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InnovFin offers advice on financing research into cutting-edge technologies
13/07/2016
InnovFin offers advice on financing research into cutting-edge technologies
Eco-innovative companies could benefit from an advisory service attached to the European Union's InnovFin – EU Finance for Innovators initiative. The advisory service is targeted at large-scale projects that require a minimum of €15 million in research and innovation (R&I) investment, and that...
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Manifesto maps out Europe's future bioeconomy
18/05/2016
Manifesto maps out Europe's future bioeconomy
A high-level conference held in Utrecht, the Netherlands in mid-April, under the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has published a manifesto that sets out a roadmap for the development of the bioeconomy in the EU. The manifesto defines the bioeconomy as: “those parts of the...
Netherlands
Organic farming goes in circles  
27/01/2014
Organic farming goes in circles  
A Slovakian eco-entrepreneur wants to promote outside his home country a system for the mechanical cultivation of agricultural soils that can work entirely without oil as an energy input. Soil cultivation is generally done using heavy machinery such as tractors. While these have greatly...
Slovakia
Reducing the environmental impact of agriculture through biotechnology
24/01/2011
Reducing the environmental impact of agriculture through biotechnology
Biotechnology can play a major role in helping farmers overcome challenges such as protecting crops against insects, weeds and disease, as well as battling vagaries of the weather. Much can be achieved without resorting to environmentally-harmful products and processes or over-reliance on...
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Cultivating crops on city rooftops
09/03/2010
Cultivating crops on city rooftops
Climate change and population growth mean walls, balconies and roofs across Europe's cities could take on a greener complexion as food production becomes part of the urban landscape. To meet the challenges of producing food in a more environmentally-friendly way, the European Environment Agency...
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