Supporting Innovation in Organic Agriculture: A European Perspective Using Experience from the SOLID Project
Organic farming is recognized as one source for innovation helping agriculture to develop sustainably. However, the understanding of innovation in agriculture is characterized by technical optimism, relying mainly on new inputs and technologies originating from research. The paper uses the alternative framework of innovation systems describing innovation as the outcome of stakeholder interaction and examples […]
Healthy and safe organic food in the function of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation with a focus on global trends and innovations
Healthy and safe organic food plays a crucial role in environmental protection and biodiversity conservation. Organic agriculture is an approach to cultivating healthy and safe food and other agricultural products that rely on natural methods and processes, avoiding the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and other synthetic substances. The primary goal […]
Factors to scale out innovative organic farming systems: A case study in Flanders region, Belgium
CONTEXT: Sustainability transitions in agri-food systems are expected to reduce their negative environmental and social impacts. On the other hand, Europe demands an increase in the agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. Innovations in agri-food systems, especially in the organic sector, could close the gap in sustainability transitions and the foreseen conversion to organic […]
CIHEAM: premio Innovazione Giovani per contribuire a rendere più verdi i sistemi alimentari del Mediterraneo
Nel novembre 2024, il CIHEAM premierà una soluzione innovativa nell’ambito della seconda edizione del suo Youth Innovation Award. Il CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award for Green and Blue Transformation in the Mediterranean mira a promuovere soluzioni innovative che contribuiscano a rendere più verdi i sistemi alimentari del Mediterraneo, migliorando al contempo il benessere umano e l’equità […]
Un Manifesto di IFoam Organics Europe per le prossime elezioni europee: sei priorità da affrontare per la transizione verso sistemi alimentari sostenibili e aree rurali europee vitali
Organics Europe presenta un Manifesto che espone una visione per aree rurali europee vitali in cui l’agricoltura sia sostenibile, resiliente e giusta. L’agricoltura biologica è al centro di questa visione, incarnando pratiche non solo benefiche per l’ambiente, ma anche economicamente sostenibili. Il biologico è parte della soluzione alle sfide che l’agricoltura europea deve affrontare oggi. […]
Preparing the next generation of professionals for resilience in agroecosystems
The publication provides an overview of the research carried out by the SARe Master students in their home countries as part of their second-year activities. They conducted field research on problems related to specific agroecosystems and of concern to small-scale farmers, pastoralists, local institutions and organisations. The focus was on food products, value chains, natural […]
Sustainability in organic breeding – Improving the entire system or adjusting some genes?
The briefing provides an overview of the organic food and farming movement’s understanding of sustainability in crop breeding. As IFOAM Organics Europe, the European organic umbrella organisation and voice of organic with the EU institutions, we wrote this document to assess and counter the European Commission’s narrow and problematic approach to sustainability traits in plant […]
“Enabling sustainable food systems. Innovators’ handbook” – Un manuale della FAO
I sistemi alimentari sostenibili sono fondamentali per garantire alle generazioni future la sicurezza alimentare e una dieta sana. Per la transizione verso la sostenibilità, molte attività del sistema alimentare devono essere ricostruite, e una miriade di attori in tutto il mondo stanno iniziando ad agire a livello locale. Mentre alcuni cambiamenti sono più facili di […]
TP Organics: la "Giornata della scienza" a BIOFACH
Si terrà venerdì 19 febbraio dalle 11:00 alle 12:45 con il titolo “Innovare per la trasformazione degli alimenti biologici” la “Giornata della scienza” del progetto TP Organics. Quest’anno si tratterà di una sessione interattiva in cui si approfondiranno le opportunità di finanziamento per il settore biologico e le aziende alimentari biologiche in particolare, nonché la […]
An action-research exploration of value chain development from field to consumer based on organic hempseed oil in Sicily
Although hemp cultivation is increasingly perceived as a promising option in terms of crop diversification, especially in semi-arid conditions such as in the Mediterranean region, its adoption remains limited thus constraining the development of hemp value chains at a larger scale. Our objective was to explore suitable conditions, at farm and downstream levels, for organic […]
