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People with special needs run the risk of being segregated and they have very limited possibilities in the labour market. Promoting their professional inclusion is of the highest importance, as this provides them with fulfilment, autonomy, inclusion and a better quality of life.
The Operational Group OVINNOVA is a consortium of entities of different profiles which have come together around transhumance, with a focus on joint and multisector action. Its main objective is to define the bases for improving the competitiveness of transhumance pasture, by configuring a new business model for providing livestock services which is viable, productive, competitive and contributes to conserving biodiversity.
Agriculture is a key sector in the European Union (EU) and makes an important contribution to the economy. The total value of agricultural production in the EU in 2018 stood at 434,300 million euros. Crops contributed about half of the total value of this production, and within these, the biggest contributors were fresh vegetables and vegetable plants (13.2%), cereals (10.7%) and fruit (6.3%). The number of full-time equivalent jobs in agriculture in the EU was 9,108,100 in 2016. Poland (18.11%), Romania (17.43%), Italy (9.61%), Spain (8.80%) and France (7.78%) were the five countries with the largest numbers of full-time equivalent jobs.
Extensive livestock models are crucial for the sustainable maintenance of important rural zones in Europe. These models are the paradigm of ecological, social and economic sustainability; they combat depopulation in rural areas and have a positive impact on animal welfare and human health when compared with other non-extensive models. Moreover, these models supply consumers with quality food products in many territories of the EU and promote the sustainable development of our society.
SCALE SMEs is a project under the aegis of the European programme Erasmus+, whose objective is to create a new training methodology and training courses for professionals from the European creative industries based on gamification and the use of new technologies. In this project, Innogestiona Ambiental is participating as a partner together with entities from Italy, Slovenia and Poland, and it is the company responsible for offering technological solutions and developing gamification methodologies for teaching.
SMARTCHAIN (Smart Solutions in Short Food Supply Chains) is an ambitious 3-year project under the Horizon 2020 programme, being developed by a consortium made up of 43 partners in 11 European countries. Its central objective is to support and accelerate change towards collaborative short food supply chains and, through specific recommendations for action, introduce new business models and innovative practical solutions which boost the competitiveness and sustainability of the food production systems.
Life Landscape fire ( https://life.cimvdl.pt) is a project that aims to generate measures for the prevention of forest fires, conservation of biodiversity, increase in forest resilience, as well as instruction for decision makers on the benefits of prevention. Framed in the Life program, this project has partners from Spain and Portugal, including the University of Extremadura, the Junta de Extremadura, as well as the border Mancomunidad de la Sierra de San Pedro. Also Portuguese entities such as the Viseu Polytechnic Institute and the Viseu Dao Lafoes intermunicipal community. On this occasion, Innogestiona Ambiental will take part in the project as external assistants to carry out the socio-economic impact study of the project.
Climate change is generating great impacts on the livestock industry to a large extent in southern Europe, causing situations of animal stress due to high temperatures, consequent decrease in productivity and cost overruns by producers who must make greater efforts to maintain quality life of the animal. On the one hand, the scarcity and low quality of water and the deterioration of pastures due to heat waves and the erosion of the soil are seen after the torrential rains even worse. On the other hand, some practices acquired by farmers in recent years (massive use of deforming products among others) must also be reviewed and adapted to the new climate scenario if we are to achieve the sustainability of extensive farms. To deal with this situation that jeopardizes the sustainability of extensive livestock farming, a consortium of entities has launched the project of the European LIFE program “LiveAdapt: Adaptation to Climate Change of Extensive Livestock production models in the EU”. LiveAdapt’s main objective is the implementation of a strategy based on innovative technologies and practices that allow the adaptation of the sector to climate change through
