The purpose of this report is to identify, map, and evaluate the most relevant European policies seen to influence permanent grassland (PG) management. To accomplish this, an interdisciplinary, cross-national team from the UK, Switzerland, Spain...
MoreDeliverable 4.1a Review of facilitators of, and barriers to, adoption and choice of PG management options to deliver specific ecosystem services (ES)
The maintenance and sustainable management of PG in the SUPER-G project sets out to (i) increase understanding of the importance and functioning of permanent grassland (PG); (ii) benchmark PG performance across Europe; (iii) develop integrated...
More1st International Joint Congress on “Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes in the contest of the European Green Deal” | Postponed
In light of the developing coronavirus outbreak, ESSC, EURECYS and the Organising Committee of the International Congress on “Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes in the context of the European Green Deal”, that was going to take...
MoreDeliverable 3.2 – Overview of data, key gaps, and trends in PG management in the different biogeographic regions
The overall aim of this report is to give an overview of datasets that provide information on current and historical management of Permanent Grasslands (PG) in Europe; present a short summary of the state and condition of PG in Europe based on...
MoreDeliverable 2.3 – Report and maps with main farming systems on PG in Europe
This report is a result of Task 2.2 that aims to characterise the main Farming Systems (FS) managing Permanent Grassland (PG) in Europe with a view to assessing how they deliver for a range of Ecosystem Services (ES). Therefore, this report...
More2nd Portuguese Co-innovation Workshop – CONSULAI
The second Portuguese SUPER-G farm network co-innovation workshop took place on 19th February 2020 at Hotel Vila Galé, in Lisbon. The workshop was well attended with a total of 32 Participants, 26 farmers attending. The main objectives of the...
MoreActivity for Children: “Citykollo” – Summer activities | Sweden
On June 18th, SLU organized an activity for children from 11 to 15, as part of “Citykollo”, a week of summer activities organised by Uppsala Konsert och Kongress and Uppsala Municipality. The theme of the event was Agriculture and...
MoreSeminar: “How to produce enough grass forage of high quality from grasslands?” | Czech Republic
On February 26th, Mendel University organized a seminar entitled “How to produce enough grass forage of high quality from grasslands?” with Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, DLF Seeds company and local co-operative farm Senagro...
MoreCo-innovative workshops organised by Mendel University
Last year, Mendel University celebrated 100 years. In its anniversary programme were included three co-innovative workshops testing different Innovative approaches &...
MoreGreenhouse gas budgets of permanent grasslands
Greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) from agriculture are important due to their impact on climate change. Permanent grasslands can act as a carbon sink, but they can also be an important source of greenhouse...
MoreSeminar: “How to manage grass to get the most out of it? – innovation in PG management” | Poland
On February 7th the Polish Society for Agronomy organized a seminar entitled “How to manage grass to get the most out of it? – innovation in PG management” with the Pasture to Profit Consultant Sean Chubb from LIC (Livestock...
More1st Northern Ireland Upland Co-innovation Workshop – AgriSearch
The first Northern Ireland Upland SUPER-G farm network co-innovation workshop took place on 7th March 2019 at Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. The workshop was attended by 7 upland farmers The main objectives of the meeting were to...
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