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TRUECOST

Description

  • Project duration: 2023 - 2026
  • Client: E4S Center
  • Country or region: Switzerland, Germany, Europe
  • Department(s):
    Supply chains and territories

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Overview of the Organic Brewing Industry and analysis of the market potential in the Greater Region A Study of Organic Corn, Sunflower, Soft Wheat and Soybean Supply Chains Worldwide Protecting Drinking Water Through Organic Farming in Central Bavaria

Project aim:
True cost or full cost accounting is a powerful new tool to evaluate the sustainability of agriculture and food systems. The approach allows to measure external costs generated by the food system and to reflect upon ways to integrate these costs into the everyday economy. The aim of the project is to apply and to complete the methods that are developed world-wide in this domain in Switzerland.

Activities of ECOZEPT:
Ecozept establishes the link with several European research projects and the respective networks and provides a practical support concerning the interaction of the project “Truecost” with economy actors : workshop-concepts, methods, communication, moderation.

Client:
E4S Center

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