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ELBE
Project title: Energy self-sufficient agriculture – business management recommendations and consulting support Energy costs, particularly in the form of electricity, are playing an increasingly important economic role for agricultural businesses due to the rise in energy prices. As electricity prices will remain at a higher level in the future, but above all will become more…
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SAMLA
Project title: Potential for private-public collective transport in rural areas for commuters The mobility behaviour of the resident population in rural regions is characterised by motorised private transport. Motorised private transport is a burden for the ecosystem and the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter in the transport sector with a still increasing trend. This…
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WEIDE-INNOVATIONEN
Project title: New approaches to pasture farming under difficult conditions In the course of the intensification of agriculture, the grazing of ruminants has become less important in Austria since around the middle/end of the last century. However, in recent decades, various measures and framework conditions (subsidies, market, legal requirements, low-input concepts, research and advisory activities,…
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Added value of mountain agriculture
The aim of the project is to better valorise the presumed added value of mountain agriculture in the area of ecosystem services. More than half of all farms and forestry enterprises in the districts of Kirchdorf and Steyr (Kalkalpen National Park region) are located in mountain areas. They face particular challenges due to disadvantageous production…
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MURREAL
Project title: Murtaler Reallabor Testing the energy transition in a selected district and making the process transferable to other regions in Austria – that is the goal of MURREAL. The selected district is the Murtal district („MUR“) in Styria with its 20 municipalities and over 70,000 inhabitants, which is structurally representative of numerous other districts…
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REMUK
Project title:Regional analysis of the economic effects as a driver for the implementation of climate strategies – on the example of the KEM Murtal (Climate and energy model region Murtal) Project partners:Akaryon GmbH STRATECO OG Dr. Günter Wind, Ingenieurbüro für Physik Energieagentur Obersteiermark GmbH Goal of the project:Regional economic effects are an argument for the…
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