The #AgEng2024 Conference was held in the first week of July at the Agricultural University of Athens. During the “Integrated and sustainable Farming systems” session, the AgrofossilFree coordinator, Thanos Balafoutis from IBO/CERTH, presented the policy guidelines for accelerating the adoption of fossil-energy-free technologies strategies in the EU agricultural sector. In case you are interested, you…
Last June 20th, AgroFossilFree coordinator, Thanos Balafoutis, was invited as a speaker in the final event of the Metavasis Project between the University of Texas A&M and AUA. The event took place at the Agricultural University of Athens. The coordinator of AgroFossilFree presented the policy recommendations that were developed throughout the project’s lifetime. You can find…
A new scientific publication based on the results of AgroFossilFree project has been published! This study investigates farmers’ needs, ideas and interests in the adoption of Fossil Energy Free Technologies and Strategies (FEFTS). Introduction This study investigates farmers’ needs, ideas and interests in the adoption of Fossil Energy Free Technologies and Strategies (FEFTS). 470 direct…
Our Coordinator, Thanos Balafoutis (CERTH), has published an article entitled “Policy recommendations for the defossilisation of greenhouse production systems” in the agricultural journal “Epi Gis”, Volume 23, January 2024. Read the article in Greek by clicking on the following link: https://www.piraeusbank.gr/el/agrotes/agrotika-nea-enimerosi/epi-gis#1 This article has been published by Piraeus Bank, based on the AgroFossilFree project results.…
Our partner coordinator IBO / CERTH, the Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology, presented AgroFossilFree on the 19th and 20th of October, at the 13th Panhellenic Conference of the Society of Agricultural Engineers of Greece (E.G.M.E.) which took place at the Agricultural University of Athens. A great opportunity to present all the results that the project…
After almost three years, AgroFossilFree is coming to an end and we want to share with you the policy guidelines that AgroFossilFree has created and brought into consultation with the EC Policy Officers. We have compiled a list of 19 Policy Briefs, considering the technological and socioeconomic maturity of the available Fossil-Energy-Free Technologies and Strategies…