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EFFECT launches a state-supported public GIS-tool for rural land users: saving honeybees and the environment

The use of technology is increasingly important in the agricultural sector. It can help monitor production trends, provide data on current crops and forecasts on those for the following season

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Agriculture in the era of the water challenge: how to survive drought and climate change

In Spain, drought is causing irreversible losses to over 3 million crops. Worldwide, water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80 percent of croplands. From new irrigation systems to support funds, experts and EU schemes are testing sustainable answers to a burning question: how to let agriculture survive the challenge of global warming

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The link between context and scheme design in agri-environmental schemes: the successful case of the Netherlands

In response to the urgent matters related to intensive farming, a successful example of agri-environmental collective scheme in the Netherlands uses a mechanism-based approach to investigate the potential of eco-system services. Results show that success is strongly linked to social learning and trust-building mechanisms.

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Investigating the effects of agri-environment measures on Bavarian dairy farms: evidence and results

Agri-environmental schemes are common in the EU agricultural policy, but do they really help improve environmental and economic efficiency? This report analyzes the application of agri-environmental measures on Bavarian farms and finds that they have little effect on nitrogen pollution level

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EFFECT co-learning visit to the farm of Gerke Jilt Veenstra and Noardlike Fryske Walden

Project team and stakeholders participated in a field visit to Friesland province (NL), on April 13th 2023. 

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Working together for the future of agriculture

Joining forces is key in European research. This allows us to investigate deeper and achieve results faster. The last workshop brought together three sister projects in the common challenge towards agri-environment schemes

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Financing agriculture to destroy biodiversity: the subsidies paradox

One out of four animal and plant species is threatened, and 1 million face extinction. The UN warns of a “biodiversity apocalypse,” but experts say: “We spend much more financing the destruction of nature, than conserving it.” Discover the “subsidies paradox” and how some pilot experiences are trying to reverse the trend

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New electronic solutions for the beekeepers

After the first year of testing, Estonian beekeepers can now make their plans for the efficient spring and summer nectar forage already in the mid of winter.

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The cost of biodiversity protection

European researchers are working with farmers to explore ways to protect biodiversity while providing them with benefits and respecting their needs. The video interviews with researchers take stock of the situation.

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New eco-schemes for a greener Common Agricultural Policy

Eco- schemes are a new kind of environmental contract was created by the European common agricultural policy to protect our environment and climate. They are intended as a more agile payment scheme for farmers and landowners than the existing one. However, they are not free from the drawback risk.