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BMBF - RURAGRI - transnational research linking agricultural, rural and sustainable development aspects
Funding programme
Contract period:
2013
- 2016
Project management agency:
Project Management Organisation Juelich
Funding institution:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Framework programme:
BMBF - FONA (Research for Sustainable Development) - Research Framework Programme for Sustainability
Structural goals:
European Integration
RURAGRI aims to improve coordination between on-going and future European, national and regional research programmes dealing with the new relationships between rural areas and agriculture in Europe and the challenge of sustainability.
While the challenges and issues are mostly common, and despite of the historical coordination at the EU level for agricultural and rural development policies, research on agriculture and rural development is mostly carried out at a national level and remains fragmented. Research funding bodies from 20 European member states and associated countries have set up RURAGRI in order to develop a lasting focused network that will identify and open new research fields. The partners work towards a common research agenda to enhance coordination of research in the field of agriculture and rural development. A fundamental aspect of this ERA-NET will be to identify and implement trans-national activities.
Throughout Europe, the strong urban movement leads to increased requirement for improved connectivity between urban and rural areas. The geographic, economic and human dynamics of all European rural areas are increasingly influenced by urban development. RURAGRI aims for a better understanding of new interactions between agriculture and other land uses in order to reach a sustainable rural development within the diverse EU regions and between them at the European scale. This European approach benefits from understanding the institutional and governance approaches necessary to optimize land use and support strengthening existing and future territorial resources, in order to contribute to a sustainable rural development.
