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OptiMIR: new tools for a more sustainable dairy sector. (OptiMIR)
Start date: Sep 24, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2015,
NWE produces 60% of the EU milk which represents 13% of the turnover of the food industry in EU-27. OptiMIR aims to improve the sustainability of the dairy sector by providing milk producers with tools enabling them to manage the cows fertility. feeding. health. pollutants. milk quality. etc. Milk records will be used in an innovative way: the entire MIR milk spectrum. including variations in its ...
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IMPROVING REGIONAL PROSPERITY THROUGH BETTER RESOURCE UTILIZATION ON DAIRY FARMS AND STAKEHOLDER COOPERATION (DAIRYMAN)
Start date: Apr 16, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,
AIM The aim of DAIRYMAN is to strengthen rural communities in the regions of North West Europe (henceforth NWE) where dairy farming is a main economic activity and a vital form of land use. It will lead to a more competitive dairy sector. stronger regional economies and an improved ecological performance within the rural area. WHY? The climatic and soil conditions in NWE regions are excellent ...
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Sustainable Use of Nitrogen (SUN)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,
Agriculture was, and still is, the main component of the rural landscape: in Europe, agriculture, together with forests, takes up about 3/4 of the territory. In this sense, it plays a major role in the maintenance or improvement of the quality of the environment. Since the implementation of the Nitrates Directive (91/676) in 1991, the water quality has not significantly improved. In the cross-bord ...
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OPTENERGES
Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2012,
Ziel dieses Projekts ist die Erarbeitung eines gemeinsamen Konzepts zur Verringerung der CO2- und Treibhausgas-Emissionen in der Landwirtschaft. Dabei werden im Hinblick auf Produktion und Ener-gieverbrauch besonders effiziente landwirtschaftliche Erzeugungsmethoden ermittelt und gefördert.
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Development of a Retro-Fitted Recycling Unit and Inter-Related Web-Based Logistical Software to Reduce Transport Costs and Improve Competitiveness of Organisations in the Recycling Supply Chain (START)
Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2012,
The agricultural sector within the EU generates some 274,000tonnes of plastics waste p.a. of which ~88,000tonnes are agricultural plastics film waste. This equates to 250,000tonnes p.a. with ‘soilage’ (soil/grass/stones/etc). Agricultural plastic film waste has proven difficult to recycle commercially due to the high levels of contamination and its wide geographical dispersion which lead to high t ...
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Integrated European Network for biomass and waste reutilisation for Bioproducts (AquaTerrE)
Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,
AquaTerrE will promote the cooperation between research centres, business and other stakeholders in Europe devoted to the research, development and application of biomass and biofuel production and valorisation. It will aim integration and unification of efforts and the exchange of knowledge and expertise between partners, to promote the creation of a network for improving biomass and waste reutil ...
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Revaluation of the identity of the Atlantic salt mines. Recovery and promotion of the biological, economic and cultural potential of coastal humid zones (SAL)
Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Sep 29, 2007,
The project aims to promote, within a European network, the different aspects which form the common identity of salt-producing sites:- original potential for biodiversity, similar technical expertise, landscapes, histories.It sets in place the following work priorities:- improving the biological interest of the sites;- restoring the marshlands; - organising and structuring the profession;- creatin ...
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