Europe emphasises the importance of bio-based fertilisers for improving soil quality and resilience while promoting more circular food systems. This emphasis is reflected in the Farm to Fork Strategy, which highlights the urgent need to reduce nutrient losses to the environment. Within this strategy, the European Commission identifies the production of bio-based fertilisers as a ‘largely untapped potential for farmers and their cooperatives’. The European Commission has funded several projects under the H2020 framework to advance bio-based fertilisers. These ongoing projects focus on diverse technologies and include bio-based fertilisers derived from animal- and plant-based waste streams. […]
Europe emphasises the importance of circular bio-based fertilisers for sustainable food systems. This is also reflected in the Farm to Fork Strategy, which calls for the urgent need to reduce nutrient losses to the environment. In this strategy, the European Commission also refers to the production of bio-based fertilisers as a ‘largely untapped potential for farmers and their cooperatives’. Moreover, Europe has set an ambitious goal to drastically reduce the use of mineral fertilisers by 2030. Europe also stresses the need for a transition towards a circular economy, which includes a circular food system where waste generation is reduced and the potential of by-products is fully exploited. […]
With the Farm to Fork strategy, Europe has articulated its ambition for a transition towards more sustainable food systems. Europe presents an integrated and comprehensive policy that covers the entire food chain: production, processing, and consumption. The strategy embodies ambition and calls for, among other things, a reduction in the use of synthetic (mineral) fertilisers and the valorisation of residual streams. The European Commission also identifies the production of bio-based fertilisers as ‘a largely untapped potential for farmers and their cooperative’. Various concepts and defining principles for sustainable farming have been proposed, including organic farming, regenerative farming, and agroecology. […]
The Green Deal is a forward-looking European strategy with a global reach, aimed at achieving the targets of the Paris Agreement. A cornerstone of the European Green Deal is the Farm to Fork Strategy, which outlines the EU’s ambition to make its food system more sustainable by addressing priorities and challenges at every step in the food chain. The strategy includes a set of actions designed to transform agriculture and food systems into fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly systems, with an emphasis on the bioeconomy as part of the solution. Promoting the production and use of circular bio-based fertilisers is key to achieving the ambitions of the Farm-To-Fork strategy by reducing dependency on synthetic fertilisers, improving soil health, and lowering the carbon footprint of farming. […]
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