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Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain (AgroCycle)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

Continuing population and consumption growth are driving global food demand, with agricultural activity increasing to keep pace. Europe has a major agricultural waste problem, generating some 700 million tonnes of waste annually. There is an urgent need and huge opportunity to address the efficient use of agricultural wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCB) towards delivering sustainable value ...
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Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Most agricultural rural areas in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan are characterized by drastic changes in the agriculture and nutrition sector, due to privatization, modernization and increasing differences between large-scale agro-holdings and small holder farms. The importance of rural development and the need to develop perspectives for agricultural land use is both recognized by politics ...
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Strategies for Organic- and Low-input-farming to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change (SOLMACC Life)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

Background Anthropogenic climate change has become a well accepted fact. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, anthropogenic emissions have led to an increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, thereby contributing to global warming. Combating climate change is a key priority for the EU, which has put in place speci ...
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Így neveld az álmaidat!

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

How to Foster your Dreams- experimental general entrepreneurial skill development programme for youth based on agricultural activityIntroductionBasic knowledge, skills are needed for a successful entrepreneurship, even for launching one. These have a surprisingly wide range from legal knowledge to IT, computer skills.Entrepreneurial skill development programmes that already exist and are known to ...
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YW - "Think, love, move, do!"

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The background of "Think, love, move, do!" is the need in rural areas to address social inclusion of youth with physical and mental disabilities, as well as social obstacles.The overall aim of the project is that youth workers, and youth leaders gain knowledge about social inclusion and develop skills to facilitate active participation for all in rural youth organisations and in rural community.Th ...
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Bridging Diversity, Growing Together

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Since 1950, the European Convention on Human Rights has been a cornerstone of European society that has endeavoured to protect European citizens from discrimination and inequality based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. However, despite this legislation being in place for over 65 years, numerous exampl ...
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TRAINING TO FARMERS THROUGH SERIOUS GAMES

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The increasing worldwide demand for agricultural products - which is attributable to population growth - has a twofold impact, affecting on the one hand the value of the aforementioned commodities and securing on the other the real agricultural income per labour unit according to Eurostat. Agricultural trade data confirm the specific trends as they showed a net trade of €14.3 Bn for the year 2012. ...
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Work Hand in Hand - Create Your Land

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Rural depopulation is affecting the access of food and materials for everyone in Europe. As a reaction to this, we wanted with the project "Work hand in hand - create your land" show young people the possibilities of working together to creating a more sustainable future on the countryside. The activities were a youth exchange (A1) and the advanced planning visit for the youth exchange (A2). Both ...
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development of a tool for effective diagnostic monitoring of honey bee colonies (Swarmonitor)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

There are 600,000 beekeepers in the European sector, mainly SME family-owned companies. The revenue generated by this industry is more than €400M in Europe. However, the European Union has a net negative trade-balance in bee products, mainly honey, producing only 54% of its demand (the EU imports from cheaper producers, namely Argentina and China). However, despite its importance and the obvious p ...
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ansnational network for SME support in the animal breeding and horticulture sector  (AGRO-START)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

The South Est Europe (SEE) economic area is a SME-based economy in which the sectors of horticulture and animal breeding play a vital role regarding economic growth and employment opportunities. However, SMEs face severe common problems in sustainably keeping up their competitiveness in their national and on the European market. Project partners have decided to tackle the urgent need to improve bu ...
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Social and Economic Development of Teriberka

Start date: Apr 13, 2012, End date: Oct 12, 2014,

The last word has not yet been said about the utilization of the Shtokman gas field. Teriberka village on the Arctic Sea shore has now for some years been living with uncertainty about whether or not it will be a central on-shore transit point for the field. If this will not happen, fishing industry is one of its few possibilities. Murmansk Regional Small & Medium Business Support Agency will sta ...
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Italo-Tunisian Observatory for Quality Sustainable Agriculture (SERVAGRI)

Start date: Nov 6, 2011, End date: May 6, 2014,

The project aim is to develop joint strategies and pilot actions to support the integration of the agro-food sector, in order to add value and make more competitive the typical productions and to increase the levels of food quality and safety, according to the principles of sustainable development and through the organisation of production chains based on the cross-border cluster approach, that is ...
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Synergy of culture and tourism: utilisation of cultural potentials in less favoured rural regions (SY_CULTour)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

Less favoured rural areas in SEE rely on traditional economic activities as the main source of income and jobs. At the same time they possess unique cultural values which are not recognised as a development factor and consequently not properly managed. The main objective of the project is therefore to improve the management of cultural values in rural areas in order to contribute to economic and s ...
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Including Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development (INSARD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"Much agricultural research is carried out in isolation from the realities of small-scale farmers in the South and has not recognised their local knowledge and creativity. INSARD partners regard agricultural research and development (ARD) as a process of innovation involving different participants making complementary inputs to produce research results that contribute to development. In this proce ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
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gramme series for the reinforcement of HUNGARIAN-SERBIAN business COOPERATION (CB Exhibitions)

Start date: Jun 14, 2010, End date: Sep 13, 2011,

The founder companies of DEEF NP Ltd., the Lead Beneficiary, have got many years of experience in the Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian markets in the field of trade- and economy development.The partners in the project are:The Farmers Association of Subotica and the Farmer's Union of Senta.The vision of the project is to facilite cooperation between hungarian and vojvodinian micro-,and small enterpr ...
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Farming for conservation in the Burren (BurrenLIFE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2004, End date: Jan 31, 2010,

Background The Burren on Ireland’s western Atlantic coastline is a beautiful and unique area much of which is composed of priority habitats for conservation under the Habitats Directive. These habitats are significant repositories of wildlife and are valuable for farming, recreation and education. The Burren LIFE Project (BLP) focused its actions on p ...
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Female Entrepreneurs´Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region (FEM)

Start date: Aug 14, 2004, End date: Aug 13, 2008,

FEM has promoted womens access to labour markets and entrepreneurship and strengthened the role of women in local and regional development by e.g. training, mentoring, networking and creating meeting-places. Gender sensitivity and gender mainstreaming have been key issues in the project. The aim has been to produce sustainable positive changes in the attitudes, processes and methods of economic an ...
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TERRACELT

Start date: Feb 28, 2005, End date: Jul 9, 2008,

TERRACELT will provide a comprehensive service for the agricultural service and the agricultural and the rural communities in Wales and Ireland by using the latest techniques in information technology.
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Minorities' agriculture - Detection and enhancement of the cross-border typical products (AGROMIN)

Start date: Sep 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

This project stems from the shared need to enhance the resources of the primary sector, that are connected with the Italian minority in Slovenia and the Slovenian minority in Italy. The project is especially addressed to farmers, their trade associations and the other representative associations, together with various professionals (wine stewards, tasters, journalists, etc.) and all the inhabitant ...
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A.S.A.P. - Efficient Administrative Structures as a Prerequisite for Successful Economic and Social Development of Rural Areas in Demographic Transition (A.S.A.P.)

Start date: Dec 18, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Effective public sector action is a cornerstone of spatially balanced and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region. Especially rural areas need administrative support for compensating lower economic potentials for the benefit of their population. ASAP created innovative solutions to meet the most urgent challenges for rural development in the Baltic Sea Region in an integrated way: Demogra ...
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Leadership Programme For Farm Women (Growing Relationships)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The Leadership Programme for farm women focuses on giving rural women enhanced confidence, communication skills, networking ability and an understanding of policy making processes.The project will involve a number of key elements, but will ultimately concentrate on personal, social and business progression of farmwomen within the North/South border areas. Specific targets have been established as ...
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Animal welfare and product quality, in the genetic reproduction centres, through new management and technological methods (WELLGENE)

Start date: May 31, 2005, End date: Feb 27, 2007,

The project aims at testing new technologies, both in the farm and in the laboratory, to improve the quality of the seminal material obtained by cattle reproducers, in order to make it more competitive on the market. In the farm, animal welfare is an important factor to improve the semen quality and the reproduction characteristics of the animal. On the other hand, the laboratory activity aims at ...
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Demonstration of water saving for watering uses through the experimentation of artificial intelligence integrated in traditional systems of water control (OPTIMIZAGUA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Sep 30, 2006,

Background The relevant policy objectives for water quantity are to ensure and promote sustainable water abstraction and sustainable use of surface and ground waters. With the exception of south-west Europe, total water abstractions have decreased over the last decade in Europe. Most sectors have cut their water use through measures such as greater water ...
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Common strategies, spatial partnerships and actions for sustainable spatial development and integration of regions around transnational corridor in the Southern BSR (BALTIC+ )

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

The overall aim of the BALTIC+ project was to form a permanent political platform for co-ordination and management of spatial development strategies and actions in a macro-region consisting of Skåne in Sweden, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin and Brandenburg in Germany, and Western Pomerania in Poland. Agriculture and forestry, tourism, communication and infrastructure as well as promoting collabora ...
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Agri-Networks

Start date: Aug 30, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

The project will support rural communities of West Wales and South East Ireland by developing a unique programme of conventions, events and seminars aimed at rural/ agricultural business development in order to encourage networking and exchange of best practice.
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Rural Development Connection (RDC )

Start date: Jul 31, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2005,

The project focused on the sustainable development of rural areas as places to live and work, fighting against current problems in the countryside like depopulation, degradation, loss of jobs, brain drain, over aging population and insufficient infrastructure and supporting of rural tourism as one of the few business sectors in the rural areas with potentials. ...
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Fair Trade Farm Co-operative Project

Start date: Mar 1, 2013,

EVS volunteers will be placed on a non-profit 18 acre Fair Trade Co-operative Farm in St. Vincent & the Grenadines and undertake a range of activities designed to mitigate the impact of climate change, support fair trade, protect the environment and contribute to the social development of rural farming communities. This diaspora-led service learning project will enables Black &Minority Ethnic you ...
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MARLO - Sustainable development of European rural areas through cooperation in marketing of local and organic food products

The MARLO project aimed to improve the competitiveness of rural SMEs by introducing a Methodological Training Tool in Marketing of Local and Organic Food Products, and to encourage sustainable development of rural areas. The project has been based upon the transfer of the results of LdV project ProudFarmer that was successfully completed by a partnership of 6 organisations from Latvia, France, Ita ...
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Organic Agriculture E-learning (FINESSA)

...aterials available to teach the organic agriculture subjects in school, at work and over the internet.The FINESSA partnership from Finland, Spain and the UK consists of education partners and organic farmers' associations. The education partners are all familiar with both formal education and various forms of life long learning efforts, such as apprenticeships. The association partners have an imp ...
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Europe Local Manufacturers Training Platform

Local products are mainly products and services produced and offered by traditional sectors, while the monotonousness and rejection of change and innovation that stems from the tendency of becoming traditional makes it difficult for them to adapt to changing market conditions, eventually exhausting their capacity of competition. The general objective of the ELMA-TP is to increase the capacities o ...
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Transferencia de la innovación de herramienta TIC para el autodiagnóstico medioambiental y método de formación de gran interés para el sector agroalimentario.

Justification of the need at international level: The project answer a triple need of the agricultural sector and the agri-food related SMEs in the European rural areas:a).- The existing environment-related training shortage and of eco-efficiency measures of the European SMEs of the rural area,b).- The scarce implemenntation degree of environmental management systems (EMAS, ISO 14.000) considering ...
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Hungarian-Romanian Cross-border Economic Development and Information Network Building

The aim of the project was to share the experiences affecting SMEs and farmers in theEuropean Union directly with the target group. In order to achieve this, agriculturaladvisors chosen by the Romanian partner were trained using a syllabus that hasbeen designed based on the needs of local business players. An information portal hasalso been set up within the framework of the project to provide up- ...
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Transfer of training tools in organic farming to different countries and adaptation to the e-learning methodology

The main aim of this project is the transfer of the innovation of the products developed in the Leonardo da Vinci project called Forecologia (ES/03/B/F/PP-149080)to farmers and consultants in organic farming, carrying out an adaptation to the reality of the participant countries and to e-learning training methodology. This transfer will achieve a huge impact over the target collective, to improve ...
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European Sustainable Agriculture Education - level 4 (ESA-4)

Improved training for sustainable agriculture : Substantial growth in organic/sustainable agricultural production and consumption in the EU requires the development of an occupational profile and curriculum introducing innovative sustainable agriculture training. The achievements of the project will help to increase the number of educational institutions offering programmes in sustainable agricult ...
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EcoJob-AP - Training on European standards for ecological agricultural production

The EcoJob-AP project aims to create an e-based Learning Management Environment (LME) for acquiring knowledge and skills for production of ecological produce (organic farming) and to promote standardization and transparency of competences to acquire the qualification of adviser/trainer and farmer in organic farming. Target groups of the project are specialists working in agriculture and farmers de ...
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AGRIMARKET - Vocational Training in Agri-Marketing for Farmers, Wholesale and Retail Managers

The project objectives are to develop a new training programme in agri-marketing, focusing on alternative and non traditional crops, speciality and locally produced foods and branded production, farmer retail and wholesale markets and e-commerce, and to train trainers to deliver the training programme.
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Creativity and innovation in the countryside: preparing a transnational rural project

Start date: Dec 1, 2009,

With this feasibility visit we bring young people from rural youth organisations in Estonia, Finland, Denmark, UK, Sweden and Austria together to share their ideas, best practices and knowledge of rural youth activities with the aim of organising a multilateral youth exchange in Sweden in summer 2010. The multilateral youth exchange will be the central activity of a transnational project on innova ...
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