On November 17, 2021 Professor Stypiński presented the lecture “Meadows and pastures in the protection of biodiversity” in Wloclawek, Poland, during the first part of workshops “The role of modern agriculture in creating...
MoreCo-Innovation workshop – French Farm Network
On November 16, 2021 there was the Co-Innovation workshop – French Farm Network in Normandy, France. There were a total of 61 participants consisting of 23 farmers, 12 advisors/agricultural group leader from CRAN or LBM, 1 journalist, 25...
MoreSUPER-G has published two public deliverables recently
SUPER-G has recently published two public reports that can now be viewed on our website and our social media channels. One of the reports (Deliverable 2.3) summarises the main Farming Systems (FS) on Permanent Grassland (PG) in Europe (linked to...
MoreSUPER-G will participate in the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2021
The H2020 SUPER-G project will participate in the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2021 with a presentation titled: ‘Creating sustainable rural spaces: understanding citizens’ perspectives of grassland landscapes and ‘ecosystem...
MoreInvestigating the potential of Sentinel-2 configuration to predict the quality of Mediterranean permanent grasslands in open woodlands
Fernández-Habas et al. (2021) have published a paper on the assessment of pasture quality in permanent grasslands and how it’s essential for their conservation and management, as it can contribute to making real-time decisions for livestock...
MoreThe SUPER-G Photobook – LIFE on European Grasslands – a Photographic Look has been published!
Covering 34% of the agricultural area in the European Union and around 60 million hectares in total, permanent grasslands are an important and integral part of European landscapes. Within SUPER-G we are trying to better understand how grassland...
MoreSUPER-G Webinar – Pros & Cons of Multi-Species Swards
Representatives from farm networks in Northern Ireland, northern England and Normandy got together on the evening of Wednesday 23rd June to discuss the pros and cons of using multi-species swards. The discussion confirmed that farmers in...
MoreNew launch of Open Access Government July 2021 edition
Open Access Government is a UK-based digital publication with a unique perspective, focusing on an interesting plethora of issues from physics to biology, economic development to agriculture, among many others. The bumper July 2021 edition of...
MoreSUPER-G participated in the 3rd ESP Europe Regional conference
Sophie Tindale from the University of Newcastle, a SUPER-G partner, participated in the 3rd ESP Europe Regional conference organized by the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP). This event took place in Tartu, Estonia from the 7-10 of June 2021...
More1st Joint Meeting of EAAP Mountain Livestock Farming Working Group & FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pastures Sub-Network
On the 7th of June, Paul Newell-Price, coordinator of the SUPER-G project, participated in a joint EEAP & FAO-CIHEAM conference themed “Mountains are agroecosystems for people“ where he presented the 1st Session: Farming systems and global...
MoreEGF2021 SYMPOSIUM | Sensing – New Insights into Grassland Science and Practice
The EGF2021 Symposium, hosted by Universität Kassel, was held last week (17-19 May). With a special focus on sensing technologies, it addressed three main themes closely related to objectives of the SUPER-G project; “Biomass and quality...
MoreWebinar series: Permanent Grasslands in Europe – Policies, Services and Management
The SUPER-G project is hosting an open access Webinar series in June, to showcase some outputs from the project and contribute to discussions around policy making. Under the theme: Permanent Grasslands (PG) in Europe – policies, services, and...
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