Towards more sustainable food provision
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Newsletter 02/2025
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Our VISIONARY year has got off to a good start, ready to make Europe's food provision more sustainable. Today we tell you more about our SPI on milk production in Spain and introduce you to our partner AKI from Hungary. We also got some new publications online. Check out our VISIONARY website for upcoming events and workshops. Are you ready to join us on our journey for sustainable, climate-neutral and biodiversity-friendly farming and consumption systems?
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We hope you enjoy the read,
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Capacity Building of early-career researchers
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Coordinated by VISIONARY partner HCC, the monthly webinar series for early-career researchers (ECR) started in January 2025. Following the first ECR meeting in Brașov, Romania, the group discussed their needs and agenda for the next 9 webinars. They will address topics related to food systems, EU policy framework and multi-stakeholder engagement. Early-career researchers interested in these topics are invited to join us in the next webinar, when we will discuss the food system and its main components and leverage points.
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New publication: drivers and barriers in value chain initiatives for sustainable production and consumption
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This working paper on drivers and barriers in value chain initiatives is part of VISIONARY project Milestone 15. This document presents an analysis of drivers and barriers to enabling sustainability innovation in seven agribusiness initiatives in seven partner countries (Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Spain, Poland, UK).
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Events
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Our next Cross Country Visit will take place in Germany, May 2025. Further information will be available at our VISIONARY website soon.
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Another Cross Country Visit will be hosted by University of Trento in Italy, June 2025. Read more
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Introducing… AKI
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The Institute of Agricultural Economics in Hungary (AKI) is the co-lead of work package 2 and responsible for one of the project’s groundwork tasks within that WP: conducting a literature-based mapping of drivers for behaviour change in the food system.
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SPI of the month: Sustainable milk production in dairy cooperatives, Spain
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How can co-operative milk production become more sustainable? The Spanish SPI, led by Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España, is reflecting on this question, focusing, above all, on the decarbonisation of the cooperative dairy sector. One of the most relevant aspects being worked on in this regard is the reduction of the carbon footprint of milk production.
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COMING UP
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In our next newsletter, we will introduce the team from The Research Institute for Organic Farming Germany (FiBL Germany) and continue our series "SPI of the month" in Romania. And, of course, report on all things VISIONARY.
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Funded by the European Union under GA no. 101060538. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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The work of UK participants was funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant numbers 10037976 (University of Aberdeen) and 10044788 (University of Exeter)].
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