wine sector News
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3rd Visca general assembly and 3rd Stakeholders workshop
The 3rd General Assembly of VISCA project, led by METEOSIM, will take place on 9th and 10th December 2019 in Barcelona. VISCA team members will meet in Barcelona to discuss about the last progresses of the VISCA project, while planning the coming challenges of the project for 2020. Also, the 3rd VISCA Stakeholders workshop will take place on 11th December 2019 in Barcelona. The event will ...
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Is your wine genuine? - JRC releases ERM-AE003, an essential standard for the authenticity testing of wines
Counterfeiting of wine is a world-wide issue, affecting consumers as well as damaging wine producers and public authorities through loss of tax and duty revenues. Specific analytical measurements are needed to verify the authenticity of wines. The JRC has released a standard that is essential for executing these measurements according to official methods adopted by the International Organisation ...
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“VISCA”: Climate resilience in the wine sector
Meteosim will lead the consortium of this R&D project that has been recently granted by the EU Climate change is threatening wine-grapes (i.e. decrease of the grape quality and quantity, changes in alcohol, acid, sugar, etc.), directly affecting the European wine industry. VISCA (“Vineyards´ Integrated Smart Climate Application”) is a Climate Service (CS) and Decision ...
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Strengthening EU-China cooperation in the field of agriculture
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Cioloș is in Beijing, China, 22-24 July 2013, to strengthen EU-China cooperation in the areas of agriculture and rural development. "Agriculture is of strategic importance for both the EU and China in our efforts to address challenges such as ensuring food security, fighting climate change, and achieving a balanced ...
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Rural development programmes 2007-2014 approved by the EC
Country profile GERMANY Size: 357,000 km² Population: 82.31 millions inhabitants (density: 231 inhabitants/ km²) GDP per capita: € 23,702 (year 2003; source: national strategy plan for rural development) Rural areas cover 80% of the German territory and about 40% of the population live in these areas. The German situation is characterized by important regional discrepancies such ...
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