Tema: Co-operatives

18 February 2022

Starting from some of the best innovative experiences of cooperative enterprises, Legacoop Emilia-Romagna intends to contribute to the international dialogue on the role and the prospects of the entrepreneurial system in the framework of the 2030 Agenda.

The Forum presents eight case histories of cooperative enterprises of the Emilia-Romagna region in the framework of the 17 Goals that will touch on the themes of urban regeneration and housing, sustainable consumption, innovations and technologies for the agri-food supply chain, research and innovation for the environment, the role that the insurance world plays in managing risks for the entrepreneurial system and people and in understanding climate scenarios.

The protagonists will be the experiences and projects of Cefla, Camst Group, CPL CONCORDIA , Coop Italia, UnipolSai Assicurazioni, Alma Vicoo and the projects of the inhabitants’ cooperatives with the participation of Andria and Legacoop Abitanti, that will give evidence to the dynamism and commitment of the regional cooperative movement.

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16 January 2022

Agri-food and fisheries co-operation, long aware of the sustainability challenge, has invested for years in innovation and has already been widely applying digital farming techniques, essential for climate change resilience. The event will focus on highlighting good practices and further technological developments in precision farming, irrigation and livestock farming, agroenergy and sustainable fishing.

The challenge posed to agriculture by the UN Global Goals and the EU Farm to Fork Strategy is to guarantee good, healthy and sufficient food to a growing population in times of climate change. 

Co-operation has a crucial role to play in disseminating new techniques to the large number of small associated family farms which, otherwise, would not be adequate in size to face such complex challenges by themselves. 

The cooperatives Il Raccolto, Progeo, Apofruit, Granlatte-Granarolo will present some of the main technological developments taking place in the field of: safeguarding of soil quality, targeted contribution of organic nutrients, reduction of fertilizers and pesticides, water saving, traceability of supply chain through big data management, reduction of methane and GHG emissions by livestock farms and the reduction of the use of antibiotics to counteract antimicrobial resistance. Best practices from the fisheries cooperative sector will also be presented, aimed at the conservation of fish stocks and marine ecosystems, as well as the reduction of fish waste and the recovery of plastic at sea or wasted nets.

The Forum will host representatives from the Italian Government (Undersecretary for European Affairs),  COGECA (General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the European Union), AREFLH (Assembly of European Fruit & Horticultural Regions and Academic of Agriculture) and University of Bologna.

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