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Rhineland-Palatinate aims for strong LEADER funding in the new funding period
On 26 November 2019, the representatives of the Rhineland-Palatinate Local Action Groups (LAGs), together with State Secretary for Agriculture Andy...
Working together towards successful conflict management
Cooperation in innovation and networking projects represents a very special situation. People from different fields, with different interests and...
Promotion of rural development in Baden-Württemberg - around 50 actors discuss the interim results
Since the beginning of 2016, the IfLS has been responsible for the ongoing evaluation of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Rural Development Plan 2014-2020 (MEPL...
Status Quo and new ideas for the next five years PLENUM in Tübingen County
The PLENUM Expert Day on November 19, 2019, in the District Office of Tübingen offered more than 120 regional actors from different fields the...
Ensuring the relevance of research results through the exchange of experts
On October 24th, 2019, the BioFinance expert workshop "Alternative financing in ecological agriculture and food industry - which models are suitable...
Strengthening urban agriculture - "CityZen" launches in five European regions
The Interreg project "CityZen" has taken up the cause of promoting urban agriculture among political decision-makers as a motor for economic and...
Further training in the LEADER region "EMBRACE Tsalka" met with great interest
For the newly elected Board of Directors of the Local Action Group (LAG) of the Georgian Leader Region "EMBRACE Tsalka", the IfLS together with CENN...
Ideas on the strategy of the nature park plan for the Bergstraße-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park
The development of the nature park plan for the UNESCO Geo-Nature Park Bergstraße-Odenwald went into the next round on Monday, September 09, 2019....
Multifunctional agriculture of great importance to young farmers
The potentials, limits and challenges of multifunctional agriculture were discussed at the SEMA II final conference in Brussels on September 17, 2019....
LEAN half-time meeting in Krakow
On September 02 and 03, the third transnational project meeting of the LEAN project took place in Krakow. Together with the project partners from...
A Moor Protection Strategy for Germany - Experts Discuss
Around 5% of Germany's greenhouse gas emissions come from drained moors. In order to achieve Germany's climate protection goals, it is therefore...
Study on faunistic assessment of flowering areas published
Annual flower mixtures are suitable for increasing the supply of flowers in agricultural landscapes over the summer and thus improving the nutritional...
Four million euros for innovations in agriculture in Rhineland-Palatinate
As part of the 2nd call for proposals for the "European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability" (EIP-Agri), seven...
No increase in administrative burden for farmers since 2013 reform
This is the key message of the report published by the European Commission, on which the IfLS contributed a case study in Bavaria. The study was...
Alternative Financing for Agricultural Enterprises - Organic Field Days 2019 Show High Demand
"We want to buy land - where do we get the money for it?" Questions like these were the prelude to numerous discussions that the project staff had...
Workshop on the topic of "Promotion of regional value chains"
On June 26, 2019, ten representatives from the private sector, research and public institutions met in Mainz. The topic of the workshop was the...
Organic Field Days on July 03 & 04 - The BioFinance project introduces itself
For the second time, the nationwide Organic Field Days (Öko-Feldtage) will take place on 3 and 4 July at the Hessian State Domain Frankenhausen,...
Goals and project ideas for the future of the Geo-Nature Park Bergstraße-Odenwald
On Wednesday, June 12th, the preparation of the Geo-Nature Park plan for the UNESCO Geo-Nature Park "Bergstrasse Odenwald" went into another round....
The SDGs and land use conflicts - The example of renewable energies
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stand for economic progress and social justice within the boundaries of ecological limits. The example of...
5 times around Romrod
Development of a SILEK (integrated rural development concept with thematic focus) in the Vogelsberg district started