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Promoting crop diversification in European agriculture: first Conference on Crop Diversification
The first European Conference on Crop Diversification will take place from the 18th to the 21st of September 2019, in Budapest, Hungary.
Diversification, ömki, sustainable development, agriculture, ecological footprint
DetailsDiscovering the diverse potential of our forgotten grassland
Around 28% of the total area of the European Union countries is covered by grassland and green shrubs.
sustainable development, agriculture, organic farming, sustainability, sustainable, factories, grassland
DetailsSustainable organic farming or 9 billion people on Earth? Is this really an inevitable choice?
Although organic farming and sustainability are widely supported in theory, they are still considered a naive strategy when discussing the global food supply. How will we be able to supply the predicted 9 billion global population, and increase agricultural production by 50% using only organic farming methods? It seems impossible. But is it really?
sustainable development, agriculture, organic farming, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable farming
DetailsDiverIMPACTS project meeting – Alnarp (Sweden)
The second annual general meeting of the arable crop diversification related research project called DiverIMPACTS was held this summer. A total of 34 institutions from 11 countries took part. The event was held at the Alnarp campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Erik Steen Jensen, professor of the Department of Living Systems and Technologies, welcomed the participants on behalf of the university. He talked about how the university works, emphasizing the unique 3:1 ratio of students to lecturers (with PhDs) and he eulogized the institution’s exceptional atmosphere and its welcoming and green environment.
agriculture, DiverIMPACTS, sustainable development, project meeting, case study, bioeconomy
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