Future Food & Forestry models towards the value chain adaptation to the Green Deal and Circular Economy (3F GREEN MODEL)

Project “Future Food & Forestry models towards the value chain adaptation to the Green Deal and Circular Economy” (3F GREEN MODEL) will address the challenges of adapting the agri-food and forestry sectors of the partner countries to the European Green Deal and the EU Circular Economy Strategy. The project will focus on improving partners' policy instruments through a deeper and more conscious application of circular economy principles to waste and bio-based by-products generated in agri-food and forestry value chains, taking into account the different bio-climatic conditions and production structures across the EU).

The project will carry on benchmarking, analysis, and the generation of a stream of knowledge to improve existing programmes and policies that help regions to move from the current models of production and biowaste management and use to updated models that bring companies and organisations closer to compliance with regulations and the demands of an increasingly aware market.

For each partner, an area of expertise of relevance in their region has been identified, due to their experience in the area and the need to improve their policy instruments in that field:

1. Management and utilisation of livestock waste.

2. Management and utilisation of waste from the agricultural sector.

3. Management and utilisation of forestry and wood residues. (Vidzeme Planning Region specialization area)

4. Energy efficiency: renewable energy from waste in the agri-food and forestry value chain.

5. Entrepreneurship and business growth opportunities around the Circular Economy in the agri-food and forestry sector.

The focus project of the Vidzeme Planning Region is the improvement of the Vidzeme Planning Region Development Program for 2022-2027.