Convention Alpine

MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE

ALPINE PRODUCTS. ALPINE FARMING. PROMOTE. LOCALLY. VALUE ADDED.

Alpine food products are often high-quality niche products, attracting specific consumer markets, and are often deeply integrated in local value chains. As consumers of such products often have a high awareness on climate change, they should also have a willingness to pay for additional climate change efforts of mountain farmers.

Mountain agriculture could thus serve as a “laboratory” to test low-carbon farming and food production techniques and for developing local value chains. The proposed pathways aim at further supporting low-carbon and organic farming techniques across the Alps and at integrating them in local value chains.

MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE

ALPINE PRODUCTS. ALPINE FARMING. PROMOTE. LOCALLY. VALUE ADDED.

Alpine food products are often high-quality niche products, attracting specific consumer markets, and are often deeply integrated in local value chains. As consumers of such products often have a high awareness on climate change, they should also have a willingness to pay for additional climate change efforts of mountain farmers.

Mountain agriculture could thus serve as a “laboratory” to test low-carbon farming and food production techniques and for developing local value chains. The proposed pathways aim at further supporting low-carbon and organic farming techniques across the Alps and at integrating them in local value chains.