Balancing Agriculture and Sustainability in the EU
The European Union (EU) stands at a crucial crossroads as it seeks to balance agriculture and food supply with sustainability and environmental preservation. What are the challenges?
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Farmer’s Strikes: The Need of Reshaping Spanish and European Agriculture
We have been seeing several strikes coming from the countryside lately. What are their claims, how and to what they can affect, and which are the possible solutions?
How the EU is Revising its 2040 Climate Targets amid Farmers’ Strikes
Behind the EU’s ambitious 2040 climate targets lurks a controversial omission of agricultural emissions and a heavy reliance on unproven carbon capture and storage technologies.
Spain’s Wetlands at Risk: We need different Agricultural Practices to Ensure Conservation
Southern Europe countries, like Spain, are sensitive to drought, which is an impending threat due to global warming. Wetlands are even more sensitive and key for biodiversity and human life. What can we do to protect them?
The Energy Crisis is Pressuring Dairy Farms in Trentino and Veneto. What is the State of the Art?
The energy crisis halts milk and cheese production in mountain areas. State incentives for “multifunctional” farms can be effective against the ups and downs of the market and consumer demands.
Agritourism in Trentino: Hospitality and Simplicity in the Mountains
Agritourism is a symbol of Trentino, and it can help contrast the depopulation of mountain areas and the abandonment of agricultural activities.
Brazilian Elections: What did Bolsonaro do for the Environment in the Last Four Years?
As the final round of the Brazilian presidential election approaches, we hereby review some key events of Jair Bolsonaro’s past environmental agenda.
The Spread and Migration of Avian Influenza
Avian influenza has struck nearly 50 million farm birds and more than 3500 wild animals all over Europe. The risk of transmission to other species is low, but intensive farming offers the perfect condition for spreading the virus.
Agroforestry to Fight Food Insecurity in Brazil
The high unemployment and the pandemic have led many Brazilians to a condition of food vulnerability. To tackle the hunger crisis, agroecological farmers like Ana Bovoy in São Paulo created a net of food distribution initiatives all over the country.
Trentino’s Beefarming Reinvents Itself to Stay Ahead of the Hard Times
Diseases, plant products overuse, and adverse weather conditions are threatening honey bees. How did Trentino’s beekeeping industry reinvent itself to tackle the hard times?
African Swine Fever outbreak in Italy: should have we expected it?
The African Swine Fewer arrived in Italy at the beginning of the year, presumably from imported pork meat. This new outbreak confirms an indirect effect of our unsustainable lifestyle.
Future-proof Dutch agriculture
Besides devastating extensive monocultures, can the Netherlands hope for a future-proof agriculture?
Agroecology for a better water management in Trentino
Even though it is still poorly known in Europe, agroecology can be further implemented with modern and traditional farming practices to improve Trentino’s water management.
An organic district for the Province of Trento: rejected, but…
The referendum to establish a provincial organic district in Trentino was rejected but it shows that more than 65,000 Trentino citizens want a more sustainable type of agriculture.
Who stands for the organic district referendum?
Two days from referendum day, which political party has openly sided for and against the provincial organic district in Trentino?
Trentino and its farming sector. Time to return the favor for cleaner water courses
Due to farming products, the Adige river and many water courses in Val di Non have recorded exceedances of the admissible contamination thresholds.
Running in the usual direction
The high use of water-contaminating synthetic fertilizers and plant protection products, zero-biodiversity policy within the farmland are still the core values of the farming business in Trentino.
Healthier agroecosystems for the whole community
A vineyard or an apple orchard are not just agroindustrial areas to exploit for food production or the livelihood and profits of farmers. They are multifunctional agroecosystems that affect the quality of life and health local citizens.
Farm Hedges and Urban Greening for Better Buffer and Transition Zones
Adding more nature onto industrialized farm fields and more green areas within cemented cities can help local biodiversity. Green buffer and transition zones are a good example.
The Interest of Fossil Fuel Corporations and Agribusiness Enterprises in Climate Policies
Corrupted project collaborations between environmental NGOs, governments and fossil fuel corporations and agribusiness enterprises can tamper meaningful climate policies and secure business-as-usual profits.
