Any improvement of agricultural practices leading, in a sustainable manner, to an increase in yields of food and feed crops on land that is already used for the cultivation of food and feed crops; and any action that enables the cultivation of food and feed crops on unused land, including abandoned land, for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Source category: EU Legislation
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| Reference description | EU, 2019 |
| Originally Published | 17 Mar 2025 |
| Related organisation(s) | EC - European Commission |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | Agriculturesustainable agriculture |
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