PROJECT:

 

NEXRUR: NEXT GENERATION SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS AND MONITORING FOR RURAL RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION

 

 

PROGRAMME:

 

HORIZON EUROPE

 

 

CALL TOPIC:

 

HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-2-two-stage. New sustainable business and production models for farmers and rural communities (RIA)

 

 

 

KEYWORDS:

 

Agricultural business models

Social and environmental impact

Rural development

Innovation

 

 

OBJECTIVES:

 

Rural areas and agriculture are facing major economic, social and environmental challenges regarding climate change, loss of biodiversity and water supply. Consequently, there is a need for new or improved innovative business and production models in rural areas that tackle these challenges and have an impact on sustainability.

The EU-funded NEXRUR project explores strategies for change in rural areas through collaboration between the EU and China.

NEXRUR´s main objective is to investigate the innovation dynamics and strategies for change in rural areas, through international cooperation between the EU and China, enabling farmers and their communities to develop, select and upscale new or improved sustainable business models and monitor their economic, social and environmental impact on rural resilience.

 

ACTIVITIES:

 

  • Generation of knowledge on community-led agricultural business models through practical research including 22 community case studies and 7 start-up case studies.
  • Assessment of the social and environmental performance of community-led agricultural enterprises in different contexts, agri-food value chains, soil and climate zones, and socio-economic and environmental conditions in the EU and China.
  • Development of strategies and policy recommendations.

 

 

PARTNERS IN EUROPE:

 

  • LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR AGRARTECHNIK UND BIOOKONOMIE EV (DE) – Coord.
  • HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN (DE)
  • STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH (NL)
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS (ES)
  • COLLABORATING CENTRE ON SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION GGMBH (DE)
  • RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB (SE)
  • SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET (SE)
  • GREENOVATE ! EUROPE (BE)
  • GEONARDO KORNYEZETVEDELMI TERINFORMATIKAI ES REGIONALIS PROJEKTFEJLESZTO KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG (HU)
  • BUNDESANSTALT FUR AGRARWIRTSCHAFT UND BERGBAUERNFRAGEN (AT)
  • BAB PROJECT EINRICHTUNG MIT EIGENER RECHTSPERSÖNLICHKEIT AN DER BUNDESANSTALT FÜR AGRARWIRTSCHAFT UND BERGBAUERNFRAGEN (AT)
  • CLUSTER VIOOIKONOMIAS KAI PERIVALLONTOS DYTIKIS MAKEDONIAS (GR)
  • FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA SAN ANTONIO (ES)
  • ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE LEADER POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL (BE)
  • GREENFLEX (FR)
  • MAGYAR AKVAKULTURA TECHNOLOGIAI ES INNOVACIOS PLATFORM EGYESÜLET (HU)
  • ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING SA (ES)
  • COÖPERATIE STADSLANDBOUW OOSTERWOLD U.A. (NL)
  • VEREIN FUR LANDSCHAFTSPFLEGE POTSDAMER KULTURLANDSCHAFT EV (DE)
  • LANDSCHAFTSPFLEGEVERBAND PRIGNITZ RUPPINER LAND E.V. (DE)
  • ASOCIACION DE PRODUCTORES DE GANADO CRIADO A PASTO (ES)

 

PARTNERS IN CHINA:

 

  • INSTITUTE OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (China)
  • NINGBO UNIVERSITY (China)
  • ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY (China)
  • RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES – CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES – RCEES (China)
  • INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT,CAAS (China)
  • ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (China)
  • YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY (China)
  • ZHEJIANG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (China)
  • SHANDONG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (China)

 

EUROPEAN FUNDING :

 

EU Funding of the project: 5 999 774,50 €

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