O.P.E.N. Global Urban Agriculture Summit. SWAPUA. EU-Inco Copernicus Project SWAPUA. EU-Inco Copernicus Project SWAPUAProject brief as of 12 May 1999 Summary Urban agricultural activities play an important role for food production, income and employment, and recreation in CEE/NIS countries for a long time and the importance of urban agriculture has increased under the economic pressure of the transformation process. For example, the World Bank states that 88% of the Russian potato yield is produced on small household plots. Property reforms add to the scenario of change. Agenda 21 emphasises the need to develop sustainability of urban areas, and points especially to the re-use and recycling of urban waste water and organic matter. Urban planning and urban administration should integrate the various existing agricultural activities within the cities (e.g. horticulture, small animal production, urban forestry, waste water fed aquaculture).
However, the environmental benefits and problems of urban Agriculture have hardly been studied. 2- water use and recycling of waste water; COST-Action Urban Agriculture Europe. Eco-innovation in action - Eco-innovation - Environment. GEnIuS: Graphene Eco Innovative Sorbent Oil spills can have a devastating impact on the environment and the need to act quickly and effectively after such a catastrophe is paramount. The GEnIuS project promotes a material that can rapidly separate oil from seawater, two liquids that do not mix easily together.
The advantage it brings is that the loss of a vital energy resource - oil - and damage to aquatic eco-systems is limited. The product, already on the list of materials approved in Italy for oil spill clean-ups, is also effective for hydrocarbon removal from contaminated soils. Find out more. ETC Urban Agriculture Bulletin. EFCF, European Federation of City Farms » Home. Greater Riga Region (Latvia) Riga is the capital of Latvia, one of the metropolises in the Baltic Sea region. Together with surrounding municipalities Riga forms the Greater Riga Region with over 1.2 million inhabitants (47% of the population of Latvia) and concentration of economic activity, jobs and income. Riga is historical Hanseatic city and a famous tourist destination in Baltics. The economically dominant role of Riga influences the wider surrounding territory including agricultural activity. For more information, please see the Riga City Region Report on Agrifood dynamics and governance, and Case Studies on Short Supply Chains (Direct Buying), Multifunctional Urban Spaces (Kalnciema Quarter) and Allotment Gardens (Lucavsalas Ekoprojekts)
Agromere. Farming the City. Home - purple. Non-CAP EU policies and Urban Agriculture - COST Wiki. With regard to potentials of Urban Agriculture for sustainable city and regional planning following European policy areas seem relevant: Main relevant policy documents Europe 2020 Strategy (2010)(1) Main objectives Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation Interface How can UA contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation?
Environment - Soil Main relevant policy documents Thematic Soil Strategy (2006)2, Proposal Soil Protection Directive (2006)3, Guidelines on Soil Sealing (2012)4 Main objectives Interface UA could be a tool to preserve cultivated soils, to restore degraded soils and brownfields, and to counter soil sealing in urban agglomerations, especially since European cities are often built in areas with good soils. Environment - Water Water Framework Directive (2000)5, Groundwater Directive (2006)6, Floods Directive (2007)7 UA could provide water retention, water treatment and groundwater renewal in the city and the urban fringe. Environment - Waste 1. URBANAG. LEADER + Les mutations du secteur agricole suite à la réforme de la Politique Agricole Commune (PAC), les exigences croissantes des consommateurs, la pression environnementale, la diffusion accélérée des nouvelles technologies, le vieillissement de la population et l'exode rural sont autant de facteurs qui affectent de nos jours les territoires ruraux.
Dans le cadre d'une politique novatrice de développement rural, ces territoires ont amorcé une réflexion sur leur rôle socio-économique et procèdent à des ajustements structurels afin de répondre efficacement à ces défis importants. En tant que second pilier de la PAC et élément important de cohésion économique et sociale, la politique communautaire en faveur du développement rural ne se limite pas à renforcer la compétitivité du secteur agricole.
Elle favorise en effet le développement de nouvelles activités et sources d'emploi. Objectifs La mise en œuvre des Initiatives Leader I et Leader II a permis de dégager les enseignements suivants: