The aim of the project is to emphasize the link between local productions and a mode of distribution and consumption of proximity, much more valuable in terms of sustainable development and of eco-friendly behaviour.
Indeed these devices at human scale offer many advantages:
- Social: to reinforce the bond between producers and consumers by supporting the co-education of the implied actors and the quality of the exchanges;
- Economic: to develop a production of higher quality while ensuring a better quality ratio/price for consumers
- Environmental: to preserve the ecosystem by practices less impacting.

The partnership is made up of teaching and training structures (universities, schools, apprentices' schools and training centers…) implied in the thematic. Will also be associated: producers, consumers, associations, official bodies,…

Learners will take an active part in the project either through mobilities or through pedagogic actions led within the structures partners.
The object is to make a full list of the devices and experiments in existence in order to determine the characteristics and the key elements of success and development and then to consider a possible transposition and use in other countries. In a second time this project will help get a clearer vision of the requirements in terms of contents, pedagogy and training which could fit it. The project will take the form of a CD presenting the whole of the productions described above. It will be disseminated to all participants and partners through Internet (on site links, dedicated platform…)

Partners

CFPPA de Toulouse Auzeville centre constitutif de l'EPLEFPA de de Toulouse Auzeville

The CFPPA of Toulouse Auzeville is a public vocational agricultural training centre which intervenes in the fields of landscaping, of “fight against exclusion” and in marketing and management agricultural techniques.

Oriented to workers or people in between two jobs, it receives different types of trainees and levels (elementary to higher), for long or shorts courses, resulting in a diploma or other forms of certification. Its vocation is to adapt the contents and the duration of its courses offer to the needs of companies.

Besides the vocational training center, the campus of Auzeville (“Cité des sciences vertes”) groups together a secondery agricultural sckool, an apprentices center and other services and institutions of national size in the fields of the agriculture.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 November 2010 10:43

Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica

IFAPA

The IFAPA has as global aims develop a research and a quality training, directed to creating and stimulating a managerial innovative culture linked to the current needs and especially of future the agriculture, the fishing and the food-processing industry.

The IFAPA constructs its identity from the following key elements:

The impulse to the public-private collaboration, and the establishment on opened procedures to the participation and funding public - private of its programs and projects, who will orientate to solve relevant problems and to stimulate the innovation in the agriculture, the fishing and the
aquiculture in Andalusia.

The professional excellence of their human resources.. Staff. 1.600 peoples. A flexible infrastructure which promotes the coordination and cooperation with other Andalusia, national and international institutions for the fulfilment of their proposal and to assure sufficient capacity of response to carry out theirs programs. The aim of the Andalusia Institute of Investigation and Agrarian, Fishing, Food Training and Ecological Production it will be to contribute to the modernization of the agrarian , fishing and food sectors of Andalusia and to the improvement of it
competitiveness across the research, the innovation, the technology transfer and farmers , fishermen, technical personnel training and workers of these sectors.

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1. WHAT IS IFAPA ?

The Andalusian Institute for Research and Training in Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (IFAPA) is an autonomous institution of the Andalusian Government created by the Law 1/2003 of the Parliament of Andalusia. IFAPA was firstly attached to the Department (Ministry) of Innovation, Science and Business of the Regional Government of Andalusia by the Decree 201/2004 and latterly to the Department (ministry) of Agriculture and Fisheries (Decree in BOJA 79, Apr/08).

IFAPA activities are concerned with scientific research and technology transfer in the areas of agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and the agrifood industry and it is ruled under the regional public institution laws.

IFAPA was created as an expression of the will to form an efficient instrument for producing reasonable responses to the andalusian agrifood sector’s demands, based on the new technologies and scientific advances . This is seen as an unavoidable way of contributing to the modernization and economic development of this region.

IFAPA intends to be efficient and quick in its operation and down to earth in its action programs, mainly aimed to promote research, training and technology transfer on the agrarian, fishing, aquaculture and the agrifood industry sectors.

FUNCTIONS

IFAPA may develop as many functions as needed for attaining its objectives, and particularly, the following:

To support the development of the agrarian policies set by the Government of Andalusia.

To design and carry out research programs according with the international, national and regional research plans in force at a given moment.

To design and carry out programs of vocational and occupational training for farmers, fishermen, workers and technicians through activities of technology transfer based on the results of own or other´s research and/or experimentation.

To act as a support tool for the agrifood sector by mean of studies, advising services, etc., aimed to improve the productive systems.

To promote relationships and coordination strategies on research and technology transfer with other public and private institutions, particularly with the andalusian universities.

To supply scientific and technological basis for promoting sustainable and environmentally friendly systems in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture.

To promote R +D + I on the whole sector which ultimately should benefit farmers, fishermen, consumers and environment

STRUCTURE

PRESIDENCY

The presidency holds the legal delegation of IFAPA, carrying out the coordination and the overseeing of all the activities of the IFAPA, in agreement with the general guidelines of the Department of Innovation Science and Business of the Andalusian Regional Government. and the Social Council. He/She is appointed by the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia after nomination by the Head of the Department of Innovation, Science and Business.

GENERAL SECRETARYSHIP

The general secretary’s most important duties are:

The governance of the human and economic resources of the institute

The direction and overseeing of the general functioning of all the administrative procedures

The management of all the assets, utilities and infrastructures of the institution.

SOCIAL COUNCIL

Formed by representatives of other public institutions, farmer’s organisations, business organisations, trade unions and agrarian cooperatives.

Functions:

Approval of the most important guidelines of IFAPA budget.

Approval of the IFAPA main activities program and of the IFAPA annual report.

To inform about changes or modifications on the IFAPA statute.

To promote activities of IFAPA in cooperation with agrarian, fishing, aquaculture and food sectors.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

It is a scientific and technical advisory and consultive body of the institution. It is chaired by the President of IFAPA

BOARD OF DIRECTION

Chaired by the President of IFAPA the board of direction works to help and assist her/him on the ruling of the Institute.

This board is formed by the General Secretary of the Institute, Head of Services, the persons in charge of the seven R+D Areas and four directors of the IFAPA R+D centres, these last ones, appointed directly by the President.

R + D AREAS

The R +D +I activities of IFAPA are grouped in seven areas. This areas could have a discipline feature (i.e. Plant protection) or a product lineament (i.e. Aquaculture and fishing resources). They play an important role on the planning and coordination of the IFAPA activities. Any human resource devoted to research, technology transfer or innovation within IFAPA, must be attached to one of the following seven areas:

Agrarian Production

Plant breeding and crop biotechnology

Crop Protection

Economy and sociology of rural areas

Post-harvest technology and agrifood industry

Aquaculture and fishing resources

Agro ecology and natural resources

HUMAN RESOURCES

IFAPA is made up of 1091 workers. Four hundred and thirty eight of them (438) carry out activities of research, technology transfer or innovation and 653 develop supporting services.

Regarding degrees of education and training and considering all human resources; the distribution is as follows:

112 Ph Ds
271 B.S./M.S
137 Technician .
571 Other degrees

Considering only persons doing research or technology transfer the layout is

R+ D + I CENTRES

Mapa de Localización de Centros

1. C.I.F.A.. "La Mojonera-La Cañada" (Almería) *

2. C.I.F.A. "Alameda del Obispo" (Córdoba) *

3. C.I.F.A. "Palma del Río" (Córdoba) ***

4. C.I.F.A. "Cabra-Priego" (Córdoba) ***

5. C.I.F.A. "Hinojosa del Duque" (Córdoba) ***

6. C.I.F.A. "Rancho de la Merced" (Cádiz) *

7. C.I.F.A. "Chipiona" (Cádiz) ***

8. C.I.F.A. "Camino de Purchil" (Granada) *

9. C.I.F.A. "Venta del Llano" (Jaén) *

10. C.I.F.A. "Churriana" (Málaga) *

11. C.I.F.A. "Campanillas" (Málaga) ***

12. C.I.F.A. "Las Torres-Tomejil" (Sevilla) *

13. C.I.F.A. "Los Palacios" (Sevilla) ***

14. C.I.F.P.A. "Huelva" (Huelva) ***

15. C.I.F.P.A. "El Toruño" (Cádiz) **

16. C.I.F.P.A. "Agua del Pino" (Huelva) **

17. C.I.F.P. "Cádiz" (Cádiz) ****

18. C.F. en Seg. Marítima y Adiestramiento de la Flota (Cádiz) ****

* Activities in these centres are mainly research and technology transfer in agriculture

** Activities in these centres are mainly research and technology transfer in aquaculture

*** Activities in these centres are mainly technology transfer and farmer training

**** Activities in these centres are mainly technology transfer and sailors and fishermen training

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.

IFAPA has a project portfolio in force ( See Annex 1) which is funded by the Institute itself, State Organizations (the National R+D Plan, INIA, etc.) or international sources (EU Programmes and others). In addition, part of the R+D activities, yet not very important, are financed by the private sector through research and/or development agreements.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES

Most of the activities of IFAPA are motivated by a philosophy of applicability and innovation using those mechanisms best suited in each case, as the publication and dissemination of results through the specialized scientific media, the provision of information concerning the progress of R+D projects and, in some cases, marketing contracts or exploitation agreements for patented products, mainly crop varieties or advanced plant genetic material.

However, the most important fact concerning the activities of technology transfer by IFAPA is by, all means, its Experimental Network (Andalusian Network of Agrarian Experiments: “Red Andaluza de Experimentación Agraria”) best known by most of the leading actors in the agrarian sector as the “RAEA” network.

The RAEA network is a good example of what has been called an “on farm research” program. Throughout history, agricultural innovation has sprung from the creativity of farmers. Many of the techniques currently in practice originated when creative farmers faced the challenges of farming, and developed a new way to farm better. With this idea in mind, RAEA lays out experiments, mainly dealing with the use of new technologies and a more sustainable utilization of inputs, in fields of private farms. Farmers take care of the experiment and are encouraged to make a follow up of them. Visits of other farmers are organised and they have the opportunity to discuss “in situ” with the collaborating farmer and the researchers and technicians which routinely visit the experiment in the processes of data taking. At the end, results are published in “paper” publications and in the IFAPA web page, so participant farmers and other leading actors of the agrarian sector can utilize this information at the decision taking time.

FARMER AND FISHERMEN TRAINING

The current IFAPA training programs allow farmers gain skills and direct farming experience that will enable them to take a next step toward establishing their
own farming enterprise or join a working farm as a manager or assistant.

Other training programs are focused to technicians, working in private agriculture business as well as in public institutions dealing with agriculture administration. Also programs for retraining farmers in new technologies are frequently organised. Some of those training activities use as a support tool the RAEA network.

All these training activities are carried out either at the IFAPA centres or in other facilities provided by local authorities in towns and villages away from the IFAPA centres. These is done particularly in training programs for fishermen and sailors who undergo many more difficulties to assisting at the training programs in the IFAPA centres.

WHAT DOES IFAPA DO IN RELATION TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS?

IFAPA as other institutions devoted to make research in agriculture, like universities or the agricultural research centres of the High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), does carry out research projects. In many instances these projects are done in coordination or collaboration with scientists and researchers of these other organizations. Therefore, IFAPA shares with these institutions all the benefits and peculiarities of a research organization always trying to facilitate the transfer of scientific advances and to promote its own technological advances by looking for the maximum co-ordination and collaboration with the public and private sector.

Nevertheless, IFAPA presents an unique feature not shared by other R + D public organisations in Andalusia , this is its capability for carrying out technology transfer activities closely linked to the farmers and farmland.

Universities and other public agricultural research organisations, usually do actions on T.T. through their O.T.R.I,s (Offices for transferring research results), which, in most of the cases, merely do patent paper work and develop agreements with input companies to transfer some of the patented technologies.

IFAPA looks at the T.T. with a different viewpoint, directing its efforts and the results of its own and other’s research, straightly to the farmer, mainly through its experimental network (RAEA) and its training programs.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR R + D AND EXTENSION NEEDS IN ANDAUSIA ?

Agriculture in the E.U. countries has been heavily dependent on the Common Agrarian Policy (CAP). This has been changing during the last 15 years and nowadays the current policy bases its fundamental principles in the concept of “decoupling” and in an unique subsidy (“pago unico”), which include subsidies for all kinds of crops and livestock managed by each individual farmer. The decoupling, which in general is not complete (most of the cases, 75 %), means that any farmer will receive each year a 75 % of the average subsidy received during a reference period (generally years 2001-02-03) even if the farmer does not grow any crop or rear any livestock in his farms that particular season. The other 25 % is coupled, meaning an obligation of cropping or animal rearing by the farmer in order to receive that quantity. In any case, some environmental requirements must be fulfilled by the farmer in order to be eligible for this type of subsidies.

These circumstances will, doubtless, determine many aspects of the future efforts on agriresearch and technology transfer in Spain and particularly in Andalusia.

It is difficult to foresee the future research demands in the agrarian sector, but there are some specific topics which nobody will question them as especially important in the future of the agrarian activities and the agrifood industry.

IFAPA has defined the following priority research lines in concordance with the current and foreseeable CAP trends and taking into account their importance within the andalusian agrifood sector and, of course, the capability of leadership of IFAPA in these matters as well as their strategic significance for Andalusia:

In agriculture

Water use efficiency

Sustainability in extensive dryland systems

Production in protected horticultural systems

Olive oil production (of particular importance in Andalusia)

Organic food production

Diversification of crop productions

In Aquaculture:

Reproduction of main species in aquatic farming

On the other hand, technology transfer and training activities must take into account the particularities of the newest trends in the CAP, so, on farm research activities should encourage procedures of crop and livestock management which realises facts as:

Environmental conditionality, food security, product traceability, integrated input management and sustainable use of resources.

Currently the RAEA network is made up of 5 programs in which those above mentioned concepts and procedures are being included. These programs are:

- Extensive herbaceous crops

- Horticulture (protected and seasonal)

- Woody crops (mainly olive trees, citrus and grapevine)

- Livestock

- Organic agriculture

New subnetworks are starting as:

- Non food crops (for biofuels and biomass)

- Soil conservation

Currently, a new program, called TRANSFORMA (Transference + Training (formation)) is about to start. The main goal of this program is to do a step forward on the coordination of the experimental, training and advisory activities of IFAPA.

CURRENT COURSE OF IFAPA ACTIONS ON HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY.

IFAPA is a very young organisation, only 3 years old. Formerly, before the creation of IFAPA as an autonomous organism, all the activities of Ag. Research, T.T. and training were a duty of The General Direction of Agricultural Research and Training, an office nested on the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Regional Government of Andalusia, this office as any other in the regional administration was ruled by the general regulations of the regional government. These regulations are much more suited for ruling people carrying out bureaucratic activities than for controlling people and activities directly related with research and technology transfer. As a consequence, during a long period preceding the creation of IFAPA, there were significant difficulties to hire people with the needed education, training and experience to carry out research tasks.

Fortunately, IFAPA own current regulations allow procedures of personnel selection founded on the standard methods used in most of the national and international research organisations. Furthermore, IFAPA has joined several programs, put in action by different State and Regional Institutions, for hiring young researchers with the doctoral degree, specialized and trained in agriculture and/or aquaculture research.

Although there is an important age gap between this group of researchers and the bulk of trained scientists already in the organism as civil servants (with a very high average age, most of them will be retired in a ten year period), IFAPA wants to accelerate all the actions focused to firm up all those new researchers within the institute as well as to continue joining any program promoting the integration of new and young researchers.

As a summary, it can be seen in the next table, what is the current situation on the human resources status and where it is expected to arrive in 2009

Table 1. Researchers and technical personnel current layout and foreseeable for 2009, allotted by areas.

ÁREA	2005					2009
ÁREA	C.S.	C	F	TOTAL	%	P	I+C	F	TOTAL	%
AGR PROD.	59	30	23	112	26	80	10	12	109	21
CROP PROT.	8	10	21	39	9	36	16	16	62	12
PLANT BREED.	14	17	18	48	11	40	18	16	68	13
POST HARVES.	5	12	19	36	8	25	13	22	62	12
NATUR. RESO.	23	24	28	76	18	50	12	16	78	15
ECON. SOC.	16	6	3	25	6	25	12	12	47	9
FISH RESOUR.	44	38	9	91	21	60	10	20	94	18
TOTAL	169	137	121	427	100	315	91	114	520	100

*C.S.: Civil Servants, C: Temporary Hired, F: Fellows

A distribution based on education degrees is given in the following table

Table 2. Current and expected personnel allocation by their degree of education

	2005				2009
	Dr	Bs/Ms	Tech.	Total	Dr	Bs/Ms	Tech	Total
Civil servants	43	70	56	169	112	118	85	315
Interim civil servants	9	20	12	41	2	4	2	8
Temporary Hired	49	26	21	96	29	36	18	83
Fellows	7	77	37	121	18	72	24	114
Total	108	193	126	427	162	231	128	520

IFAPA Centro Alameda del Obispo

Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n. 14004 Córdoba

Tel. 957 016 000. Fax 957 016 043

Last Updated on Friday, 26 November 2010 14:17

IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH

IMPULSE agency for project development and project management is a private enterprise in Germany concerned with qualification and further education for SME and organizations of the Third Sector. An important field of activity is the consulting and qualification of SME in the field of retailing, where IMPULSE carried out a series of projects. From this point of view IMPULSE can offer rich experience concerning the distribution and marketing of food including biological food, fair trade food and food from regional production. This will be an important complement to the competences of the other partners involved in the project.

A particular emphasis of the work of IMPULSE is the development of concepts of sustainability in the field of sports in particular for sports facilities. On that topic IMPULSE has carried out various projects., including a LEONARDO DA VINCI project. In that capacity IMPULSE has developed a concept for identifying and developing the potential of areas to develop special offers in sports in order to enhance the usability of recreational areas and enhance the diversity of its use for the public.

Furthermore IMPULSE has been and still is executing various projects in the field of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for the severely handicapped.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 September 2011 23:29

Szent István University

Szent István University has high-level training, and research activities as well as scientific and cultural relations with 90institutions in 42 countries of the five continents.

The School of Economics and Social Sciences was founded in 1987. With its 6500 students, it has become the largest school of Szent István University by now. The wide range of courses and the high level of education have also contributed to the constant growth in the number of students. Launching the training of economists and the education of EU-related issues including marketing and quality management are intensifying the demand for our students.

The students may take parallel courses to receive a certificate in vocational teacher training or advisors. The main goal of our education is to train professionals, who are experts in all fields of the economy and their academic and practical knowledge comply with the EU requirements and meet the requirements of economic development.

In the Faculty Marketing Institute organising BSc and MSc studies in different topics related to trade and marketing tools. The adult education and training are also emphasized activity of the Marketing Institute. The strong relationship with the different type of enterprises created several research and training projects of the food trade and marketing, including small and medium size enterprises.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 December 2010 10:53

E.L.S. Form- Pantheon Park srl

ELS FORM Pantheon Park s.r.l. is an educational agency (Abruzzi Region, Italy) founded in 1983 and operating in the fields of education, counseling and consultation. As Appointed Agency, it has been providing high quality training services designed according to the actual needs shown by the labour market.

In order to meet its mission, it has created a net of inner sectors specialising in : Design, Planning; Development And Provision Of Professional Training Services And Vocational Continuing Education For Adults (Over 18 );

As for the training activities carried out over the last ten years, Els Form has appealed to various forms of funds, including private sources (coming from the individual learners or from partner companies) and public sources (coming from European, national and local boards and institutions).

Last Updated on Monday, 08 November 2010 10:40

Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa

The Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa is a vocational school located in the south of Portugal, directed towards training in areas which are directly related to rural development, namely agriculture, agri-food industries, tourism and local trade.

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 November 2010 23:54

Doumag Ltd

The DOUMAG LTD. is active in organizing and implementing training programs and education in Cyprus and abroad. Our programs cover all areas of educational needs, are flexible in size and teaching time, depending on the professional and working conditions of each company and can be implemented either at the premises of each company, either on selected companies staffed by suitable staff and teachers. Our previous experience in EU programs in the fields of society, IT, agriculture, science and more make us a suitable partner for similar projects as we already have the knowledge and the stuff for the implementation.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 November 2010 10:41

Developmental Centre of Thessaly

The Development Centre of Thessaly (AKETH) is a non-profit organization, which supports small and medium sized enterprises and agricultural associations in the area of Thessaly. It was created in order to form a developmental tool providing consultative services to businesses and individual professionals in issues such as strategy, programming, development, organization, professional training and re-training, investing in man and implementing the strategy of enterprise civilization, the Centre offers new chances and possibilities to the new, dynamic enterprise. The services that it offers, supporting enterprises, employees, unemployed people and bodies of the public and private sector, include:
· Strategic design
· Business planning
· Training and educational programmes
· Feasibility and viability researches
· Assessment and realization of investments
· Providing services in certification of knowledge

At the same time, the Centre is activated in the research, study and promotion of activities which contribute to the mental and cultural rise, the protection of our cultural-traditional heritage, the protection of the environment, the scientificquestioning and the popularization of knowledge in relation to art, civilization, tradition, media(printed and electronic), computer science and new technology.

The promotion of the activities that aim at the realization of these goals is accomplished through seminars, meetings, conventions, shows, programme exhibitions, publication of books and creation of web sites etc, which have to do with the previous fields of research and study.
The colleagues and staff of the Centre create a scientific group which consists of people specialized in the submission and realization of national and European invest programmes, in the realization of programmes such as Lingua and CITIZENSHIP EACEA, in the training of people through National Training Programmes like LAEK and in the management of European Training Programs like LLP.

http://www.aketh.gr

4 Fournonision Str.,

42100, Trikala

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Last Updated on Friday, 15 April 2011 10:31

Altafoodss Project

Project Objectives and Strategy

Taking into consideration these converging points, it seems important to impulse a co-operative work on the theme of the various links existing between consumers and producers in order to strengthen our expertise while favouring the development and the establishment of these links.

The project will proceed as follows:
1) During the mobilities, each stay will be centered on the following actions: - Restatement of the previous activities run out since the last meeting: except for the first meeting in the coordinator country for which the work will concern the launching of the project through the checking and the adequacy of the objectives with respect to the partners' expectations, the establishment of partnership rules, the presentation of the tools to be implemented (monitoring sheets, evaluation grids, dashboard of current activities…)

- Learning about experiments and initiatives carried out as regards relations of proximity between producers and consumers in the hosting country.

- Analysis of the situations exposed (strong points, specificities…) and possibilities of transposition to other territories

- Evaluation of the activities undertaken within the framework of the project concerning the unfolding as well as the relevance of the work with respect to former objectives.

2) On the last stay the part concerning the evaluation of the project will be more particularly developed together with the ensuing prospects: possibilities of carrying on the partnership and methods.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:17

Rationale - Motivation

This project results from a double will.

First of all to bring to life a European partnership built over the period 2007-2009 at the time of a Grundtvig project of “educational partnership”. Through it, the theme of food in its broader sense (qualitative and quantitative aspects, regional specificities and cultural identity, relation between the producers and consumers…) had been largely evoked and constituted a federator topic shared by all. The good relations maintained during this first project and the desire for continuing the partnership ahead, quite naturally led us to evoke a future collaboration extended to new partners.

The second motivation comes from the fact that the whole of the partners proposed for this program all develop strong links in the relation “producer/consumer”. Firstly because every single one is concerned by the act of consuming, and secondly because the partners of this project are actors of the farming world and implied in alternative modes of marketing, or with associations of consumers which have established closely linked relationship with local producers.

So, leaving the traditional circuits of marketing such as “the great distribution and the food industry propose”, and highlighting the various alternatives to these modes of distribution in order to modify the food practices, seem a citizen act logically reserved for the operators of education and training who are at the core of this project of partnership.

Besides some elements of context and the development prospects which are proposed through the public policies with the agricultural producers that it is on a European level (Common Agricultural Policy and Policy of Cohesion) or a national level (ex: Grenelle of the environment in France and public appropriations in complement of the two quoted first), let think that changes in food habits and methods of production will occur durably in time. For example Organic Agriculture is not only expanding because of a consumers' increasing demand but also because of the financial incentives related to the CAP which strongly questions the farmers (in Lauragais, many cereal growers seriously consider turning to organic farming). The viability of many small-scale farming units is necessarily conditioned to the valorization of their local products through direct selling and shorter trading channels.

Consumers also want to know the producers along with their products in order to better appreciate the origin, the conditions of production and to feel reassured about both health and taste qualities. It is also for the urban consumers the expression of a return to the sources and a bond with nature and the environment. The development of vegetable gardens by private individuals proves it just as much as the multiplication of the “local farmers markets “night time markets", and many other initiatives (AMAP in France, Km 0 in Italy, farm Store in Hungary, sales of productions from agricultural educational establishments in Sardinia by the students themselves on local market places…).

This project will be led with the involvement of learners and trainers into the various phases of its implementation:
During mobilities for the structures having the public eligible to this type of activity, through various operations such as the logistic preparation of journeys (preparing learners to use specific software for presentation and to exchange with learners from other countries…), dissemination of the results and the information related to the project once back.

The project will also be used as support and will be used within the framework of the modules of communication, project management, local initiatives (MIL), professional integration, which are parts of the programs carried out in the structures committed in the project.

Finally it will allow learners and relatives (parents, friends…) to be aware of a mode of consumption directed towards sustainability and eco-friendly attitude in particular through actions such as posting campaign, debates,…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:17

Grundtvig Project

Lifelong Learning - Sectoral programmes : Grundtvig

What are the aims?

Specific objectives

To respond to the educational challenge of an ageing population in Europe
To help provide adults with pathways to improving their knowledge and competences

Operational objectives

To improve the quality and accessibility of mobility throughout Europe of people involved in adult education and to increase its volume, so as to support the mobility of at least 7.000 of such individuals per year by 2013
To improve the quality and to increase the volume of co-operation between organisations involved in adult education throughout Europe
To assist people from vulnerable social groups and in marginal social contexts, in particular older people and those who have left education without basic qualifications, in order to give them alternative opportunities to access adult education
To facilitate the development of innovative practices in adult education and their transfer, including from a participating country to others
To support the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning
To improve pedagogical approaches and the management of adult education organisations

What target public?

Learners in adult education
Institutions and organisations providing learning opportunities in adult education
Teachers and other staff within those institutions or organisations
Establishments involved in the initial or further training of adult education staff
Associations and representatives of those involved in adult education, including learners’ and teachers’ associations
Bodies providing guidance, counselling and information services relating to any aspect of adult education
Persons and bodies responsible for systems and policies concerning any aspect of adult education at local, regional and national level
Research centres and bodies concerned with adult education issues
Enterprises
Not-for-profit organisations, voluntary bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
Higher education institutions

What types of activity?

The following actions are supported by the Grundtvig Programme:

	Mobility of individuals which may include visits, assistantships and exchanges for participants in formal and non-formal adult education, including the training and professional development of adult education staff, especially in synergy with partnerships and projects
	Partnership (‘Grundtvig Learning Partnership’) focusing on themes of mutual interest to the participating organisations
	Multilateral projects aimed at improving adult education systems through the development and transfer of innovation and good practice
	Networks of experts and organisations (‘Grundtvig Networks’) working in particular on: Developing adult education in the discipline, subject area or management aspect to which they relate Identifying, improving and disseminating relevant good practice and innovation Providing content support to projects and partnerships set up by others and facilitating interactivity between such projects and partnerships Promoting the development of needs analysis and quality assurance within adult education
	Preparatory visits: a mobility grant to enable a representative from an institution either to attend a contact seminar or a meeting with prospective partners
	Other initiatives aimed at promoting the objectives of the GrundtvigComenius Programme ('Accompanying Measures')

What are Grundtvig actions?

Source: Europa - Education and Training

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 November 2010 21:50

Meetings - Reunions

Report of the Meeting in Cyprus

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7^th ALTAFOODS Project Meeting

18-20 April 2012, Nicosia - Cyprus

Name of the visited places

Main features

Strengths/advantages

Weaknesses/drawbacks

Visit to biological store Nicosia

Biological stores «Aitherio & Aitherio Essential Express», are of the leading companies in Cyprus aiming to formation of ecological consciousness and to promotion of green consumption.

Is the first integrated area of biological products in Cyprus that offers alternative solutions to modern consumers who want to know what they buy, what to eat and especially to understand their own responsibility for the progress of human society and the planet. The main idea and value for the operation of the stores is to deal with the authenticity and the superior quality of organic products with responsibility and sensitivity.

Apart from organic food, public may be informed about health, wellness and protection of the planet through various magazines and books.

● distribution of local agricultural production to consumption without the intervention of intermediaries.

● lower prices than super markets (referring to seasonal products)

● network of stores in the large cities of Cyprus

● weather sensible products

● dependence on a small number of producers

● sales only ate the stores

Visit to Vivartia, a Dairy company in Nisocia.

www.vivartiacyprus.com.cy

Production and supply of organic and milk products

● the only company with large-scale production of biological and milk products in Cyprus (75% of the market)

● Great market penetration in Cyprus

● Supply system

● Quality systems

● certification systems

● small scale biological market

● small number of biological producers

Visit to biological farm of Achilleas Trigidis at Pera Oreini

The farm operates as an organic farm in the last 4 years. The livestock consists of sheep native breeds, German and Greek tribes. Bred mainly goats of Damaskos race .The entire livestock consists of approximately 500 animals. Mainly for diary.

● One of the 3-4 organic farms in Cyprus.

● Certification of animals and of the production process.

● Producer of organic livestock feed

● Competition is absent

● Dependence on a single buyer (Vivartia).

● Deficiency livestock feed - import from Italy.

● Insufficient support in specialized organic topics from the government agencies.

Visit to Agia Skepi

Website: http://www.agiaskepi.com

“Agia Skepi”, a long term Therapeutic Community for adults, is a private non for profit organization founded in 1999. It provides services to long term depended substance users and their families in an inpatient and outpatient setting. The main goal of the program is the total abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Facilities are located in Politiko village in the outskirts of Nicosia, in a privately owned building within 50 acres of land that belongs to the Holy Abbey of 'Machaira'. The therapeutic community is perceived as the main therapeutic tool; it assists in promoting growth in an alternative house with an alternate family.

The detoxification community "St. Skepi" through its treatment program has inspired its members to engage with organic production.

In collaboration with RIVERLAND DAIRY BIO FARM “St. Skepi” implements a program for regarding the employment of the addicted people, taking into account the therapeutic parameters set by the community.

This collaboration concerns:

Packaging and standardization of biological products produced in riverland.

The obligation of placing products produced through the supply chain that has “St. Skepi has developed .

Placing of addicted people to the care of for crops and livestock of Riverland

● Innovative initiative that combines the treatment of addicted individuals to create a collective that produces, standardizes and distributes organic products.

● Contribution to society

● Non profit organization

● Corporate Social Responsibility

● Awareness of society in organic products and crops topics.

● financing

● Lack of scientific personnel

Visit to Riverland Dairy Bio Farm in Kampia village.

Riverland is a newly established company dealing with the preparation and production of organic dairy products under its own label (especially halloumi and cafir) and organic cabbage/vegetables in greenhouse and open crops.

Company was funded using a percentage from European funds and is currently under development.

After cooperation with the therapeutic community AGIA SKEPI employs people from the therapeutic community as part of their treatment program.

● Own label.

● Collaboration with the Therapeutic Community of Agia Skepi.

● modern facilities

● Young entrepreneur.

● Low labor costs

● Inability for direct sales.

● Inability to operate the unit as an agro tourism business unit

Visit to G. Vardakis & Sons LTD, Green Houses in Avgorou village

Vardakis & Sons Ltd. produces and supplies horticultural products, cabbage and strawberries all around Cyprus.

It has developed its own supply chain and sells its products directly to supermarkets, groceries and individual customers.

The distribution of products is seasonal and is made without the intervention of third parties.

Special mention has to be made to the use of tools and instruments and management tools that company has constructed.

● Own distribution network

● The ability for direct sales.

● Label products with great market penetration.

● Department of of standardization

● Numerous selling points

● Innovative farming techniques.

● family business

Visit to City Hall of Sotera Municipality

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Round table discussion with the mayor of Sotira.,

● Presentation of the current status in the field of product distribution,

● information on the initiatives to be undertaken by the Municipality.

● Expression of interest for the integration and adaptation to local market,alternative supply routes for agricultural products such as those presented by the project partners on the visits carried out so far.

Visit to SEDIGEP in Sotera & Limassol

Website: http://www.sedigep.com.cy

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SEDIGEP, a co-operative growers' union, founded in 1964, was originally established with the purpose of packing, marketing and exporting of the agricultural produce of its members. The union operates successfully as a limited liability company under the Cyprus Co-operative Law and provides substantial employment opportunities. The company's current turnover stands between US$ 25-30 million.

Participants were informed by the Secretary of the Association Mr. Anastasi Anastasi, about the supply problems of products in the region.

In Limassol partners visited the packaging unit of the association and were informed by the Production Manager Mr. Andreas Pithatas.

General Director Mr. Koulis Fylaktou informed the participants and analyzed the problems of production and marketing of agricultural products in the region.

● Vertically organized standardization unit

● Label products with export orientation

● Personnel from the Members of the cooperative.

● employment of women

● The largest cooperative unit in Cyprus

● There is no production unit for juices

● There is a difference in the quality of products produced by members of the cooperative.

● inability for homogenization of production

● Relative inapplicability of application of quality systems to producers - suppliers.

● product distribution with high cost

● Strong competition from third countries.

Visit to Theophilou cultivations in Monagrouli - Limassol

Agricultural production company of vegetables and mostly herbs (basil). The herb production is distributed in its entirety, under the rules of a contract signed by the producer and a distribution company. The contract is for 20 + 20 years.

● Long-term production and marketing contract of the herbs (basil).

● family business

● Direct sales to consumers from points of sale in Limassol.

● vegetables production with no plan business

● dependence from intermediaries.

● inadequate support for plant health issues

Within the organization of the 7th project meeting in Cyprus, DOUMAG team gathered all the necessary material for informing partners. The material refers to the existence of alternative disposal ways of agricultural and biological products, especially of small Greek producers and particularly from the region of Cyprus. The tendency for producers to create and develop supply systems for their products was also detected.

In conclusion:

Cyprus may be the third largest Mediterranean island, but its market of agricultural products is very limited.
- The distribution of agricultural products to consumers, is been carried out mainly (99%) through groceries, supermarkets and hypermarkets.
  - The concept of zero link market does not exist.
  - The concept of the basket producer does not exist.
  - The concept of the contracted agricultural products supply does not exist in the retail market
  - There are no small |(agricultural) producers who are oriented to sell their products directly to consumers.
  - The orientation of farmers is firstly to cover the needs of the internal market through ordinary supply ways and secondly to export their products.
  - We have mainly Greenhouse crops.

Name of the visited places

Main features

Strengths/advantages

Weaknesses/drawbacks

Visit to biological store Nicosia

Biological stores «Aitherio & Aitherio Essential Express», are of the leading companies in Cyprus aiming to formation of ecological consciousness and to promotion of green consumption.

Apart from organic food, public may be informed about health, wellness and protection of the planet through various magazines and books.

● distribution of local agricultural production to consumption without the intervention of intermediaries.

● lower prices than super markets (referring to seasonal products)

● network of stores in the large cities of Cyprus

● weather sensible products

● dependence on a small number of producers

● sales only ate the stores

Visit to Vivartia, a Dairy company in Nisocia.

www.vivartiacyprus.com.cy

Production and supply of organic and milk products

● the only company with large-scale production of biological and milk products in Cyprus (75% of the market)

● Great market penetration in Cyprus

● Supply system

● Quality systems

● certification systems

● small scale biological market

● small number of biological producers

Visit to biological farm of Achilleas Trigidi at Pera Oreini

● One of the 3-4 organic farms in Cyprus.

● Certification of animals and of the production process.

● Producer of organic livestock feed

● Competition is absent

● Dependence on a single buyer (Vivartia).

● Deficiency livestock feed - import from Italy.

● Insufficient support in specialized organic topics from the government agencies.

Visit to Agia Skepi

Website: http://www.agiaskepi.com

The detoxification community "St. Skepi" through its treatment program has inspired its members to engage with organic production.

This collaboration concerns:

Packaging and standardization of biological products produced in riverland.

The obligation of placing products produced through the supply chain that has “St. Skepi has developed .

Placing of addicted people to the care of for crops and livestock of Riverland

● Innovative initiative that combines the treatment of addicted individuals to create a collective that produces, standardizes and distributes organic products.

● Contribution to society

● Non profit organization

● Corporate Social Responsibility

● Awareness of society in organic products and crops topics.

● financing

● Lack of scientific personnel

Visit to Riverland Dairy Bio Farm in Kampia village.

Company was funded using a percentage from European funds and is currently under development.

After cooperation with the therapeutic community AGIA SKEPI employs people from the therapeutic community as part of their treatment program.

● Own label.

● Collaboration with the Therapeutic Community of Agia Skepi.

● modern facilities

● Young entrepreneur.

● Low labor costs

● Inability for direct sales.

● Inability to operate the unit as an agro tourism business unit

Visit to G. Vardakis & Sons LTD, Green Houses in Avgorou village

Vardakis & Sons Ltd. produces and supplies horticultural products, cabbage and strawberries all around Cyprus.

It has developed its own supply chain and sells its products directly to supermarkets, groceries and individual customers.

The distribution of products is seasonal and is made without the intervention of third parties.

Special mention has to be made to the use of tools and instruments and management tools that company has constructed.

● Own distribution network

● The ability for direct sales.

● Label products with great market penetration.

● Department of of standardization

● Numerous selling points

● Innovative farming techniques.

● family business

Visit to City Hall of Sotera Municipality

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Round table discussion with the mayor of Sotira.,

● Presentation of the current status in the field of product distribution,

● information on the initiatives to be undertaken by the Municipality.

Visit to SEDIGEP in Sotera & Limassol

Website: http://www.sedigep.com.cy

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Participants were informed by the Secretary of the Association Mr. Anastasi Anastasi, about the supply problems of products in the region.

In Limassol partners visited the packaging unit of the association and were informed by the Production Manager Mr. Andreas Pithatas.

General Director Mr. Koulis Fylaktou informed the participants and analyzed the problems of production and marketing of agricultural products in the region.

● Vertically organized standardization unit

● Label products with export orientation

● Personnel from the Members of the cooperative.

● employment of women

● The largest cooperative unit in Cyprus

● There is no production unit for juices

● There is a difference in the quality of products produced by members of the cooperative.

● inability for homogenization of production

● Relative inapplicability of application of quality systems to producers - suppliers.

● product distribution with high cost

● Strong competition from third countries.

Visit to Theophilou cultivations in Monagrouli - Limassol

● Long-term production and marketing contract of the herbs (basil).

● family business

● Direct sales to consumers from points of sale in Limassol.

● vegetables production with no plan business

● dependence from intermediaries.

● inadequate support for plant health issues

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 May 2012 10:29

Programme of meeting in Cyprus

Cyprus 18-20 April 2012

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Wednesday 18/04/2012
Hour	Activities	Location	Duration
9:00	Gather at Hotel Europa	Nicosia/Hotel Europa
9:15	Visit to Biological Products Shop	Nicosia	45min
10:00	Departure to Latsia	Latsia	15min
10:15	Visit to agricultural product supply company	Latsia	60min
11:30	Departure to Pera Oreinis village	Pera Oreinis	30mins
12:00	Visit to goats and sheep biological farm	Pera Oreinis	60min
13:00	Visit to Riverland Dairy Bio Farm	Psilomofou	60min
14:30	Lunch	Pera Oreinis	2 hours
16:30	Visit to biological farm	Agia Skepi	60min
17:30	Return to Hotel	Nicosia
Optional	hamam Omerye
Thursday 19/04/2012
9:00	Gather in the Hotel	Nicosia/Hotel Europa	15'
9:15	Departure from the Hotel to Paralimni	Nicosia/Hotel Europa	70'
10:20	Visit Vegetables producer and Greenhouse cultivations	Paralimni, Famagusta
11:15	Departure from Paralimni to Avgorou village	Avgorou	25'
11:40	Arrival at Vardakis LTD (strawberries and tomato-cherries cultivation)	Avgorou	60'
			30'
13:30-15:30	Lunch (cost 15 euros approximately)	Avgorou	90'
16:00	Departure to Moni village close to Limassol	Moni	70'
5:00	Visit Theofilou cultivations of basil at Monagrouli	Limassol	60'
18:30	Departure to Nicosia
21:00	Lunch in Nicosia cost<=20 euros/person approximately	Nicosia
Friday 20/04/2012
9:15	Gather at Hotel Europa	Nicosia/Hotel Europa
9:30	Visit to Panagrotikos Association (Agricultural Association)		40'
10:15	Visit to Authorities
11:30	Discussion on the next meeting in Germany	hotel Europa	60'
13:00	End of meeting

You can also find information about visiting Cyprus here: http://geomatic.com.cy/visitcyprus/

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:23

Report of the meeting in Chieti Italy

CHIETI, 15-19 November 2011

Report

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16/11

Visit of the local open air market in Chieti, where small producers offer their freshly picked fruits and vegs to families, an example of implementation of agro-food kilometer zero distribution and direct selling.

Visit of Genobile workshop (www.genobile.it), an example of short food supply chain. The company boasts a strong background in manufacturing and processing of pork, thanks to the traditions and secrets passed over from father to son for over one hundred years. In fact the origin of the renown pork roast called ‘porchetta’ , Genobile’s specialty, dates back to the mists of time. The target market is mainly private consumers, who can buy the fresh product daily from the company’s mobile retail points. At the same time the company is the official supplier of many hypermarkets of the area. After the tasty lunch of ‘porchetta’ and local bread, visit of the olive oil mill owned by the Genobile family, followed by a practical demonstration of genuine oil production.

Visit of the Pasetti Winery (www.pasettivini.it), a member of the Italian Farmers Association, which distributes both directly and through a local, national (Campagna Amica) and international network.

Guided tour of the historical centre of Chieti and visit of the underground route which dates back to the Roman times.

Visit of La Porta dei Parchi (www.laportadeiparchi.it), a didactic and multi-function farm.

The different activities carried out follow the biological rhythms and cycles of nature. The organic farm is primarily involved in sheep and goat breeding and on cheese production. Visitors can accompany shepherds and herds on their daily outings and observe milking, feeding, shearing and even new births. In the dairy it's possible to participate in the cheese making of ricotta and of all our products, typical specialties of our territory, appreciated all over the world.The farm is involved in the valorisation of traditional nomadic sheep farming through the creation of a network of little farmers who try to to preserve the ancient communication tracks(tratturi) of the “Transumanza” . Other projects they are involved in: the creation of registered trademarks to protect local and traditional products derived from fresh milk processing, the promotion of the ethical value of traditional sheep farming for its contribution to the environment protection and biodiversity(European project Pastomed), the safeguard of big carnivores with the introduction of the dog race “mastino abruzzese” to defend herds. 40% of the farm's electrical needs is provided by a solar photovoltaic system and a new one is going to be developed to make it fully self-sufficient.

17/11

Meeting organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Città Sant’Angelo (Pescara) about the Project: The Rural District of the Gran Sasso – an analysis of the model organization of rural economy that involves 16 municipalities and that aims at the valorization of local products and at the improvement of direct selling.

One of ‘The most beautiful historical villages of Italy’, Città Sant’Angelo is located on the hills facing the Adriatic Sea, only 18 kilometers from Pescara. The historical centre offers a charming atmosphere, architectural heritage, cultural and gastronomic events. It is a real paradise for lovers of good food, among its specialities the renown ‘pasta alla mugnania’ and the lamb dish. The area of Città sant’Angelo is rich in olive groves and vineyards and there are many farms producing wines and extra virgin olive oil of an extraordinary quality.

Visit of EKK. www.ekkabruzzo.it

‘EKK – Abruzzo at a glance’ covers an area of 25 thousand square meters, including greenery, hotel, restaurant and a retail shop specialized in special foods and wines produced by over 130 local companies.

Visit of ‘Faenza’ a multi-function farm specialized in cattle and pig breeding, followed by a dinner organized

by the owner with typical products: pork meat, veal, cheese and olive oil.

Visit of the didactic and multi-function farm ‘Fattoria Riccitelli’ (www.fattoriericcitelli.it).

Run by the Riccitelli family the farm is open to guests and groups of people who want to experience a direct contact with nature and rediscover the values of peasant traditions. The partners had the opportunity to learn how to make fresh pasta and cheese. The 7000 square mt of the farm are the home of many animals. Dinner with healthy and genuine dishes prepared with the farm own products, also available for direct selling.

18/11

Short Food Supply Chain: visit of ‘Valle della Pescara’ agro-food market, a place where wholesalers, retailers and families can find fresh local products. The centre, open since 2004, is the most important public structure in the Abruzzo Region thanks to its position close to the motorway exit and the main roads. It is part of the consortium ‘Infomercati’ that manages the national unified catalogue of food products and is responsible of the recording of prices of fruits and vegetables at national level.

Visit of ‘Campagna Amica’ in Pescara. The participants were welcomed by the Director of this nationwide organization for the implementation of direct selling. The very popular Pescara marketplace, strategically located near the city centre and the port, is open Monday to Saturday from early morning till afternoon.

Workshop: Alternative Agro-Food supply systems in the Abruzzo Region

Guests Mr Sacchetti (ARSSA Abruzzo) and Mr Galasso (Farmers’ Federation) illustrated respectively the importance of didactic multi-function farms and the implementation of the short agro food supply chain in Abruzzo and in Italy.

The meeting took place at the Agroalimenta exhibition, held by Consorzio Autonomo Ente Fiera Lanciano, to showcase the latest products, services and trends in foodstuff, equipment and machinery for food processing. The 12^th edition is more complete than ever, aimed at promoting local products to a wide and competent public. The event has achieved an important role and exhibitors from various regions come to Abruzzo to promote their products.

PARTICIPANTS

Impulse

HARTMUT HERING

D.C. Thessaly

KALOGIROU AIKATERINI

IOANNIS VASILEIOV

ANDREAS STAVRAKIS

MARIA FRAGOULAKI

KOSTAS CHAMOS

PAPOYTSIS IOANNIS

Escola Rural Serpa

LUIS BARRADAS

Doumag

THEOFILOU PANAYIOTA

Ifapa

CONCEPCION GARCIA ORTIZ CIVAUTA

ESTHER CALDERON ZARAGOZA

Istvan University

VIKTOR MEDINA

Cfppa

BART VERHOLF

PHILIPPE JEGO

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 23:45

Chieti draft programme

CHIETI, 15-19 November 2011

Draft Programme

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15/11

Arrival of delegates (see attached transfer form).

16/11

08:30 Implementation of agricultural kilometer zero: visit of the local open air market (Chieti Scalo).

10:30 Italian Farmers National Association and the implementation of direct selling:

visit of the Pasetti Winery (Francavilla).

12:30 Short Food Supply Chain: visit of Genobile workshop, breeder and producer of meat specialities.

Lunch offered by ElsForm.

14:30 Guided tour of the historical centre of Chieti.

17:30 Visit of a sheep farm.

20:00 Dinner at the farm restaurant La Porta dei Parchi (Anversa) – price per person 20,00 Euros.

17/11

10:00 Meeting organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Città Sant’Angelo (Pescara) Project: The Rural District of the Gran Sasso).

Buffet lunch with local products.

Visit of EKK.

14:00 Visit of the market ‘Campagna Amica’ an example of direct selling

18:00 Visit of pasta plant ‘Majella’ and of a local winery

20:00 Visit of cattle farm and dinner at Faenza (Manoppello) – price per person 15,00 euros

18/11

06:00 Short Food Supply Chain: visit of Valpescara agricultural market.

09:00 Implementation of good practices in the Abruzzo region: workshop organized in collaboration with ARSSA and Consortium Valpescara.

During the meeting with the representatives of local farmers associations, the partners will introduce the project and report about the ‘good practices’ in their countries ( 15’ each).

buffet lunch

17:00 Visit of local farms specialized in olive oil and diary products.

20:00 Visit and dinner at the multifunctional model farm Riccitelli (Vicoli) – offered by ElsForm.

19/11

Departure of delegates

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 23:39

Report of the meeting in Greece

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5^th ALTAFOODS Project Meeting

7-9 September 2011, Trikala - Greece

Name of the visited places

Main features

Strengths/advantages

Weaknesses/drawbacks

Visit to open street market in Trikala

The open street-market is a weekly traditionally fest held in the center of Trikala. The primary purpose of the market is to supply the population with basic food commodities directly only from the local producers. Also other than fresh agricultural food can be found in the open market such as: fruits, fish, flowers/plants, and more. In this market only local producers with licence can participate.

The open street-market is held once a week (Monday) at the same place.The benches are portable, assembled in the morning and removed at the end of the market. There is also a daily open street-market where one can find only vegetables, fruits and other local agricultural products

● distribution of local agricultural production to consumption without the intervention of intermediaries.

● lower prices than super markets (referring to seasonal products)

● weather sensible products

● products without certification

Visit to biological products open market in Trikala

Organic farmer's market of Trikala takes place every Wednesday in an area near city central. In this market only certified biological producers can participate. The main products of the market are: eggs,vegetables.,Olives,olive oil, pulses (beans,lentils,etc.),traditional products and other agricultural products.

● only certified products can be sold

● direct sales to the costumers

● small variety and volume of products

● small number of biological producers

Visit to KEDAP Enterprise

http ://www .kedap .gr /

Mr. Georgolopoulos John has started his operation in 1998. The headquarters are at the 11th klm of the National Road Trikala - Larissa in the Trikala Prefecture. The company was started with its purpose to collect and process fruits and vegetables and produce pickles, which they were sold in Greece and abroad. The signs of a growing enterprise were apparent at the very beginning. The company "KEDAP" of Gergolopoulos John produces all of its products from fruits and vegetables which are primarily cultivated in the immediate agricultural area. The products the company produces, which have been characterized of top quality are:

1.Macedonian type small pepper in salt water
2. Pepper cross in salt water

3. Florina,Kardoula,Kritsina, Lomparnto and Pellina in salt Water.
4.Industrial Cucumber in salt Water

5. Pickles

● its major part of the products (about 80% of production) are exported mainly in the German, USA and Arab countries' markets.

● Special local and traditional Products

● Use of raw materials only from the local area

● direct sales of the products using ordinary supply channels

● web page without the capability of e-shoping

Visit to Mr. Billa's Biofarm

http ://gianmpillas .weebly .com

Mr. Billas is a biological producer since 2004. He owns a 45000m² biofarm near Trikala. In his farm one can find biological chickens, biological calf, a small vineyard and a orchard.

The secret of this farm is the constant recycling of everything. Kitchen waste goes into special bins and become compost. The animal manure is been used as fertilizer for crops while corn and clover are cultivated for feeding-stuff.

● Direct sales of his products to the costumers

● Mr. Billas farm is a certified biological farm

● there is not a typical agreement between Mr. Billas and his costumers

● the only way to get in contact with Mr. Billas is by phone

Visit to sheep and goat stables in Krania

Mr. Karabekos stables were established in May 2001 at Krania Karditsa. He is a new and young farmer. the main activities are: sheep and goats breeding, milk production and horse breeding. He also owns a cultivation for getting the feeding stuff for his animals.There are 230 sheep and goats. His target is to create a modern unit for standardization of milk products (feta cheese etc) in order to distribute his products by his own in local level.

● isolation of the different variety of sheep and goat in order to control the production

● use of his own production for feeding the sheep and goats in order to control the quality.

● lack of exprerience

● there is not a standard network of costumers

Visit to Hippotour mushrooms and horsing Facillities

http ://www .ippotour .gr

HIPPOTOUR SA was founded in 1932 and is dealing with the production and marketing of fresh mushrooms under the name "Farm Lazarina'. Hippotour also is engaged with the distribution and marketing of the Buono products and with the representation and distribution of branded delicatessen in the Greek market.

● the well known label

● quality and certified products

● high cost of production

● production volume that does not cover the demands of the costumers

Visit to women's rural cooperative (traditional products)

http ://www .gardiki .gr /anemwna /

In the area of Trikala women's cooperative of the villlage of Gardiki, named " Anemona" was inspired by local culinary heritage and are relying on recipes of grandmothers, prepare famous pies (cabbage pie, cheese pie, meat pie etc.) pastas, traditional frumenty, noodles, sweets, buns, scones, cookies. Also they collect a wide variety of herbs from the region such as oregano, laurel, mint tea, chamomile.

“ANEMONA”(Anemona=Anemone), woman cooperative was founded in 2009 and has developed a wide range of activities such as collecting, packing, packaging, storage,, distribution and sales mainly in local level.

● local culinary heritage

● direct sales to the customers

● promotion of woman entrepreneurship

● unavailability of cover the volume of customer’s demands

● marketing

Visit to OIKOPAL

http ://www .oikopal .gr /oikopal /

OIKOPAL company is active in organic farming since 2000. It is a small family enterprise dealing with local traditional products.

OIKOPAL uses pure organic raw materials and traditional recipes, produces a wide variety of products such as:sweets, jams, cookies, frumenty, groats and flour.

● use of traditional recipes

● OIKOPAL following the most modern standards of hygiene and safety in the food, is certified inder HACCP – ISO 22000:2005.

● web page without the capability of e-shoping

● direct sales of the products using ordinary supply channels

● difficulty in finding local certified biological products

Visit to local farm in Kleinovos village

The farm of Mr. Spyros Balanis is located at a high altitude village in the area of Kalambaka. He left the urban environment in order to gain a better life. His main products are: apples and grapes. He also owns a small facility for wine making.

● there is not an interesting in profit

● crops at high altitude

● use of natural waters springs for irrigation

● low budget producation

● the farm is far away from the potential costumers

● lack of certification of his productivity

● lack of scientific information about his cultivations

Visit to milk factory of Trikala

http ://www .trikki .com .gr

The Cooperative Dairy products factory of Trikala, was founded in 1960 by the Agricultural Bank of Greece and the veal farmers cooperative of Western Thessaly.

“Trikki” Factory produces milk products exclusively from local producers. Milk is collected from holdings of Western Thessaly, certified for non-use of mutant feeds.

● Strong brand name in the market

● Strong connection with the milk producers

● absolute consumer confidence in products

● Focus on local traditional products, produced with modern technological equipement and technics

● direct sales of the products using ordinary supply channels

● High operating costs

● High costs for raw materials

Visit to biological store in Trikala.

www . bioproducts - kotoulas . gr

Small family business in the center of Trikala. Mr. Kotoulas is a young businessman with ecological aspects. His enterprise experiences a great economical growth despite the financial crisis in the country. MR. Kotoulas is also a biological honey producer.

● certified and quality products

● low prices

● the store location (in the center of the city)

● products not only form the region of Trikala (the local production can not cover the variety that consumers ask for)

● poor web site presentation

Within the organization of the 5th project meeting in Greece, AKETH team gathered all the necessary material for informing partners. The material refers to the existence of alternative disposal ways of agricultural and biological products, specially of small Greek producers and particularly from the region of Trikala. The tendency for producers to create and develop supply systems for their products, was also detected.

In conclusion:

The methods of disposal remain the same through the years: traditional ones (open markets) or through intermediates
No producer is satisfied with the supply system of his products.
There is no institutional framework applied on alternative supply systems.
Almost all producers are familiar with alternative ways of disposal which are "fit" in their case, but the initiatives developed to create and support this kind of models are depleted on theory.
Financial crisis has reduced the interest of consumers to purchase more expensive products (like biological) than conventional ones.
The product certification is a prerequisite and an added value for them, to a greater extent compared to the confidence developed between producer, customer and consumer.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:56

„SZATYOR” COMMUNITY OF KECSKEMÉT

„SZATYOR” COMMUNITY OF KECSKEMÉT
An irregular way of shopping - not only for the citizens of Kecskemét, but for everyone

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Report of the meeting in Hungary

ALTAFOODS project

Meeting on 4-6 July 2011, Hungary

- Welcome address by Dr. József Lehota and Dr. István Fehér

- Presentation on “The Main Characteristics of Consumer Behavior in Hungary”, “The Role of Direct Sale in the Local Distribution in Hungary” and “The Main Characteristics of Food Distribution Channels in Hungary” (see Power Point)

Visits and experience sharing:

Name of the visited places	Main features	Strengths/advantages	Weaknesses/drawbacks
Bio Farm of Szent István University in Babatpuszta http://www.nyitottkert.hu/ (Hungarian) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Starting even a year before its official registration in 1999, Open Garden has been successfully managing an organic market garden, and since 1999 a local food delivery system the organization of which went through different stages (a detailed description is provided in 2.4. below). The Foundation has also been running education and training programmes for consumers as well as producers. http://www.score-network.org/files/9594_Proceedings_worshop.07.pdf (83-97 pp.)	- introduce new selling methods - an University stands behind the organisation	- the Hungarian consumers are not yet fully developed for this form of marketing (In western Europe the consumer looking for the farmer, in Hungary – usually – the farmer looking for the consumer)
Galga Farm in Galgahévíz http://www.gaiaalapitvany.hu/	Galga Farm Cooperative was formed in 1992, a democratic association of 15 members, to raise and sell organic produce. A marketing cooperative was formed to sell organic produce from the Galga Co-op and also from neighboring organic farms. The idea of the farm is to earn money from the produce to build an ecovillage, but it is very difficult to realize. http://www.geo.coop/archives/Geza.htm http://gen.ecovillage.org/iservices/publications/articles/Galgafarm%20PM38.pdf http://www.ukfg.org.uk/GezaVargaUKFG24Sept2010.pdf	- The natural environment is more and more important for the people	- Living in an ecovillage is not so easy for the 21st centuryies people
D&D Kft.(food processing plant – pickling factory)	The factory is started in 1996, and it processes 700 tons of cabbage, 200 tons of cucumbers, 200 tons of paprika and 500 tons of other vegetables per year. 90% of the products is sold to multinational chains. They have a small shop in a market (Budapest), but it’s turnover is very low.	- local job creation - raw material supply locally - well organised logistic and promotion	- small quantity of direct sales and local markets
Benedek family - production, processing and trade of fruits http://www.benedekgyumolcsfarm.hu/ (Hungarian)	The Benedek Fruit Farm started at 1995. They planted strawberry firstly, which sold after ripening (without processing) targeted the fresh fruit market. Today the householder and his three daughter directs the farm. They have raspberry’s, red and black currant’s and sour cherry’s plantation also in 137 acres.	- continuious innovations (new sellig methods, new products) - youthful dynamism	- weather-sensitive fruit products
Tánczos Szabó István – selling milk directly	T. Szabó Istvan has a cattle farm with 200 cows. He started to sell his row milk directly, because the price of the milk was very low 2 years ago. He has already 13 milk vending machines in Kecskemét and the nearby villages. Today he can sell 50 percent of his milk production directly by vending machines..	- he owned a comlex system (raw material, dairy farm, machineries) - he has ownership in the local milk purchasing company (he can sell the surplus) - built up direct contact with the consumers
Geredy Péter – ’mangalica’ pig breeder http://www.friweb.hu/biogeredy/ (Hungarian)	Geredy Péter is a bio-farmer in Ballószög. Over the years he slowly manage to create a complex farm in which the crop and the animal production is based to each other. He minimizes the environmental impact (don’t use fertilizer, just green and organic manure) and tries to reduce the erosion of soil. He has 300 acres of arable crops and 20 sows with 200 pigs.	- complex system - use of Hungarian breed (mangalica)	- too much bureaucracy - direct sales is in embrionant stage
Czingel Mihály - meat-packing plant	Czingel Mihály makes traditional Hungarian smoked pork meats (bacon, sausage, brawn, liver paste). He started it 10 years ago and step by step built up the small company. His father has a pig farm with ‘duroc’ pigs and 4/5 pigs are killed and process in every week. He hasn’t got storage stock, what is prepared in weekdays he sells on weekends at local festivals and events.	- exploiting the importance of tourism - foreign market sales - successfullly find niche markets	- risk of food safety conditions
Molnár Imre - rearing bees http://www.premium-hungaricum.hu/molnarimre.html (Hungarian)	Molnar Imre has a small farm with 80-90 bee colonies. He sells directly his products to the consumers from the farm and on festivals.	- use of specialties (spiced honey)	-
Kujani farm – orchards http://www.kujani.hu/page.php?3	The farm is 15 acres with apricot cherry and grape orchards. Most of their products are sold abroad. They prepare fresh sour cherry juice, apricot and plum-flavored homemade jams and juice and juice of the grape (muscat, cserszegi and kékfrankos). All our products are produced within the farm, with use of minimal pesticide.	- supplementary activities (close relationship with the university, training of farmers) - ’pick your own’ possibility	- frequent spring frosts
Hortig Dezső and Bertók Zsuzsa - goat and cow creamery www.hazisajt.hu (Hungarian)	This small family farm was established in 2008. They have 180 litres cow milk and 65-70 litres goat milk every day. They make cheese from the milk and sell it directly to consumers (70%) and restaurants (30%). They have an own cheese shop in Budapest.	- unique products - can follow the expectations of consumers	- difficult to get into the local market - too much bureaucracy
Cora Hypermarket – Buying fruit and vegetables directly from small farmers	Cora is one of the biggest Hungarian retail chain. A program was started (“Taste and tradition”) which give possibilities for small Hungarian farmers to be a supplier of Cora. In case of fruits and vegetables Cora has 32 small Hungarian suppliers. The first experiences are very positive.	- the mutual benefit and trust building work well - opportunity for a relatively large volume of sales for small farmers	- Some small farmers are not able to ensure the delivery items.
Lek-vár-lak – marmalade (jam) products http://www.lekvar-lak.hu/	The family moved from Budapest to Nagybörzsöny 10 years ago. At the beginning they started to rent rooms and a give their homemade jams to the guests. Nowadays they cook their preserves in 80-litre cauldrons and our imagination started to fly. The process is exclusively handmade from stoning to decorating. They use only minimal amount of preservatives.	- follow the needs of the consumers - the product is a good gift	-
Eurotrust Consult Kft. – orchard	The company has an Irish owner, which have 2000 acres field and 180 acres orchard (apple, pear, cherry, sour cherry, peach). They sell the fruits in West-European countries (France, UK, Germany, Netherlands).	- using good quality and technology can halp to sell the product at higher price	- Hungarian consumers can not afford such a price
Orbán Family – apple orchard	The family farm has 14,7 acres apple orchard with 7 different varieties. 60 percent of the crop sell directly, the other 40 percent sell to Cora.	- Can be a successful co-operation between small suppliers and big chains	- Missing relevant storage facilities

The lack of cooperation was a general problem in case of farmers. This negative perception come from the socialist cooperatives.

Communication and Media:

http://kecskemetitv.hu/hun/sa_hirek/i_varoson_kivul_59/i_europai_tapasztalat_a_kozvetlen_ertekesitesrol_86490/t_Eur%C3%B3pai%20tapasztalat%20a%20k%C3%B6zvetlen%20%C3%A9rt%C3%A9kes%C3%ADt%C3%A9sr%C5%91l/index.html#

http://www.kormany.hu/download/7/5a/40000/Agr%C3%A1rgazdas%C3%A1gi%20Figyel%C5%91%20III%20%C3%A9vf%203%20sz%20.pdf

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Draft Schedule of 5th Meeting in Greece

Wednesday – 07/09/2011

08:45 Registration

09:00 Welcome address

09:30 Departure to KEDAP food processing plant

10:00 Visit to KEDAP

11:30 Visit to open street market in Trikala

12:00 Visit to Biological Products shop in Trikala

12:30 Visit to Biological Products shop in Trikala

13:30 Lunch

15:00 Return to Hotel

17:00 Visit to Biofarm in Dipotamos

18:15 Departure to Krania

18:45 Visit to sheep and goat stables in Krania

21:00 Return To Trikala

Thursday – 08/09/2011

08:30 Visit to women's rural cooperative (traditional products)

09:30 Departure to Petrochori

10:00 Visit to Traditional Fair of Petrochori

13:00 Visit to honey production and packing small enterprise

14:00 Visit to small family enterprise (dealing with local traditional products)

14:45 Departure to Meteora

15:30 Cultural Visit to Meteora Manasteries

17:00 Visit to local farm in Kalambaka

17:45 Visit to local farm

19:00 Return to Trikala

Friday – 09/09/2011

08:30 Visit to Local Milk Factory of Trikala

09:30 Return to Aketh / Workshop

09:45 Presentation of AKETH

10:00 Presentation on “The Agricultural Actions of Pylis Municipality”

10:15 Presentation of AgorazoBio

10:30 Presentation on “Biological Products Consumers in Greece”

10:45 Discussion on next Altafoodss meeting

11:00 Closing Session and Evaluation

Last Updated on Monday, 22 August 2011 13:12

Greece - Trikala Travel infos

For those planning to take a plane to Athens, you can come to Trikala:
a) by train. You can find the timetable here:
http://tickets.trainose.gr/dromologia/#

From the airport you can go to Train station (St. Larissis) using Metro.
You can find the timetable here
http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=363&L=1

Please note that from tha airport you have to take Metro Line 3 and then
chane train at Syntagma station (SYNTAGMA) and take Metro Line 2 to St.
Larissis. (please find here attached a detailed map of the Metro Lines)

b) by bus. You can find the timetable here:
http://ktel-trikala.gr/?module=default&pages_id=16&lang=en

From the airport you can go to Liossion Bus station (ST.YPERA/KON
LEOF.LIOSION) by BUS line X93. You can find the timetable here
http://www.oasa.gr/xmap.php?id=px93&lang=en

As far concerning accommodation the proposed hotels (located down town) are:

1) Divani's Hotel
http://www.divanitrikala.gr/home.en.html

2) Dina's Hotel
http://www.ntinashotel.gr/en

3) Achillion Hotel
http://www.booking.com/hotel/gr/achillion-trikala.en-gb.html?aid=311943;label=bookings-name-QOh%2Akz_gs0mfVeOKXMhKrAS2197367556;sid=7ca4a61dc3db856ce3fb5373aa992ae5;srfid=5056c3d9fcac3dab7d8b8ace28465801X1

4) Litheon Hotel
http://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?id=21141&

Alternatively you can come to Trikala by ryanair
(http://www.ryanair.com/en) through Volos airport. Then you can come to
Trikala by Bus, here is the time table:
http://ktel-trikala.gr/?module=default&pages_id=19&lang=en

Finally here are some web pages about Trikala Area.
http://www.trikala-tourism.gr/portal/page/portal/etrikala/home
http://www.kalampaka.com/en/meteora/history.asp

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 07:25

5th meeting in Trikala - Greece

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Organisation	Participants
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica (IFAPA)	Francisco Jose Arenas Arenas Esther Calderon Zaragoza
IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH	Tomas Klein
SZENT ISTVÁN EGYETEM	Dr. Istvan Feher Dr. Jozsef Lehota Sandor VadaszErno Ferenczi Marianna Tauberne Endre Tauber
E.L.S. Form Pantheon Park s.r.l.	Cecilia Greco Alessandro Sonsini Luciano Tuse Iacone Armando
Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa	Ana Carvalho Paula Mata
DOUMAG LTD	Achilleas Tringidis Anastasis Anastasi Nektarios Karyos Ntouvlis Spiros
CFPPA de Toulouse Auzeville	Phillipe Jego

Nick NTOGAS, Piroti CHRISA and Vassiliki AKRATOU

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 12:43

4th Godollo - Hungary meeting

Objectives of the meeting

Organisation	Participants
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica (IFAPA)	Francisco ORTIZ BERROCAL Esther Calderon ZARAGOZA
ANAPTIXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS	Ilias KAPSIOCHAS Konstantinos TAMPOS Athanasios PLAVOS Anastasia PETSA
IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH	Hartmut HERING
SZENT ISTVÁN EGYETEM
E.L.S. Form Pantheon Park s.r.l.	Luciano TUSE
Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa	Ana CARVALHO Paula MATA
DOUMAG LTD	Nektarios KARIOS Elpida CHALLOUMI
CFPPA de Toulouse Auzeville	Philippe GEJO Claudine BOT

Nick NTOGAS, Piroti CHRISA and Vassiliki AKRATOU

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 13:25

Hungary - Godollo Travel infos

Arriving in Hungary

Arriving by Train:

From Deli Palyaudvar: Take the Red Metro line directly to Keleti Palyaudvar (7^th stop). Follow directions (From Keleti Palyaudvar) below.

From Nyugati Palyaudvar: Take the Blue Metro line to Deak Ferenc ter (2^nd stop), and transfer to the Red Metro Line (in the direction of Örs Vezér ter) to Keleti Palyaudvar (3^rd stop). Follow directions (From Keleti Palyaudvar) below.

From Keleti Palyaudvar: Trains run between Keleti Palyaudvar and Gödöllő, every 30 minutes during workdays. Get off at Gödöllő, not Gödöllő Allami Telepek. We recommend that find and print the train schedule for your day of travel ahead of time.

Train schedules can be found at: http://elvira.mav-start.hu/

Important note: We recommend that you avoid the trains printed in green (gyors) on the website, as these trains lack an announcement system to notify you of your arrival in Gödöllő.

When you arrive in Gödöllő, walk over the footbridge at the train station to reach our campus.

Arriving by Plane:

There are two options for getting to Szent István Univeristy from Franz Liszt Airport. You can either take a shuttle bus to Keleti Palyaudvar, where you can find a direct train to our campus, or you can arrange for airport pickup from our driver, Mr Karoly Hodi (+36 20 3831 832).

If you wish to take the shuttle-bus / train route, please verify the location of the shuttle bus pickup from the information booth at the airport. For train information, see above (From Keleti Palyaudvar).

If you wish to arrange airport pickup, you should call Mr. Hodi a few days in advance to schedule your arrival time. He charges a flat rate of 8300HUF (approx. €31) for the trip to Gödöllő.

You can also arrange a taxi ride with an independent taxi service. All taxis operating at the airport are licensed and regulated. The price of the other services operating at the airport is approximately 15,500HUF to Gödöllő.

Karoly Hodi +36 20 3831 832

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Local Contact Information

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need any assistance before, during or after your stay in Gödöllő.

Our offices are located in the main building, upstairs from the main entrance of the university. room 1010.

Dr. István Fehér

Professor of Marketing, room 2010

Telephone: +36 28 522 000 ext. 1707 (office)

+36 30 9345 652

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Marianna Tauberné Cseke

Office of International Relations, room 1010

Telephone: +36 28 522 000 ext. 2167 (office)

+36 30 409 1842 (mobile)

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Transportation within Gödöllő

The SZIE campus is a leisurely 20-minute walk through the town park from the town center.

Mr. Karoly Hodi +36 20 3831 832 (1000HUF flat rate within Gödöllő)

Various other taxi services are available across the street from the Erzsebet Hotel.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 12:00

Schedule of Godollo meeting

Grundtvig Educative Partnership

Alternative Agro-Food Supply Systems

ALTAFOODSS

July 3-7, 2011

Szent István University

Gödöllő, Hungary

1^st Draft- Official Programme

July 4, 2011 (Monday)

Second Floor Faculty Meeting Hall

Chair: Dr. Lehota József, Head of the Marketing Institute of Szent István University, Gödöllő

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome address by Dr. József Lehota, Head of the Marketing Institute

9:15 Welcome address by Dr. István Fehér, Professor of Marketing

9:30 Presentation on “The Main Characteristics of Consumer Behavior in Hungary” (by Georgina Rácz, PhD student)

9:50 Presentation on “The Role of Direct Sale in the Local Distribution in Hungary” (by Dr. István Fehér, Professor of Marketing and Éva Mácsai, PhD student)

10:10 Presentation on “The Main Characteristics of Food Distribution Channels in Hungary” (by Daniel Györe, AKI Hungary)

10:30 Discussion/Questions

11:00 Departure to the Lázár Equestrian Park in Domonyvölgy

11:30 Horse Show and Lunch

14:00 Visit the Bio Farm of Szent István University in Babatpuszta

16:00 Visit Galgafarm in Galgahévíz (bio-production and Eco-village)

18:00 Visit a food processing plant, (pickling)

19.00 Visit a fruit farm in Nagyréde (Benedek family - production, processing and trade)

20:00 Return to Gödöllő

July 5, 2011 (Tuesday)

8:00 Boarding bus to go to Kecskemét

9:00 City market, Kecskemét: Distribution

9:30 Small market, Kecskemét: Milk distribution (machine)

10:00 Visit in the Chamber of Agriculture of Bács-Kiskun County (Presentation on “Kamratúra” programme)

11:00 Visit a “Mangalica” Piggery in Ballószög

11:30 Visit a rearing bees in Fülöpháza

12:00 Visit a meat-packing plant in Fülöpháza

13:30 Lunch in Talfája, Kecskemét

15:30 Visit a goat creamery in Lajosmizse

17:00 Boarding bus to return to Gödöllő

July 6, 2011 (Wednesday)

8:00 Boarding bus to go to Budakalász

9:00-10.30 Visit the CORA hypermarket (vegetables and fruits platform and shops – meat and vegetable)

11:00 Visit Szentendre

12:30 Visit Esztergom

13:30 Lunch in Prímás Pince

15:30 Visit an orchard-apple production (Szob)

16:30 Visit an indigenous livestock farm (pork, beef, sheep) Szob

17:30 Visit a fruit juice producer in Kosd

18:30 Visit Zebegény and closing session, evaluation local products testing (not confirmed)

19:30 Dinner possibility on the road

20:30 Boarding bus to return to Gödöllő

July 7, 2011 (Thursday)

Departures

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 10:39

Results of Cordoba meeting

Final meeting and conclusion :

Key points and characteristics observed during visits

Like in Toulouse, producers and consumer have a stretched relationships.

Is important the used of Network, buy through internet is more and more important today.

Maybe we had visited a normal market or hypermarket to compare products and quality. Sorry because I don’t think that this was important for the project.

The Almazara Suerte Alta, is the model that our farmers should follow.

The quality of products nowadays is a important concept to the costumers.

The communication between the costumers is essential to develop this market.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 10:37

Report of the Serpa's meeting

Report of the meeting in Serpa – January 2011

The meeting took place at the Vocational School in Serpa, with the work beginning on January 26th, with all members, except for Cyprus, present.

During the meeting, there were two working sessions, on January 26th and 27th, to Exchange ideas on the different ways of commercializing agri-food products, observed during the two previous meetings.

On January 28th, the final working session took place in order to evaluate the meeting and organize the next meeting, which will take place in Cordoba, Spain, from May 4th to May 6th.

The businesses that were visited are as follows:

Name of the visisted places

Main features

Strengths / advantages

Weaknesses / drawbacks

Cooperativa Agrícola de Moura e Barrancos

Consists of 4000 associates, and its goal is to give the associates technical support in the áreas of transformation and commercialization of the products, namely in the production of olive-oil.

Valuing of quality through the certification of the olive-oil (DOP)

Guarantees, to the producer, the reception of the olives and the placemente of the olive-oil on the market

The assistance given by the technicians ensures the quality of the prime-matter within the required parameters

The associates are required to deliver their olives at the cooperative, even if the price is more competitive outside the cooperative.

Herdade dos Grous

http://www.herdadedosgrous.com/

Activity developed with private capital in the wine sector

The clients themselves promote the product.

The image of the product promotes other sectors/products of the company (the wine promotes the olive oil)

The small production allows for certain specifities of the final product

High investment

Queijaria Guilherme

http://www.queijariaguilherme.com/queijaria/institucional/a-empresa

Family company specialized in the production of regional goat and sheep cheese.

The product is promoted by the consumer (initially done from door to door).

Low investment in marketing (only the website and small leaflets)

Sales directly to the consumer represent a very small percentage of the sales total (due to the localization of the company).

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Last Updated on Monday, 09 May 2011 13:24

2nd meeting in Serpa

Objectives of the meeting

To exchange ideas on the different ways of commercializing agri-food products, observed during the two previous meetings.
To evaluate the meeting and organize the next meeting, which will take place in Cordoba, Spain, from May 4th to May 6th.

Organisation	Participants
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica (IFAPA)	Francisco ORTIZ BERROCAL Jesus CASADO
ANAPTIXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS	Nick NTOGAS Chrisa PIROTI Vassiliki AKRATOU
IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH	Hartmut HERING Annette BAUFELDT Norbert HERTRICH
SZENT ISTVÁN EGYETEM	Éva MÁCSAI Jozsef LEHOTA Orsolya DENE Daniel GYORE
E.L.S. Form Pantheon Park s.r.l.	Luciano TUSE Angelo RADICA
Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa	Ana CARVALHO Paula MATA

Nick NTOGAS, Piroti CHRISA and Vassiliki AKRATOU

Last Updated on Monday, 09 May 2011 13:00

Meeting in Toulouse

Objectives of the meeting

Launching of the project, checking of the objectives and expectations of the partners testimonies of local initiatives (AMAP, direct selling, pedagogic farms…)
Critical observation on analyzed situations
Evaluation of the stay (quality and content)

Organisation	Participants
DOUMAG LTD	Spiros NTOUVLIS
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica (IFAPA)	Francisco ORTIZ BERROCAL
ANAPTIXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS	Athanasios GIAMAS & Dimitrios MAGEIRIAS
IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH	Hartmut HERING
SZENT ISTVÁN EGYETEM	Feher ISTVAN & Marianna CSEKE
E.L.S. Form Pantheon Park s.r.l.	Luciano TUSE
Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa	Ana CARVALHO & Paula MATA

Last Updated on Friday, 26 November 2010 14:23

Schedule of the 3rd meeting in Cordoba

1º Día 4 MAY		THEME	TIME	ACTIVITY	LOCALIZATION	RESPONSIBLE	CONTACTO
	1.1	Pick up Hotel and Welcome	9:00-9:30		IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Jesús Casado / Víctor Ortiz
	1.2	Agenda Presentation	9:30-10:30	Program	IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Francisco Ortiz / José Miguel Garrido/ Esther
	P-1-1	Breakfast	10:30-11:00	Breakfast	BAR IFAPA
	1.3	IFAPA présentation	11:00-11:30	Ifapa Présentation	IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Francisco Ortiz/ Esther
	14	Short introduction about commercialization in Andalusia	11:30-12:30	Different Agrarian Sector.	IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Francisco Ortiz / José Miguel Garrido
	1.5	Example over commercialization in Andalusia	12:30-13:30	Enterprises commercialization	IFAPA CÓRDOBA	José Miguel Garrido
	P-1.2	Lunch	13:30:16:00		IFAPA CÓRDOBA
	1.6	Visit Orchard Alonso	16:00-17:00	Visit to traditional orchard	Orchard close to Cordoba	Alfonso Molina José Miguel Garrido
	1.7	Almocafre Asociation visit.	17:00-18:30	Consumer Association shops Visit.	Shop ALMOCAFRE CÓRDOBA	José Miguel Garrido

2º Día 5 MAY		TEMA	TIEMPO	ACTIVIDAD	LOCALIZACION	APOYO DE	CONTACTO
	2.1	Pick up in Hotel	8:00-8:30	Pick up Hotel		Francisco Ortiz / Esther José Miguel Garrido
	D-2.1	Travel to Suerte Alta Farm	8:30-9:30
	2.2	Visit to Almazara and Suerte Alta Farm	9:30-10:30	To know Suerte Farm and Olive Oil commercialization	ALBENDÍN CÓRDOBA	Manuel Heredia Halcón
	D-2.2	Visit IFAPA Cabra	12:30-13:00
			13:00-14:00	IFAPA Cabra	IFAPA CABRA	Brígida
	D 2.3	Lunch	14:00-16:00		IFAPA DE CABRA	Brígida
	2.3	Producer and consumer Association	13:00-14:00	Orchard visit with responsible of producer-consumer Association	CABRA	Carmen
	D-2.4	Back to Cordoba	19:00-20:00			Francisco Ortiz / Esther José Miguel Garrido

3º Día 6 MAY		TEMA	TIEMPO	ACTIVIDAD	LOCALIZACION	APOYO DE	CONTACTO
	3.1	Pick up from the hotel.	8:00-8:30			Francisco Ortiz / José Miguel Garrido
	D-3.1	Travel to Enterprise Lola	8:30-9:00	Travel	VILLARUBIA	Francisco Ortiz / Esther José Miguel Garrido
	43.2	Package Canne Lola visit	9:00-11:00	Industry craft of canned vegetables	ENVASADOS LOLA	LOLA
	D-3.2	Come back IFAPA Córdoba	11:00-11:30	Travel	Córdoba	Francisco Ortiz / Esther José Miguel Garrido
	3.2	Olive Oil text	11:30-12:30	Olive oil text	IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Francisco Ortiz
	3.3	Activities Evaluation	12:30-13:30		IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Francisco Ortiz / Esther José Miguel Garrido
	3.4	End of program.	13.:30-14:00		IFAPA CÓRDOBA	Francisco Ortiz / Esther José Miguel Garrido

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Last Updated on Saturday, 19 March 2011 09:13

ô Saveurs paysannes

Initiatives collectives en Massif Central
VITRINE AGRO TOURISTIQUE DE FONLABOUR
« ô Saveurs paysannes »
BOUTIQUE & ESPACE RESTAURATION FERMIÈRE, SALLE D’EXPOSITION

Un concept original valorisant les savoirs faire agricoles et agro alimentaires.

Le département du Tarn se caractérise par une mosaïque de paysages géographiques auxquels correspondent autant de pratiques agricoles et de productions agro–alimentaires et agro touristiques ( la montagne et la charcuterie, les coteaux et la vigne, les vallées et les fruits et légumes…

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 14:58

Publication

Un projet européen sur lescircuits courts en visite dans le Tarn

Jeudi 21 octobre

une délégation européenne conduite par le CFPPA de Toulouse-Auzeville était en visite dans le Tarn. Une dizaine de personnes étaient réunies pour rencontrer différents acteurs de mode de distribution et de consommation de proximité.

Le matin, c’est la famille Verhoef, au verger de Foncoussières, qui les a accueillis pour leur présenter la démarche des Saveurs rabastinoises. L’aprèsmidi, le groupe s’est rendu au magasin «Ô saveurs paysannes», au Séquestre.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 22:06

Saveur Rabastinoises

L’Association des Producteurs Fermiers du Rabastinois a pour but de garantir aux consommateurs :
-Des produits fermiers de qualité élaborés sur des exploitations à taille humaine, dans le respect de l’environnement.
-Des produits issus du terroir du Rabastinois.
-Un contact direct et privilégié entre les producteurs et les consommateurs.
-Un engagement des producteurs à une charte commune.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 12:30

Results of the meeting

Concentration of customers sensitive to quality.
Local production is the only guarantee of sustainability of the productive system.
Usability and promoting understanding between consumers and producers.
Possibility of prior order or purchase on the spot
No travel expenses.
Individually improve the capacity of attracting the customers through a collective effort
Customers look for a network of diverse productions.
Farm picking: low cost of labour for the operator
A showcase of quality agricultural products close to the city of Albi.
Territorial and diversified action.
An action based on trust, understanding and acceptance of production constraints

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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 November 2010 12:14

Schedule of the first meeting in Toulouse


			GRUNDTVIG EDUCATIVE PARTNERSHIP Alternative Agro-Food Supply Systems AltAFoodSS
Date	Topic	Time	Activity	localisation	Support by CFPPA
19th october	arrival	Afternoon and evening	Hotel check-in	Toulouse	Participant
20th october	Welcoming	9:00 to 9:30	coffee	CFPPA Auzeville - Building 17- room meeting	CFPPA
	Launching of the project	9:30 to 10:30	Meeting : participants introduction + project aims	Building 17- room meeting
	Farm school store visit	10:30	An example of direct marketing and specific relations between production and consumption (students’ parents from a peri urban area)	Farm school store
	Lunch	12:00 to 14:00	School restaurant	Complexe Agricole
	Launching of the project	14:00 to 15:30	Meeting : participants introduction + project aims	Building 17- room meeting
	On-farm visit	15:30 to 18:30	La Métairie de Jourda/ “Marché à la ferme” – On-farm trading, organised by Claudine Bot (farmer)	Le Vernet
	Dinner	Evening	Free	free	Participant
21th october	Welcoming	9:00 to 9:30	coffee	CFPPA Auzeville - Building 17- room meeting	CFPPA
	Producers association visit	9:30 to 12:00	Presentation of the producers association “Les saveurs Rabastinoises”	Verger de Foncoussieres Fruit and honey farming	CFPPA
	Lunch	12:00 to 14:30	Lunch proposed by the producers association cooked with their own products	Ferme de Loubat Jean Louis Jarlan (farmer)	CFPPA
	Producers association store	15 :30 to 17 :00	Presentation of the producers association store “ô saveurs paysannes”	Bernard Souleyreau - GD CIVAM Tarn Le séquestre
	Albi visit	17 :00 to 18 :30	Visit of the historic centre	Albi town
	Back to Toulouse and dinner	18:30 to evening	Free	Toulouse	Participant
22th october	Welcoming	9:00 to 9:30	coffee	CFPPA Auzeville- Building 17- room meeting	CFPPA
	Pierre BESSE intervention	10:30	“AMAP” - Association to maintain local farming units. A direct and original relation between consumers and producers	Lycée Auzeville – Languedoc room – bât 22 - with students and apprentices
	Lunch	12:30 to 14:30	CFPPA Lunch	CFPPA Auzeville- Building 13- room Lilas
	Evaluating the 1th meeting in France and preparing next steps	14:30 to 16:00	Presentation of tools project: evaluation, final report, certificate of attendance programme of next visits	Building 17- room meeting
	Free time	16:00 to 20:00	Free time visit	Toulouse	Participant
	Dinner	20:00 to 22:00	Restaurant	Toulouse	CFPPA
23th october	Departure of participants				Participant

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Meeting in Cordoba

Objectives of the meeting

Enterprises commercialization in Andalucia
Technical visits
Project's evaluation
Preparation on the intermediate report

Participants:

Organisation	Participants
CFPPA de Toulouse Auzeville	Philippe JEGO
DOUMAG LTD	Spiros NTOUVLIS
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica (IFAPA)	Francisco ORTIZ BERROCAL Esther Calderón
ANAPTIXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS	Athanasios GIAMAS Achilleas KOSTOULAS
IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH	Norbert HERTRICH
SZENT ISTVÁN EGYETEM	Tamas HUNYADVAR Mirlos PEAK Georgina RACZ Feher ISTVAN
E.L.S. Form Pantheon Park s.r.l.	Athanasia SARGIOTI
Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa	Ana CARVALHO Paula MATA

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Programme	LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme	GRUNDTVIG
Action type	PARTNERSHIPS
Action	GRUNDTVIG Learning Partnerships
Working language of the partnership	EN - English
Project title	Alternative Agro-Food Supply Systems
Project acronym	AltAFoodSS
Applicant Organisation	CFPPA de Toulouse Auzeville centre constitutif de l'EPLEFPA de de Toulouse Auzeville
Number of Participating Organisations	Seven (7)
Total number of pupils/learners/trainees	Fifty (50)
Number of teachers/trainers/staff	Seventy (70)
Total of participants	One hundred twenty (120)

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
30	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31	1	2	3

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
30	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31	1	2	3

CFPPA de Toulouse Auzeville centre constitutif de l'EPLEFPA de de Toulouse Auzeville

Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agricultura Ecologica

FUNCTIONS

STRUCTURE

PRESIDENCY

GENERAL SECRETARYSHIP

SOCIAL COUNCIL

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

BOARD OF DIRECTION

R + D AREAS

HUMAN RESOURCES

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES

FARMER AND FISHERMEN TRAINING

In agriculture

Total

IMPULSE Agentur für Projektentwicklung und –management GmbH

Szent István University

E.L.S. Form- Pantheon Park srl

Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa

Doumag Ltd

Developmental Centre of Thessaly

Project Objectives and Strategy

Rationale - Motivation

Grundtvig Project

Lifelong Learning - Sectoral programmes : Grundtvig

What are the aims?

Specific objectives

Operational objectives

What target public?

What types of activity?

What are Grundtvig actions?

Report of the Meeting in Cyprus

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7th ALTAFOODS Project Meeting

18-20 April 2012, Nicosia - Cyprus

Programme of meeting in Cyprus

Cyprus 18-20 April 2012

Report of the meeting in Chieti Italy

Chieti draft programme

Report of the meeting in Greece

„SZATYOR” COMMUNITY OF KECSKEMÉT

Report of the meeting in Hungary

Draft Schedule of 5th Meeting in Greece

Greece - Trikala Travel infos

5th meeting in Trikala - Greece

4th Godollo - Hungary meeting

Hungary - Godollo Travel infos

Schedule of Godollo meeting

Results of Cordoba meeting

Report of the Serpa's meeting

2nd meeting in Serpa

Meeting in Toulouse

Schedule of the 3rd meeting in Cordoba

ô Saveurs paysannes

Publication

Saveur Rabastinoises

Results of the meeting

Schedule of the first meeting in Toulouse

Meeting in Cordoba

7^th ALTAFOODS Project Meeting

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30	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31	1	2	3