Topics : AgEng 2010
More than 90% of the territory of the European Union is made of rural areas.
More than 60% of the population lives in these rural areas.
This is why the newly setup European Territorial Agenda places the notion of territory at the heart of all public policies. In this spirit, the 2007-2013 Rural Development policy is implemented through the new Objective of the European Commission called European Territorial Cooperation. This Objective pushes ahead the innovation and the economy of knowledge: eco-innovation, sustainable water and waste management, protection of biodiversity, preservation of natural heritage, development of renewable energies, ...
How can agricultural engineering technologies make farming both environment-friendly and more competitive? Such technologies may be considered within the range of environmental technologies. AgEng 2010 CF will emphasize the advances in the design and the development of environmental technologies in agriculture in the perspective of rural development. Agriculture encompasses here farming, aquaculture, forestry and multifunctional uses of the land. EurAgEng is presently working out the notion of biosystem as an agricultural model.
The Environmental Technology Action Plan, ETAP, was launched in the EU on January 28, 2004. In this Plan, environmental technologies are defined as technologies less harmful for environment than their previous alternatives. We may expect a drastic increase in world global consumption by 2050. Meanwhile the challenges cited before will become steeper. The need of environmental technologies will increase in accordance. It is necessary to encourage eco-innovation and to facilitate its dissemination. Within the frame of ETAP implementation, the European Commission will present in 2008 a test approach for verifying the performances of environmental technologies, called ETV. AgEng 2010 will be an opportunity to examine the bottlenecks of ETV implementation in the area of agriculture and environment.
AgEng 2010 CF will address all the topics usually covered by AgEng Conferences, within the scope of the magazine Biosystems Engineering. A special attention will be paid to the approaches that can make agricultural engineering technologies to be considered as environmental technologies.
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Automation and emerging technologies
Bioenergy
Environmental technologies in emerging countries
Ergonomics and operator safety
Information technology
Post harvest technology
Power and machinery
Precision agriculture
Rural development and communication
Soil and water
Structures and environment
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It will be paid attention also to shearing experience with emerging economies. Can environmental technologies provide the emerging economies with sustainable solutions for reconciling their desire for economic growth with the need to do so without increasing the pressure on the environment?
