultural" landscapes has been created and is now maintained by long-established farming systems. Such traditional systems (many of which are pastoral based) are generally well integrated with the environment and involve management practices that do not over-exploit the natural carrying capacity of the land. However, the rapid modernisation of agriculture that occurred after the 1939-1945 war resulted in an intensification of many European farming systems and has had severe negative effects on the environment. This modernisation initially occurred primarily in northwest Europe fuelled by the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), but with the expansion of the EU it is continuing and is certain to increase in southern, central, and eastern Europe. The response of the EU to this fundamental imbalance between farming and the environment has included the introduction of compulsory regulations to ensure the implementation of minimum environmental standards in the production processes and the promotion of agri-environment programmes to encourage farmers to undertake positive environmental management on their farmland. The ongoing reforms of the CAP will undoubtedly place greater emphasis on agri-environment programmes and increasingly on the concept of "integrated rural development." There is, however, still a pressing need for detailed information to justify to the EU and world markets why certain types of farming system should be central to future European rural development policies.Key words: biodiversity, wildlife value, farming systems, European policy, agri-environment.

scholarly journals Koncepcja i znaczenie obszarów rolniczych o wysokich walorach przyrodniczych

2018 ◽  
Vol 18(33) (4) ◽  
pp. 417-425
Author(s):  
Barbara Roszkowska-Mądra
Keyword(s):  
Review Paper ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Low Input ◽  
Polish Literature ◽  
Flexible Support ◽  
The Common ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Economic Goods ◽  
The Eu

The concept of HNV farmland (HNVf) was introduced to the science and economic policy of the European Union at the turn of the last two centuries as a basis for effective measures to stop further reduction of biodiversity on farmlands. So far, this important issue has not been successfully discussed and presented in the Polish literature. In this review paper, based on European scientific literature, monographs and EU reports, important issues have been presented regarding the definition and types of HNVf, their environmental and economic importance and the justification for the implementation of program protection. HNV farmlands include those agricultural lands where rich agro-biodiversity exists – which is important for general protection of species, habitats and landscapes – and where they are accompanied by extensive or/and low-input farming systems. HNVf allow us to perform many functions and provide public, environmental and socio-economic goods. It is recognized that the best way to protect the high nature value of agricultural areas is to conduct on them extensive or low-input farming systems. In order to meet this demand, the EU imposes on Member States the obligation to implement the concept of HNVf, consisting mainly in their delimitation and flexible support for farmers in these areas under the Common Agricultural Policy and other national policies.

Green Trade and Fair Trade in and with the EU

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurens Ankersmit
Keyword(s):  
Fair Trade ◽  
The Eu
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