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Vegetable carbon in agriculture: report on results of a recent study online
Vegetable carbon ("biochar") is produced by converting biomass via pyrolysis. In the process, carbon compounds are formed that remain stable over very...
Diverse social services require diverse support - regiosöl workshop identifies policy recommendations guidelines for action
Due to its systemic approach, organic agriculture makes diverse contributions to sustainability. This includes not only the field of environmental...
„Faszination Mosel“ – Presentation of the evaluation results
On 12.01.2023, IfLS Consulting and Project presented the results of the short evaluation to the steering group of the regional initiative Faszination...
ESD platform for the Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park
The Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park published the first building blocks of the new digital ESD platform at the end of December 2022.
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First steps on the way to municipal sustainability strategies
The municipalities of Speyer, Deidesheim and Spendlingen-Gensingen - accompanied by IfLS Beratung und Projekte GmbH and the Institut für Ländliche...
Participation of citizens in rural regional development - podcast provides insights into the research process
Since March 2020, the Institute for Rural Structural Research (IfLS) and the Institute for Communication and Media Studies (IfKMW) at the University...
Strategy workshop for the Reinhardswald Nature Park
On the 8th of December the Reinhardswald nature park invited to their strategy workshop. Around 35 experts from various regional institutions and...
Closing event "7 years of innovation and cooperation in Hesse".
The current EU funding period, and with it the period in which the state of Hesse first offered funding for innovation and cooperation projects in...
EIP-Agri innovation funding - a success story in Rhineland-Palatinate!
In the 2014-2022 funding period, the EIP-Agri "Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability" was introduced as part of the European Agricultural Fund...
Similarities, differences and knowledge transfer - the networking workshop of German case study regions of the circular economy
On November 30, 2022, the first networking workshop within the project "Potentials of the Circular Economy for Rural Development in Germany and Europe...
Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg announce the new LEADER action groups for the funding period 2023 - 2027
In the course of November, the three federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse announced the LEADER action groups selected...
Biodiversity conservation in agriculture? Success factors for result-oriented measures
On 28.11.2022, the projects ECO²SCAPE and AgriScape [link in German], both funded within the framework of the BMBF Research Initiative for the...
Sustainability communication - central topic at the networking event in the GNK Pfalz project
On 24.11.2022, IfLS Consulting and Projects and the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) moderated a networking event in the Global...
Project close-out "Organic eggs from small production units - Current and alternative utilization of non-marketable eggs".
Between January 2020 and September 2022, the project addressed possible recycling routes for dirty, cracked and very small (S) eggs from small flocks...
Innovative approaches to mixed farming and agroforestry
Through four case studies in the UK, Poland, Portugal and Denmark, the MIXED project tests approaches to mixed farming and agroforestry in order to...
Cooperative marketing of small farm products in Spain
Increasing operational value creation is central to the survival of small farms. The "OnFarm" project is addressing precisely this issue. The project...
German Minister of Agriculture Sven Schulze visits EIP-Agri projects in Saxony-Anhalt
In April this year, the three new EIP-Agri projects ANAPLANT, CRIFORA and Schneckenzucht Altmark received their funding decisions. Today, the Minister...
The advantages and challenges of old varieties in practice
Old varieties are a rarity in horticulture, fruit growing and arable farming. However, they are of particular value for biodiversity in the cultivated...
Regional profiles of the pilot regions North Hesse and Rhineland show existing socio-ecological services as well as needs for action
One aim of the regiosöl project with the participation of the Zentrum für Ökologische Landwirtschaft e.V. (ZÖL) and the Regionalwert AG Rheinland...
Kellerwald-Edersee nature park planning starts expert discussions
The nature park planning for the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park is entering the next round. In "focus groups", strategic goals and associated...