Delicious recipies based on unknown plants
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Big agriculture and globalization have trimmed down the incredible variety of cultivated plants to a bare minimum. But all is not lost! PLANET4B Project’s latest publication serves up a vibrant bunch of rare and unusual plants — and to sweeten the deal, recipes are added too!
More...Transforming Urban Food Systems in Europe and Central Asia
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Identifying key challenges and the role of municipalities in transforming agri-food systems.
More...Shaping Biodiversity Futures: Reflections from the Alternet Conference 2025
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From 13 to 16 May 2025, CESAM hosted the Alternet Conference at the University of Aveiro, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers committed to achieving transformative change for a better future. Among the many inspiring sessions was an interactive event co-organised by Eszter Kelemen and Kármen Czett, linked to the PLANET4B Project and its transformative change stories.
More...The PLANET4B Project at the Telki Eco Week
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Eszter Kelemen and Kármen Czett participated at the second Telki Eco Week that took place in the last week of March, focusing on sustainable gardens and green spaces. Our colleagues presented their research on the importance of experiential learning and school gardens in Hungary. In addition, they visited the local primary school, where they conducted a biodiversity lesson for students in grades 5 through 7.
More...Sustainable Forests in the Face of a Changing Climate
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Develop solutions to protect biodiversity and enhance the resilience of forest ecosystems.
More...Newly Published: Navigating the Participatory Turn in Agricultural and Food Research
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A new perspective paper, Navigating the Participatory Turn in Agricultural and Food Research: Best Practices from Citizen Science, explores how participatory methods, particularly citizen science, can address the ethical and socio-economic challenges of emerging agri-food technologies. The authors, including our colleague, Alexandra Czeglédi, revisit the European Citizen Science Association’s (ECSA) Ten Principles of Citizen Science, applying them specifically to agricultural and food research.
More...Innovative solutions for amplifying biodiversity and equity
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How can social, economic, and political processes be transformed to simultaneously support biodiversity and equity?
More...Data and AI for healthy, sustainable food choices
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Aiming to develop smart digital applications that empower citizens to make healthier and eco-friendly food choices
More...Cultivating agroecological narratives
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Gardeners’ photovoice on underutilised crops’ diversity. A photo essay by Alexandra Czeglédi published in Tabula, the online journal of the Museum of Ethnography.
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