Researchprojects

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BAB 046/21: ERASMUS+ – Strengthening Social Capital in Rural Communities for Rural Development

The concept of social capital has been an important component of policy instruments for rural development and local governance for some time. Its importance has also been increasingly recognised in Turkey in recent years. The ERAS-MUS+ programme aims to strengthen local social capital in rural regions of Turkey in order to further develop economic perspectives, endogenous potentials and local governance in rural areas, but also in the related urban regions. Turkey's rural development policy...

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BAB 041/20: Standard working time requirements in Austrian agriculture

Initial situation The factor "labor" plays a key role in agriculture in addition to other production factors such as the capital employed or land from a business management perspective. Labour input in agriculture is gradually decreasing, particularly as a result of technological progress (mechanization) and structural change (smaller farms with higher labour requirements per unit produced). Calculations by the Federal Institute for Agricultural Economics show that labor input in agriculture...

BAB 037/20: Rural youth and sustainability

Initial situation and objective In the project Youth in the Countryside and Sustainability, it was planned to investigate the attitudes towards ecological conditions of adolescents and young people in the countryside with regard to the Fridays for Future movement. In view of the serious social changes due to the Covid 19 lockdown measures, the focus on social and psychological problems of young people became more urgent from spring 2020. These will now be addressed in advance as part of the...

BAB 044/20: The Challenge of Land Abandonment after 2020 and Options for Mitigating Measures

Initial situation The problem of abandonment of agricultural land is a central challenge for many European regions in view of the efforts to achieve sustainable development. Within the framework of the work of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the European Parliament has invited tenders for a study on this topic and selected the joint offer of ÖIR and BAB for implementation. The study is to present an overview of the European situation within the next few months and to put...

BAB 040/20: Biophysical processes of agricultural land use in Austria

modelling and analysis Initial situation In times of climate change and increasingly limited resources, Austrian agriculture is caught between economic efficiency and ecologically sustainable production. In addition to general questions on forms of agricultural land management, changing framework conditions and agricultural policy measures are also of importance. In Austria, a wide range of measures under the ÖPUL agri-environmental program promote environmentally friendly farming. There...

BAB 036/20: Calculation of the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas

Initial situation With the constitution of the expert groups within the framework of the design of the national CAP strategic plan, discussions on the reorientation of the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas also started in November 2019. Based on the substantive results of these expert discussions, the premium level of this measure is to be determined. In this context, the general requirements of the European Commission (EC) regarding the calculation principles are to be taken...

BAB 043/20: Vulnerability of Austrian food production to crises due to the consequences of Covid-19

Initial situation With the "measures" that the federal government has taken to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the food supply of the population, and thus the food value chain, has moved to centre stage through the responsibility of the LMBG (Food Management Act) in the department. The food production value chain in Austria is basically organised in a very division of labour. Agricultural primary production is embedded in upstream and downstream economic sectors. Upstream are...

BAB 039/20: MATILDE – Migration impact assessment

Final report MATILDE - Migration impact assessment to enhance Integration and Local Development in European rural and mountain regions (Social and economic impact assessment to enhance integration and local development in European rural and mountain regions) MATILDE is a three-year EU project funded under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, Call H2020- SC6-MIGRATION-2019, Grant Agreement No. 870831. Running from February 2020 to January 2023, this project investigated the...

BAB 035/20: Calculation of premiums of the agri-environmental program

Initial situation With the constitution of the expert groups as part of the design of the national CAP strategic plan, discussions on the realignment of the agri-environmental and climate measures (AUKM) also started in November 2019. Based on the substantive results of these expert discussions, the premium level for the individual ÖPUL interventions is to be determined. The general guidelines of the European Commission (EC) regarding the calculation principles are to be taken into account....

BAB 042/20: Simple Costs for Education Providers

Since the current programming period (2014-2020) of the Common Agricultural Policy, the European Commission offers the possibility to claim costs for projects in a simplified way (European Commission, 2015). When applied, eligible costs are calculated according to a pre-defined method based on performance, results or some other costs. In doing so, it is no longer necessary to trace each euro of co-financed expenditure to individual accounting vouchers, which represents a significant...

BAB 038/20: Cultural innovation in the agricultural context

Types and effects of art activities in rural areas on the individual, farm and regional level Initial situation The project aims to record art initiatives in an agricultural context, to present them on the basis of selected case studies and to analyse the possible contribution of these case studies to the further development of agriculture (e.g. cultural agriculture) and regional development. - Recording of art initiatives: The focus is on art initiatives that are committed to contemporary...

BAB 034/20: Evaluation of the national strategy for operational programs of fruit and vegetable producer organisations

Recognized producer organizations (POs) for fruit and vegetables can develop so-called "Operational Programs" (OP) within the framework of the common organization of agricultural markets, which are co-financed by the European Union. According to the legislation concerning the common organization of agricultural markets (Art. 36 of Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013), the Operational Programs must be implemented on the basis of a "National Strategy". The task of the National Strategy is to support...

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