KASSA - Knowledge Assessment and Sharing on Sustainable Agriculture
Description:
Conventional agriculture encompasses about half of the agricultural land territory of the UE countries; its negative impacts on the environment and the basic natural resources are recognised. Growing concerns of the society related to the environment deterioration such as water and food contaminations, livestock epidemics... compel to explore new ways able to improve the sustainability of the current farming systems. Alternative agricultural practices, technologies and approaches in support of sustainable agriculture have already been researched, developed, tested and implemented during the second half of the 20thcentury, in Europe but mainly in North and South America and Australia; they span million hectares. Learning from the results of theses experiences and researches and sharing lessons will undoubtedly contribute to define ways and tools able to orient European policy on sustainable agriculturedevelopment. KASSA proposal intends to build up a comprehensive knowledge base on sustainable agricultural practices, approaches and systems in support of European stakeholders: farmers and professionals, researchers and policy makers at local, national, European and global level. KASSA involves a critical mass of skilled partners dispatched up into four platforms: Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and Latin America. It will be achieved through successive work sequences starting with a comprehensive inventory of existing results then continuing with a progressive refinement of the findings that alternate critical analysis and sharing of the results of each platform.
Executive Institute:
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) Details of French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
Contract period:
01. 09. 2004 - 28. 02. 2006
Project budget:
750,000 €
Participating Institutions:
- Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management Details of Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management
- Institute of Soil Landscape Research (ZALF-BLF) Details of ZALF-BLF
Funding Programme:
- EC - Specific Support Actions Details of EC - Specific Support Actions
Subject:
- Agroecology
- Resource management
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- European Commission (EC) Details of (EC)
Project Management Agency:
- European Commission (EC) Details of EC