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Access to Land Network and FIAN joint contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

08.12.202508.12.2025

FIAN Europe and the Access to Land Network have submitted a joint contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. The text highlights how land concentration, speculation and policy gaps in Europe restrict access to land for small-scale and agroecological farmers, putting the right to food at risk. The organisations call for rights-based land governance aligned with UNDROP to protect rural communities and future generations.

Ecopastos: Towards an extensive livestock breeding more sustainable

05.12.202508.12.2025

A new Erasmus+ collaboration between the School of Shepherds of Catalonia and CFPPA Ariège-Comminges has produced EcoPastos, a 12-unit training module for sustainable mountain grazing. All teaching materials are available online in four languages, supporting the training of more than 120 future shepherds in the coming years.

Spanish Ministry of Agriculture publishes report on access to land

15.02.202206.06.2025

In early 2020 the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture started to investigate the question of access to land. They invited experts from a wide range of sectors to participate in a focus group to discuss the challenges of access to land… Read More »Spanish Ministry of Agriculture publishes report on access to land

How can our organisations can assist with non-family farm transfers?

30.09.202105.11.2025

Rurbans from Catalonia recently published a practical handbook on this topic “How our organisations can assist with non-family farm transfers?” Non-family agricultural and livestock farm transfers occur outside the family sphere, when the farm is transferred to somebody outside of… Read More »How can our organisations can assist with non-family farm transfers?

Land Matching Platforms in Europe

30.09.202105.11.2025

4 documentaries on Land Machtching Platforms What is a Land Matching Platform? Here is not an answer but several. In the frame of a European project we met persons involved in different projects. Come an meet them, here and now.… Read More »Land Matching Platforms in Europe

Strategising access to land as a tool for land stewardship

25.02.202006.06.2025

A new approach of the Catalan Nature Conservation Network By Clara Blasco XCN – the Catalan Nature Conservation Network (formerly XCT) – is a not‐for‐profit organisation working to foster land stewardship as a conservation strategy for the natural resources and values of… Read More »Strategising access to land as a tool for land stewardship

Farm incubators emerging in Spain

25.02.202006.06.2025

Farm incubators are programmes enabling prospective farmers to set up and try out their project at scale before full committing to a long-term agreement. It is a strategy to support entry into farming, by limiting risk and providing:• access to… Read More »Farm incubators emerging in Spain

Rurbans and Terra Franca, Catalonia

27.07.201805.11.2025

“From training a new generation of peasants to enabling its access to land” Rurbans is a non-profit association established in 2003 in the county of Pallars Sobirà, a mountain Pyrenees’ area in the north of Catalonia. Its mission is to… Read More »Rurbans and Terra Franca, Catalonia

Small farms in Europe – viable but underestimated

19.04.201705.11.2025

April 2017 With small farms disappearing at a fast pace, it has become extremely important for everyone to understand how crucial the small farms are to agriculture. Small farms contribute not only towards the local jobs and rural activities, but… Read More »Small farms in Europe – viable but underestimated

How to plan a viable small farm?

19.04.201705.11.2025

February 2017 Associació Rurbans-School of Shepherds has more than 7 years of experience in bringing together young people from different backgrounds who have strong vocation to receive training in organic sheep rearing. The paper is a result of the experience of… Read More »How to plan a viable small farm?