Contact first name: Antonio
Contact last name: Compagnoni
Contact email: acompagnoni@database.it
Street: Via Santo Stefano 67
Postal code: 40100
City: Bologna
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Country: Italy
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| Deliverable | Notes |
|---|---|
| 1 - Set of principles and attributes | We have developed the ” Humus Network Charter of principles and best practices”, because we have the ambition to give substance and value to the environmental, health and solidarity implications of organic agriculture and of its products as well to promote a sharing environment with all the social actors involved (agricultural producers, processors, distributors and consumers). We therefore intend to promote an ethic and fair organic production and we mean to ground on this mission actions and relationships to be developed inside and outside the network, aiming at growth and innovation, demonstrating the production activities’ transparency and its results in terms of processes, products and services. |
| 2 - Drivers and indicators of sustainable production and consumption | • Definition, widespread sharing and evolution of principles, criteria and good ecosystem agrobiological practices. • Promotion of experiences and projects able to aggregate a composite community of producers, consumers, researchers and experts, interacting with a mutualistic spirit for the satisfaction of economic, social and cultural needs. • Development of participatory and interactive sharing systems and tools, aimed at guaranteeing company and production systems and product certification. |
| 3 - Actual data on sustainable production and consumption | • Monitoring organizational systems, production units, production processes and products, with a view to an open scientific collection of data and information related to environmental, health and social results. • Providing landmarks for the support of organizational processes, production and correct information to consumers. • Facilitating trust relationships among network members, in the exchange of raw materials, products and services. |
| 4 - Policy reform proposals/arguments | Communicating at international level an economic, cultural and social identity of Italian bio-agriculture and participate in all initiatives inspired by the Humus principles and values. |
| 5 - Training and education tools | Supporting and organizing education and training programs and projects for operators, employees, technicians and consumers on the themes of organic farming and eco-fair economy. |
| 6 - Case studies of food systems | • Availability of systems and tools to identify and reconstitute the history and provenance of organic productions and their link with the territory. • Setting up study programs, research, experimentation and demonstration on the themes of organic farming and sustainable and supportive practices. |
| 7 - Workshops/roundtables | Communicating at international level an economic, cultural and social identity of Italian bio- agriculture and participate in all initiatives inspired by the Humus principles and values. |
| 8 - Clusters/knowledge sharing | Possibility of joining systems, processes and products of organizations belonging to the Network with those of other networks and aggregations that refer to the principles of solidarity economy. |