The potato, a crop of immense global significance, contributes to key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as zero hunger, sustainable agriculture, and economic growth. Celebrated on May 30th, the International Day of Potato recognizes its vital role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods worldwide. Originating in the Andes, the potato
The EU-FarmBook Project has launched an online platform to facilitate knowledge sharing among farmers, foresters, and rural actors in the agriculture and forestry sectors. The platform aims to support the transition to sustainable practices by providing practical solutions to daily challenges. A pre-launch event introduced the platform to EU project
The European Environment Agency regularly monitors nature, assessing conservation status and protected areas. Europe faces significant biodiversity threats from urban sprawl, unsustainable farming and forestry, and pollution, leading to fragmented habitats. EEA reports indicate that only 15% of habitats and 27% of protected species maintain good conservation status. EU directives
IGCAT Expert, Wendy Barrie vividly recalls her experience as a jury member of the European Young Chef Award 2023: “It was with great pleasure that I accepted an invitation to be on the Judging Panel for the IGCAT European Young Chef 2023 last autumn, hosted by European Region of Gastronomy
In southern Madagascar, students at Beabo Primary School are participating in Tsikonina, a cooking competition promoting nutritious meals and healthy eating habits among children and families. Organized by the UN, Tsikonina educates students on preparing healthy dishes using locally available ingredients, aiming to address challenges such as malnutrition and climate
Education for Sustainability and EU GreenComp Framework – Respond to the growing need for educating to develop the knowledge, skills & attitudes to live, work & act in a sustainable manner is the topic of the upcoming NEMOS event, to be hosted by TU Dublin on 14 March 2024. Organised in
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Qu Dongyu, visited Slovenia, European Region of Gastronomy 2021, for three days, engaging with leaders in the local apiculture and forestry sectors, traditional industries of the European country. The visit included meetings with the Slovenian Beekeeping Association to
The UN Tourism World Tourism Barometer provides ongoing analysis of short-term tourism trends to inform global tourism stakeholders. Published quarterly, it assesses inbound and outbound tourism data and includes a Confidence Index based on expert surveys. International tourism rebounded strongly in 2023, reaching 88% of pre-pandemic levels, with the Middle
An educational innovation project, NEMOS encourages the adoption of service-learning as a green pedagogy to integrate sustainability in the higher education curricula. With the aim to include a social element in the students’ learning path, NEMOS introduces service-learning as an experiential methodology by which students get in direct contact with
The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program, or Reef Saudi, has launched bee clinics in Jeddah, Jazan, Madinah and Abha, providing examination, diagnosis, guidance and aids to beekeepers, and empowering small producers. The bee clinics will provide beekeepers with a guide manual, collect and examine samples, send instructions for development according
“The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030“, published by The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative (FSCI), provides the first science-based monitoring to guide decision-makers as they seek wholesale transformation of the global agriculture and food systems. This transformation is needed urgently both to reduce the environmental impact
The NEMOS partners moved forward in their endeavour to integrate sustainability into food-related degrees at the 4th transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ project NEMOS – A new educational model for acquisition of sustainability competences through service-learning, hosted by ISARA school in Lyon (France), on 2-3 October 2023. The aim of
The first internship – IILA-MAECI/DGCS 2022-2023 scholarship promoted by the Italian-Latin American International Organization (IILA), with funding from the General Directorate for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs, takes place in Modica and Italian International Cooperation (DGCS/MAECI) which every year grants scholarships to citizens of the Latin American
The publication Bread in Proverbs and Sayings of the Peoples of the World by IGCAT Expert, Dimitrije Vujadinovic contains more than a thousand simple folk tales in a short form. Certainly there are countless more of this selection. This is just one choice. He believes it is striking enough to
More and more voices are rising across Europe to demand the EU for sustainable, healthy and affordable food. The EU Sustainable Food Systems Law (SFS Law) provides a unique opportunity to achieve this goal, but lobby pressure threatens to derail it. The EU Food Policy Coalition and the Good Food
FAO experts call for more systematic research into dynamic ecosystems that impact human health as well as food safety and planetary health. All evidence suggests that the microbiome, an emerging concept referring to the complex ecosystems made up of and by bacteria and other microorganisms, has powerful explanatory value for
