Tuesday 25 November saw an interesting high-level policy webinar exploring how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and circular economy policies can better support the adoption of sustainable nutrient management practices in EU agriculture.
Below you can watch the ReNu2Cycle session on "Nutrient recovery under the Circular Economy Act".
Why it matters?
Optimising nutrient management and closing nutrient loops are essential to meeting the EU’s environmental goals under the Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy. Despite progress, nitrogen and phosphorus losses remain a major challenge. Improving nutrient monitoring and use efficiency, alongside circular approaches like nutrient recovery from organic waste, can reduce fertiliser dependency, mitigate environmental impacts, and support a more sustainable and resilient agricultural system.
Co-hosted by NutriBudget and ReNu2Cycle, the webinar will bring together leading experts, practitioners, and policymakers to explore how policy can drive the adoption of sustainable farming practices through better circular use of nutrients.
14:00 - 14:05 (CET) Welcome and opening remarks
14:05 - 14:20 (CET) Keynote speech
- Tassos Haniotis, Special Advisor for Sustainable Productivity, Forum for the Future of Agriculture and Senior Guest Research Scholar, IIASA
14:20 - 15:10 (CET) Panel 1: CAP and nutrient management
Panel session
- Stephanos Kirkagaslis, Policy Officer, Soil Nutrients and Water Resilience, DG AGRI
- Ana Rocha, Policy Director of EU’s Agri and Forestry related Policies, European Landowners’ Organization (ELO)
- Gerard Ros, Senior Research Associate, Wageningen University and Data Scientist at the Nutrient Management Institute
Moderators
- Margherita Genua, Project Manager, RISE Foundation
- Ludwig Hermann, Senior Researcher and Advisor, PROMAN
15:10 - 15:55 (CET) Panel 2: Nutrient recovery under the Circular Economy Act
- Katja Weiler – ReNu2Cycle project coordinator – IZES (DE)
- Erik Meers – Professor at the Re-Source Lab, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology – Ghent University (BE)
- Laura Van Scholl – Senior Project Manager Circular Fertiliser Legislation – Nutriënten Management Instituut (NL)
15:55 - 16:00 (CET) Closing remarks
Join us for this free webinar
Tuesday 25 November | 14h00 - 16h00 CET
This is the second webinar in a series of three webinars, Initiated by the ReNu2Cycle project, as part of their mid-term event.
- Webinar 1 is on the opportunities and challenges in adopting circular fertilisers
- Webinar 3 is on the sustainability assessment of RDFs
This webinar is supported by the Forum for the Future of Agriculture and the ESNI Community.
NutriBudget has been funded by the European Union’s funding Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe. ReNu2Cycle is co-funded by Interreg North West Europe.
