Across the EU, Member States are now committed to implement strategies to transpose and fulfil the objectives of the Sustainable Use Directive as part of the European Pesticides Package. As part of this process, Member States will have to select adequate and appropriate Risk Indicators that can identify the impact of strategies and identify those options that will deliver […]
OPERA co-organised the national events on "implementation of the sustainable use directive" and "sustainability measure in agro-industry: case studies" , Tuesday 20 April 2010. First Opera public event in Italy with more than 120 stakeholders involved. For downloading the program and the presentations login in the reserved area. In GUEST go to meeting in Piacenza […]
Since the beginning the Common Agricultural Policy has responded in due time to the challenges dictated by the broader context influencing the agricultural activity. Once more, the policy needs to be discussed due to the changes in European and international context. The OPERA Research Centre, through its Brussels office, is organising on the 23 of April 2010, […]
Following the success of the previous event and the specific questions put forward by the agri-foodstakeholders, OPERA Research Centre, through its Brussels office, has the pleasure to announce the organisation of the Second Roundtable of Stakeholders on the Reform of the CAP. The future reform of Common Agricultural Policy needs to reply to new and reinforced challenges related […]
Meeting of the OPERA Informal Expert Group on SUD on the 14th of June 2010 in Brussels. OPERA invites all the stakeholders involved in the discussions on SUD implementation from MS, The European Commission, Plant protection products industry, NGO’ s, International organisations, scientific research institutes to exchange information on the already started process of implementation. We seek […]
OPERA was invited to participate to the European Biodiversity Conference “Sustainable Agriculture supporting European Biodiversity”. The director of OPERA Ettore Capri gave a presentation on "The role of field margins in enhancing biodiversity and the importance of the management of multifunctional landscapes". Related Documents Sustainable Agriculture supporting European Biodiversity
Dedicated to the debate on the possible policy solutions for the numerous problems faced by CAP, OPERA, with Ettore Capri, has participated to this meeting with a presentation on Innovative solutions to foster agricultural productivity in a sustainable way. Related Documents Innovative solutions to foster agricultural productivity in a sustainable way (EN) 234KB Meeting program (EN) 92KB
On the 27th of January, 2011 OPERA organized in Brussels a seminar to present the recommendation document on risk indicators selection and quantitative targets to meet Sustainable Use Directive objectives. The authorities from the majority of the member states were represented at the seminar. The panel discussion which followed the presentation of the OPERA report was […]
OPERA has been invited to participate to the<strong> Meeting on the Science of sustainability (SSI 2011)</strong> organised by the CIRPS (the research centre of the Università Sapienza of Rome) from the 20 to the 23 February 2011 in Valmontone (Italy). The objective of the meeting was to develop the concept of sustainability as a new science comparing […]
OPERA, through its Brussels Office, has organized an event to launch of the report of a new study: "EU agricultural production and trade: Can more production efficiency prevent increasing ‘land-grabbing’ outside of Europe?" The study has been presented by Prof. Harald von Witzke - Humboldt University Berlin. The event organized on the evening of the 11th of May […]
CaffExpò is a series of meetings and discussions about the great theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" of Expo 2015. CaffExpò is the brainchild of OPERA Center for Research, which is developed through the collaboration between the Scuola di Dottorato Agrisystem of Unicersità Cattolica and the Centro di Ateneo EXPOLAB. Once upon a time in […]
At his keynote speech, Francois Wakenhut, Head of Biodiversity Unit of DG Environment, mentioned the link between biodiversity and the consequences to the bees’ losses. The EC funds studies for the bee decline as it has economic impact on the agricultural production. The EU 2020 biodiversity policy focuses on green infrastructure which is very important […]
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