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BAB 055/22: Study on the Austrian seed industry
Initial situation Some of the EU seed legislation dates back to 1966 and is distributed very differently among different crop groups. After the European Commission's legislative proposal for the reform of EU seed law was rejected by the European Parliament in 2014, the Commission has again set itself the goal of reforming EU seed law. This reform process was re-initiated with a Commission seed study published in April 2021 (SWD(2021) 90 final, 8287/21) and is to include an impact assessment...
BAB 051/22: Project ÖKO-SCHU-WA The economic relevance of protection forests in Austria
Project Management: Alexandra Freudenschuss, Peter Mayer (BWF - Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape) The WF project ÖKO-SCHU-WA was submitted by the BWF on 8.2.2022. In a sub-project, the BAB takes over the processing of socio-scientific questions within the framework of the overall project. Initial situation Natural hazards are a significant cause of threats to life, quality of life and well-being. They can also have a significant negative impact...
BAB 054/22: Work organisation of non-family seasonal workers in Austrian agriculture in the field of crop production
Initial situation The structure of Austrian agriculture is characterised by small and medium-sized family farms. Non-family labour has always made a significant contribution to agricultural production (see e.g. Agricultural Structure Survey 2016 - Farm Structure; Statistics Austria 2018, p. 54), but for a long time there was little interest in their situation. Media attention for seasonal workers and harvest workers has increased in recent years, but scientific considerations in agricultural...
BAB 053/22: Sector analysis hemp
Initial situation Due to its versatile use (seeds, fibres, flowers) and changed framework conditions, the interest in hemp cultivation in Austria has increased in recent years. Another reason for the expansion of hemp production in Austria was the increase of the legal limit value of THC from 0.2% in the past to currently 0.3%. This stimulated the cultivation of new varieties of hemp, which are not yet included in the European list of hemp varieties. In addition, it was therefore possible to...
BAB 052/22: Flat rates for fruit and vegetable producer organizations
Initial situation Within the framework of the Common Market Organisation, recognised producer organisations (POs) have received or will receive access to public funding within the framework of so-called "Operational Programmes" (OPs). Each recognised PO is obliged to draw up an OP every few years on the basis of the National Strategy for Fruit and Vegetables in accordance with the specifications, in which the planned measures are also to be presented. The funding agency (Agrarmarkt Austria)...
BF 146/15: A New Approach for Rural Development in Georgia (LEADER – Georgien)
The research project was carried out within the framework of the EU Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD Georgia) in cooperation with the coordinator MercyCorps Georgia. It included in particular the activity of expert advice on the possibilities of applying the LEADER approach and sharing the relevant lessons learned from the European LEADER practice of the past decades, support to the preparation of the Local Development Strategy (LES) in the pilot project...
BF 150/16: Accompanying evaluation of the Austrian Programme for Rural Development 2014-202
For the evaluation of the Austrian Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (LE2020), the BMNT has defined a number of evaluation packages for the assessment of the different priorities of the programme. For the evaluation, the assessments of the individual project types are to be coordinated within the packages. Horizontal coordination work is also required between the packages. The evaluation work is to be carried out in parallel with the implementation of the programme. A selection of these...
BF 142/15: Social farming and social capital in rural regions
In recent years, an increasing importance of measures summarised under the catchwords Green Care and Social Farming can be observed. The special setting of the work and social system on a farm enables many meaningful activities and social interactions that not only open up a new quality of life for a wide range of clients, but also new fields of employment and income opportunities for farms and multiple benefits for society as a whole. The research project "Social Farming in Austria, South...
BF 155/17: Rural Space 4.0? - Stocktaking and Critical Reception
Désirée Ehlers, Oliver Tamme The progressive spread of the internet (keyword digitalisation) in almost all areas of life has gone hand in hand with rapid technical development in recent years. In order to be able to use the increasingly diverse and sophisticated possibilities of the internet (video streaming, internet commerce, home office, cloud computing, etc.), the availability of adequate internet access is necessary. Today, the term "broadband connection" has become established as a...
BAB 021/19: Preparation of a central data portal for agriculture
Initial situation Digitalisation and the internet are not only shaping our daily private and professional lives. Even in agriculture, it would be hard to imagine working without electronic controls, computers and the internet. Mechanisation, electronics and automation have brought a massive increase in efficiency to agriculture. Access to the internet has become a matter of course. Against this background of the various problems, challenges, but also opportunities presented by...
BF 149/15: Small-scale farming and cooperation between regional sustainability and globalisation
This project subjected the multi-layered aspects of small-scale agriculture in the 21st century to a comprehensive analysis both in the Austrian and in the concrete regional context and places them in the context of the international development of small-scale agriculture. The following central questions were at the centre of the analysis: What are small-scale farms? What do small-scale farms stand for? What value is placed on small-scale agriculture? How can small-scale farming structures...
AWI/48/15 W: Technical support for the financial management of the Austrian Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
Department II 2 of the BMNT is the managing authority of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and is responsible for the multi-annual financial planning of this programme. In the course of audits in the programme period 2007-2013, the Austrian Court of Audit saw a need for improvement in the preparation of the financial plan. For further development, the BMNT needed accompanying technical support. The aim of the project was to improve the financial plan of the Rural Development...