Project level policy briefs

Project level briefs

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Recommendations for future research needs and actions to enhance agro-ecological transitions 

Based on the principal results of the H2020 UNISECO project and roundtable debate of a panel of experts at the final project conference in March 2021, this brief formulates recommendations or future research needs and actions within a future European R&I partnership on agroecology living labs and research infrastructures.

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Operation of a Multi-Actor Platform in a transdisciplinary project focused on agro-ecological transitions 

Succesful transitions to AEFS and practices requires shared understainging of innovations required by actors in practice, policy, science and society. Bringing together complementary perspectives in transdisciplinary Multi-Actor Platforms provides forums to co-construct strategies for such transitions, and their implementation.

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Supporting advice, education and life-long learning to promote agroecological transitions

UNISECO findings reveal the importance of advice, research, innovation and training in the social networks of farming systems, delivering to SDG 4 on education and life-long learning.

 

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Austria

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Mitigation of climate change by humus formation and regenerative arable farming in Eastern Austria (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Eindämmung des Klimawandels durch Humusaufbau und regenerativen Ackerbau in Ostösterreich (in German)

Czech Republic

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Improving soil properties on arable land by maintaining organic dairy farming in the Vysočina region (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Zlepšení půdních vlastností orné půdy udržením ekologického hospodaření mléčných farem na Vysočině (in Czech)

Finland

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: The profitability of biogas investments remains an obstacle to achieving the carbon neutrality objectives of the dairy value chain (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Biokaasuinvestointien kannattavuus edelleen este maitoketjun hiilineutraaliustavoitteiden toteutumiselle (in Finnish)

France

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Viticulture and agroecology (France). Cooperation between farmers to foster agroecological practices in viticulture (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Viticulture et agro-écologie (France). Coopération entre exploitants viticoles pour promouvoir les pratiques agro-écologiques en viticultre (in French)

Germany

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Supporting knowledge networks for sustainable farming practices in Lower Saxony (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Förderung von Wissensnetzwerken für eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft in Niedersachsen (in German)

Greece

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: The role of collective efforts in fostering agro-ecological transition in Imathia, Northern Greece (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Η συμβολή των συλλογικών προσπαθειών στην προώθηση της μετάβασης προς την αγρο-οικολογία στην Ημαθία (in Greek)

Hungary

•  UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Soil conservation farming in Hungary: How policies could be improved to assist agro-ecological transition? (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Szakpolitikai ajánlás: Talajkímélő gazdálkodás Magyarországon Miként lehet segíteni a szakpolitikák javításán keresztül az agro-ökológia felé történő elmozdulást? (in Hungarian)

Italy

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Innovative policy tools and grassroots initiatives to foster the agroecological transition of a market-oriented winegrowing area (Chianti, Italy) (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Strumenti politici innovativi ed iniziative locali per favorire la transizione agroecologica di un'area vitivinicola orientata al mercato (Chianti, Italia) (in Italian)

Latvia

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Differentiation of support for organic farming based on the complexity of agro-ecological farming practices and performance of agro-environmental measures in Latvia (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Policies Enabling Transition to Organic Dairy Farming Systems in Latvia (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 Policy brief: Atbalsta pasākumu diferencēšana bioloģiskajai lauksaimniecībai Latvijā (in Latvian)
• UNISECO H2020 Policy brief: Politikas atbalsts pārejai uz bioloģiskās piena lopkopības sistēmu Latvijā (in Latvian)

Lithuania

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Small family dairy farms - from status quo to agroecological farming systems? (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 Politikos santrauka: Smulkių pieno ūkių ateitis – agroekologinių ūkininkavimo sistemų link? (in Lithuanian)

Romania

• UNISECO H2020 Policy brief: Support the economic viability of the majority of Romanian farms by investing nationally in storage and processing facilities (in English)

Spain

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Supporting the development of an agro-ecological market through Measure 16.2 of the Rural Development Program (RDP) in Navarra (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Apoyar el desarrollo del mercado agroecológico en Navarra (España) a través de la Medida 16.2 del Programa de Desarrollo Rural (PDR) (in Spanish)

Sweden

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Agro-ecological diversification to produce more food from Swedish ruminant farms (in English)

Switzerland

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Increasing the knowledge about income alternatives to intensive livestock farming of the Swiss Lucerne Central Lakes region (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Verbesserung der Kenntnisse über Einkommensalternativen zur intensiven Nutztierhaltung in der Region Luzerner Mittellandseen (in German)

United Kingdom

• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Addressing barriers of culture, mindset and institutions through effective co-creation forums and networking, in North-east Scotland, UK (in English)
• UNISECO H2020 policy brief: Tackling the shortage of skilled and informed labour to deliver transitions to agro-ecological farming systems in North-east Scotland, UK (in English)