LIVERUR aims to support businesses, projects, and initiatives, in designing innovative business models in rural areas moving towards a Circular Economy and including all important stakeholders by following the Living Lab approach.
Given that empirically substantiated studies are still lacking, LIVERUR’s short-term objective is to improve knowledge of business models that grow in rural areas, including the understanding of their potential. In the long term, the project will increase the potential for rural economic diversification.
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Pilot 1: Community cooperatives of the Reggio Emilia Appennines
Simona Magliani, associated member and employee of the community cooperative I Briganti di Cerreto, tells of her professional experience and the decision to return to live and work in Cerreto Alpi, a village in the [...]
#1 LIVERUR partners involvement: TR Associates (TRA)
TR Associates aims to generate new methodologies and technologies to approach rural and peri-urban territories weakness and strengths in Malta by a “model of social farming” and follow the entire short food supply chain for [...]
5 principles of sustainable agriculture, according to FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has established five basic principles for the global agricultural sector to become increasingly productive and sustainable. The intention of these five principles is to build [...]
The agricultural sector, a key piece for the development of the economy
The agriculture plays an important role in the food production. But, also, it creates economic and environmental benefits in the society. It is important to consider that the farming sector needs limited natural resources, that’s why [...]
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Projects
LIVERUR aims to expand an extremely innovative business model called Living Labs among rural regions. Living laboratories are ecosystems of open innovation, centered on the user, which often operate in a territorial context, integrating concurrent research and innovation processes within a public-private partnership.
Partners
The LIVERUR project involves more than 20 European partners from peripheral areas in which the development of the rural economy is vital for their survival. Although LIVERUR is focused on Europe, one of the partners is located in Tunisia, which provides a greater internationalization to the project.