News: Bioeconomy

Agrofilm is a unique festival organized by a research institution in cooperation with film professionals. The presentation of the results of the EIP AGRI working groups is welcome and contributes to the dissemination and use of good solutions.

This festival welcomes films on agriculture and food, which present examples of good practice, cooperation between farmers and researchers and innovative solutions that are the basis for effective implementation of the new policies such as Green Deal, Organic Action Plans, Farm to Fork Strategy, Bioediversity Strategy. Submit your film by 31 July 2021 using this form to 

The new edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure presents the 15 finalists of the Rural Inspiration Awards (RIA) 2020. It gives well‑deserved visibility to their projects, provides updates on their achievements and aims to inspire new initiatives.

The RIA 2020 were the second edition of the ENRD's EU-wide rural development good practice competition. This edition focused on EAFRD-funded initiatives that are promoting rural climate action and the bioeconomy, key topics for EU rural development policy and at the forefront of the wider EU and global policy agenda.

The LIFE Carbon Farming Scheme project, an EU LIFE Preparatory Project, aims to develop and test concepts for carbon farming incentives for farmers and foresters, based on the state-of-the-art, focusing on carbon sequestration in agricultural soils and in forests, and looking at both governmental and market based incentives. As part of the carbon credit market analysis, the project has launched a stakeholder survey addressing primary production and therefore farmers and foresters. The survey aims to investigate ways in which actors in the food value chain are actively developing and exploring both practical as well as management and governance measures to improve sustainability and resilience of agriculture and the economic situation of primary producers. It is available in eight languages and it is open until 31 May 2021.

The new Animal Health Law on transmissible animal diseases has become applicable across the EU as of the 21 April 2021. It streamlines previous legislation in a single law, with simpler and clearer rules which enable authorities to focus on preventing and eradicating diseases.

The regulation embraces a 'One Health' approach allowing for better early detection and control of animal diseases, including those that can be transmissible to humans. The law will help to reduce the occurrence and effects of animal epidemics, as well as offering more flexibility to adjust rules to local circumstances and to emerging issues such as climate and social change. Find out more about the EU’s Animal Health Law.