New publication – Key barriers holding back European food legume value chains

Jan 26, 2026 | news, News for Policy Stakeholders, News for Practitioners, News for Scientists

Why are the production, processing and consumption of pulses in Europe still failing to gain momentum—despite their clear potential for more sustainable food systems? VISIONARY partners just published their paper “Weak pulse: a Q-methodology study of stakeholder...

Introducing… University of Trento, Italy

Dec 3, 2025 | news, News for Policy Stakeholders, News for Practitioners, News for Scientists

Based in Northern Italy, the Universiry of Trento (UNITN) brings internationally recognised expertise in environmental, behavioural, and experimental economics to the VISIONARY project. The team leads two key tasks in WP3, focusing on behavioural experiments in...

SPI of the month: Sustainable Water Management in Hungary

Nov 13, 2025 | news, News for Policy Stakeholders, News for Practitioners, News for Scientists

Hungary’s second Science–Policy Interface (SPI) focuses on one of the country’s most pressing issues — sustainable water management. It explores how to encourage farmers to work together on collective water resource management and how such collaboration can support...

Cross-country visit to Hungary

Oct 16, 2025 | news, News for Policy Stakeholders, News for Practitioners, News for Scientists

The Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI) organised a Cross-County Visit on 11–12 September 2025. In the heart of the two-day programme was ta free-flowing discussion on the present and the future of alternative food networks (AFNs) and the Farmer-Miller-Baker...

SPI of the month: Promoting Organic Farming in Poland

Oct 2, 2025 | news, News for Policy Stakeholders, News for Practitioners, News for Scientists

How can organic farming be effectively promoted in Poland? This central question shaped a series of Science-Policy Interface (SPI) workshops hosted by the University of Warsaw. The events convened a wide array of stakeholders – from government officials and...

New publication – Agent-Based Modelling of food systems: A scoping review on incorporation of behavioural insights

Jul 29, 2025 | news, News for Policy Stakeholders, News for Practitioners, News for Scientists

VISIONARY partners Alexander Öttl and Mette Termansen from UCPH have just published their article “Agent-Based Modelling of food systems: A scoping review on incorporation of behavioural insights” in the Environmental Modelling & Software Journal. This...