Why aquaponics is vitally important today
We are facing the emergence of a new food crisis. From fertilisers to fuel for agricultural machinery, the raw and subsidiary materials...
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Cesare Neto
- May 20, 2022
- 3 min
Crazy Little Thing Called Technology
Data rich and information poor. This was a concept first mentioned in 1983, in one of the best-selling business book: In Search of...
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Filipa Fernandes
- Apr 21, 2022
- 3 min
What are we doing 7 years after the Paris Agreement?
It’s been 7 years since 196 countries worldwide signed the Paris Agreement and we’re still aiming at a limit temperature increase of...
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Leonardo Collier
- Feb 18, 2022
- 2 min
Drought, water shortage and climate change: crisis or opportunity in Portugal?
Those who live on the Iberian Peninsula can notice the change in rainfall distribution, and even in its reduction in volume. Portugal has...
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F4S Team
- Feb 14, 2022
- 2 min
Food4Sustainability visits sustainable projects in Spain
Earlier this month, between 2 and 4 February, part of the Food4Sustainability team headed to Spain, in the framework of the Erasmus+...
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Ana Rita Silva
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
SFT-EDIH digital innovation hub approved
Smart Sustainable Farms Foods and Trade European Digital Innovation Hub (SFT- EDIH) has been recognised as a national Digital Innovation...
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Carolina Figueiredo
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Arrebita Idanha
Arrebita Idanha Bio brought together thousands of participants and more than 30 chefs in the villages of Idanha-a-Velha and Penha Garcia....
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Ricardo Chagas
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Can wine turn to be a negative carbon emission industry?
One of the industries that is significantly impacted year after year by climate change is the wine industry. This impact derives from...
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Luis Martins
- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
Agricultural Big Data: an overview
Since the beginning of this century, a wide range of advanced digital technologies have been intensively used and daily updated,...
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Carolina Figueiredo
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
Is it possible to reduce about 50% of GHG emissions in cattle production?
It is impossible to deny the impact of cattle production on the emission of greenhouse gases. According to the most recent data...
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Joana Grácio
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) comes into force on June 1st 2023
Assumed as one of the major goals of the Portuguese presidency of the council of the European union, it was after 3 years of negotiation...
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Sílvia Moreira
- Jun 22, 2021
- 1 min
Is the consumption of pesticides in EU decreasing?
Did you know that the total EU pesticide sales volume decreased about 26 thousand tonnes in 2019, reaching its lowest level since 2011?...
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Ana Rita Silva
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Is the end of herbicides drawing nearer?
Since glyphosate commercialization began in 1974, this has become the main component of herbicides, being applied in various sectors, as...
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Ana Rita Silva
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
Combining nature and technology strengthens climate adaptation
"The world has just concluded the hottest decade on record", according to the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy. So, there is a need to...
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Henrique Santos
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
Change Game, the video game that promotes climate awareness
EIT Climate-KIC, a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) that works to accelerate the transition to a carbon-zero and...
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Ana Rita Silva
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Acting on climate is good for the Earth and a smart business strategy
Climate change and global warming is a topic already under wide discussion and greenhouse gases play an important role in this issue....
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Cecilia Franco
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
A brief overview of organic farming in Portugal
The targets set by the European Union provide that by 2030 countries should have 25% of their utilised agricultural area (UAA) under...
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Cecilia Franco
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Antonio Guterres’ appeal
"It's time to act for the climate, the people and the planet". António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations since January...
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Daniela Fonseca
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
PeakBridge and EIT Food launch €30M seed fund for agri-food start-ups
PeakBridge, an agri-food technology venture capital business, and EIT Food, the largest agri-food innovation ecosystem of the European...
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Joana Grácio
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Reducing climate impacts of beef production
Study led by Colorado State University indicates that beef cattle production can cut GHG emissions up to 50% by changing practices....
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