European Agricultural Research in the 21st Century

European Agricultural Research in the 21st Century
Author: Guy Paillotin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662036924

Jointly published with INRA, Paris. What will people eat in the future and how can the food requirements in terms of quantity and quality be met? This EU-based study elucidates the need for a productivity level that will make agriculture competitive on the market and yet is reconciled with the need to manage natural resources and lands wisely. In this book the necessary changes for European agriculture from the biological, medical, economic and political perspective are discussed.

La recherche agronomique européenne dans le monde du 21è siècle

La recherche agronomique européenne dans le monde du 21è siècle
Author: Collectif
Publisher: Quae
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9782738007124

Que sera l'alimentation de demain ? Comment satisfaire les besoins alimentaires, tant quantitatifs que qualitatifs ? Comment concilier les nécessités productives d'une agriculture compétitive et ses fonctions de gestion des ressources naturelles et des territoires ? Pour relever ces défis, comment donner à la recherche agronomique européenne la puissance et l'efficacité requises ? Comment orienter la coopération scientifique ? Comment renforcer la confiance des citoyens dans la recherche et l'innovation ? Telles sont les principales questions abordées dans le cadre du colloque organisé par l'Inra à l'occasion de son cinquantième anniversaire, au Parlement européen à Strasbourg.

Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic

Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic
Author: Ika Darnhofer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2012-05-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400745036

Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.

Research for AGRI Commitee

Research for AGRI Commitee
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN: 9789282388181

This is the reference document of the Workshop on the "Effects of the structural changes on EU farming: How to better support the European model of agriculture of the 21st century with the CAP" of 14th March 2016, organised by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (COMAGRI) and the Policy Department B (AGRI Research) of the European Parliament . It is structured in three parts: 1. Farm structural change in Western Europe and the CAP. 2. Farm structural change in Central and Eastern Europe and the CAP. 3. Food value chain in the EU - How to improve it and strengthen the bargaining power of farmers.

Towards a Sustainable European Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century

Towards a Sustainable European Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century
Author: Johan F. M. Swinnen
Publisher: CEPS
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2002
Genre: Agriculture and state
ISBN: 9789290793908

The debate on agricultural policy in the EU has been very lively and politically prominent over the past months. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU has undergone major changes since it was first implemented at the end of the 1960s. Commentators suggest that the CAP changes made in the Agenda 2000 reform package were insufficient to address the problems facing the CAP in the coming years. These include enlargement, new trade negotiations and the demand by European society for a safe, sustainable agri-food system, to name but a few. This report highlights the most pressing challenges to creating a sustainable CAP for the 21st century. It focuses on strategic policy options that are closely linked to the CAP system to be "hands on"; but the report refrains from becoming too specific on policy details, focusing instead on the important strategic questions. It offers six recommendations for good governance, that aim to remove bureaucratic constraints from the food industry, yet strengthen consistency and good practice.

The Agricultural Economics of the 21st Century

The Agricultural Economics of the 21st Century
Author: Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2014-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319094718

​This publication provides insight into the agricultural sector. It illustrates new tendencies in agricultural economics and dynamics (interrelationship with other sectors in rural zones and multifunctionality) and the implications of the World Trade Organization negotiations in the international trade of agricultural products. Due to environmental problems, availability of budget, consumer preferences for food safety and pressure from the World Trade Organization, there are many changes in the agricultural sector. This book addresses those new developments and provides insights into possible future developments. The agricultural activity is an economic sector that is fundamental for a sustainable economic growth of every country. However, this sector has many particularities, namely those related with some structural problems (many farms with reduced dimension, sometimes lack of vocational training of the farmers, difficulties of put the farmers together in associations and cooperatives), variations of the productions and prices over the year and some environmental problems derived from the utilization of pesticides and fertilizers.

Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area

Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area
Author: Maria Cristina Paciello
Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2015-06-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 8868125080

Sustainable agrocolture and food security are of particular concern for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and represent one of the biggest challenges facing the area. As a consequence of the region’s heavy reliance on food imports, the sharp increase in food prices since 2007 and the consequent world food crisis has had macro-economic problems (inflation, trade deficits, fiscal pressure), increased poverty and political instability. This challenge, coupled with the consequences of environmental degradation, water scarcity, urbanization and climate stress, call for the urgent development of sustainable agriculture has mostly been ignored in Euro-Mediterranean relations, due to strong opposition from the EU. However, academics and policymakers have increasingly acknowlendged that agriculture that needs to be placed at the core of Euro-Mediterranean regional cooperation. Given the sensitiveness and strategic importance of agriculture for both shores of the Mediterranean, the IAI and the OCP Policy Center jointly organized a two-day conference in Rabat on November 20-21, 2014, to discuss food security and agriculture challeges in the framework of Euro-Mediterranean relations. The present colume collects the updated and revised versions of the twelve papers that were discussed in that meeting.