Read the latest news regarding Permanent Grasslands 1st 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 place at 07-10 October 2020, have decided to postpone the conference until 09 – 13 September 2021. More details available soon 2nd Stakeholder Seminar Postponed to September 2020 Due to the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic, the second SUPER-G Stakeholder’s Seminar will be postponed to September 2020. Project members have decided to postpone the Stakeholder Seminar that was due to be held in Goniadz, Poland on 19-22 April. The Seminar is now planned for September this year, updates on the details of this will be shared Activity for Clildren: “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 had a total of 60 participants. One of the challenges organised by SLU, was to place Seminar: “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. The event had a total of 150 participants. The seminar had the following speakers, L. Pavlata (Mendelu), M. Drgáč (consultant for organic farming), Greenhouse 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 gases due to livestock and fertilization. SUPER-G members from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, measure greenhouse gas emissions Seminar: “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 improvement), New Zeeland. During this seminar, participants discussed the possibilities of using pastures as an important, Permanent grassland: pilot farms involved in the European SUPER-G project are all set to optimise their production systems! After two meetings in 2019, the SUPER-G farm network in Normandy has set its work priorities for the next 4 years. 2nd SUPER-G stakeholder Seminar The second SUPER-G stakeholder seminar will be held in April 2020, in Poland. This second seminar aims to cover the continental region. International Symposium on Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems (IS-CRAES) The International Symposium on Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems (IS-CRAES) organized by the Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems IPCC Climate Change and Land Report An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, food security, sustainable land management and greenhouse gas fluxes
1st 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 place at 07-10 October 2020, have decided to postpone the conference until 09 – 13 September 2021. More details available soon
2nd Stakeholder Seminar Postponed to September 2020 Due to the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic, the second SUPER-G Stakeholder’s Seminar will be postponed to September 2020. Project members have decided to postpone the Stakeholder Seminar that was due to be held in Goniadz, Poland on 19-22 April. The Seminar is now planned for September this year, updates on the details of this will be shared
Activity for Clildren: “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 had a total of 60 participants. One of the challenges organised by SLU, was to place
Seminar: “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. The event had a total of 150 participants. The seminar had the following speakers, L. Pavlata (Mendelu), M. Drgáč (consultant for organic farming),
Greenhouse 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 gases due to livestock and fertilization. SUPER-G members from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, measure greenhouse gas emissions
Seminar: “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 improvement), New Zeeland. During this seminar, participants discussed the possibilities of using pastures as an important,
Permanent grassland: pilot farms involved in the European SUPER-G project are all set to optimise their production systems! After two meetings in 2019, the SUPER-G farm network in Normandy has set its work priorities for the next 4 years.
2nd SUPER-G stakeholder Seminar The second SUPER-G stakeholder seminar will be held in April 2020, in Poland. This second seminar aims to cover the continental region.
International Symposium on Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems (IS-CRAES) The International Symposium on Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems (IS-CRAES) organized by the Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems
IPCC Climate Change and Land Report An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, food security, sustainable land management and greenhouse gas fluxes
