Focus Group 'Recovery of abandoned agricultural lands'
How to foster new, practical ways for better management of abandoned agricultural land in a sustainable way?
The final report of this Focus Group has now been published.
Get all the information at a glance in the factsheet.
Tasks
- Collect and highlight best practices, approaches and methods in the process of reversion of land abandonment.
- Identify the challenges and opportunities for those dealing with land abandonment.
- Bring innovative approaches and solutions to the regeneration process and re-use of abandoned land.
- Suggest adequate socioeconomic and environmental management practices for abandoned land to decrease the risk of soil degradation.
- Identify further research needs from practice and possible gaps in knowledge.
- Suggest innovative solutions and provide ideas for EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and other innovative projects.
Results
- Final report
- Factsheet
- Mini Paper 1: Land abandonment: Identification and assessment of viable business models
- Mini Paper 2: Sustainable land management as a lever to land abandonment
- Mini Paper 3: Ownership, farm structure and behavioural aspects of land abandonment
- Mini Paper 4: Securing stakeholder involvement in the recovery of abandoned farmland
- Mini Paper 5: What can we do to preserve agriculture in peri-urban areas?
- Starting Paper: Recovery of abandoned agricultural lands
Focus Group members
Surname | First Name | Profession | Country |
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Amador García | Alberto | Other | Spain |
Bergounioux | Flavie | Civil servant | France |
Cartwright | Andrew | Researcher | Hungary |
Delgado | Cecília | Other | Portugal |
Di giuseppe | Pierfrancesco | Farmer | Italy |
Feehan | John | Adviser | Ireland |
Gatsiou | Aimilia | Civil servant | Greece |
Giuliano | Giuseppe | Adviser | Italy |
Gorgan | Maxim | Other | Hungary |
Kontogiannis | Theo | Adviser | Greece |
Lazaro | Juan Antonio | Other | Spain |
Lazdina | Dagnija | Researcher | Latvia |
Martins Santos Fonseca | Carlos Manuel | Farmer | Portugal |
Pagès | Yolène | Farmer | France |
Pecenka | Ralf | Researcher | Germany |
Pępkowska-Król | Aleksandra | Working at an NGO | Poland |
Petrie | Gert Jan | Farmer | Netherlands |
Sante Riveira | Ines | Other | Spain |
Weber | Thomas | Other | Austria |
Zdruli | Pandi | Researcher | Italy |
Facilitation team
Surname | First Name | Profession | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Pinto Correia | Teresa | Coordinating expert | Portugal |
Jamrich | Martin | Task manager | Slovakia |
Onéga Lopez | Quico | Co-task manager | Spain |
Video
Resources
Starting paper - Recovery of abandoned agricultural lands
(PDF – 1.47 MB)
Mini Paper 1 - Land abandonment: Identification and assessment of viable business models
(PDF – 300.22 KB)
Mini Paper 2 - Sustainable land management as a lever to land abandonment
(PDF – 1.88 MB)
Mini Paper 3 - Ownership, farm structure and behavioural aspects of land abandonment
(PDF – 532.88 KB)
Mini Paper 4 - Securing Stakeholder Involvement in the Recovery of Abandoned Farmland
(PDF – 241.22 KB)
Mini Paper 5 - What can we do to preserve agriculture in peri-urban areas?
(PDF – 522.36 KB)