WORKING SESSION on “digital farming: how to deliver economic and environmental performance”
The session was structured as followed:
Opening remarks by Alina Ujupan, Cabinet Member of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner in charge of the Digital Economy and Society.
Challenges and potential :
– On-going developments in the wine sector by Fotis Chatzipapadopoulos, Gaia Epicheirein
– Presentation of first results in the 1000 Fermes Leader Project by Carole Rocca, In Vivo
The discussion on how to promote the digitalisation of EU agriculture and how to integrate it into a smart Common Agricultural Policy was chaired by Jean-Marc Bournigal, Director General of AGPB & former President of Irtsea (L‘Institut de Convergence Agriculture Numérique).
BioMonitor4CAP Kickoff meeting: European Project on advanced biodiversity monitoring started
BioMonitor4CAP is a research project aiming to develop advanced biodiversity monitoring to show which agricultural practices and policies work best at conserving farmland biodiversity. Twenty-three partner organisations from 10 European countries and Peru participate in this project funded through the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Agriculture covers around half of the European terrestrial land […]
Biofuels: surmounting populism for a fact-based policy
Under the patronage of Ms Angelique Delahaye and Mr Peter Jahr, MEPs, this event will be an opportunity to present the Green Energy Platform initiative, whose aim is to strongly support the EU sourced biofuels, developed in close relation with the EU agricultural sector. The European Union should be proud of its agriculture, which is in a position of securing at the same time a high level […]