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Soil, land-use & agriculture: LIFE programme publications
This section presents the soil, land-use & agriculture-related publications produced since the launch of the LIFE programme.
LIFE among the olives: good practice in improving environmental performance in the olive oil sector
2010 - 58 pages
The EU is a global leader in olive production, accounting for almost 70% of total world output, and is the main net exporter towards non producing areas such as North America. The olive sector is particularly important in southern countries, where it represents a significant share of the agricultural economy and provides considerable employment in olive processing. But the economic benefits of olive production come at a cost. Olive farming has become more intensive in recent decades, using increasing amounts of water and chemical inputs, and olive processing produces significant and growing volumes of waste. The LIFE programme has been targeting these issues, and this brochure examines how LIFE projects are helping both olive growers and olive processors to improve their environmental performance. It also highlights good practices and approaches emerging from these projects that could be adopted more widely within the sector.
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(~5,2 MB)
LIFE on the farm: Supporting environmentally sustainable agriculture in Europe
2008 - 60 pages
This LIFE-Focus brochure covers a broad range of innovative solutions co-financed by the LIFE programme to help enhance agriculture’s influence on the environment. Featuring sustainable agriculture projects active in the fields of water and soil protection, biodiversity and waste, EMAS and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), as well as the processing of agricultural products, this publication showcases practical examples of ways of dealing with present and future environmental challenges.
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(~7,1 MB)
For yet more examples of projects funded by the programme, visit the LIFE project database.