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Joint Statement: The EESC calls for coherence, certainty and clarity from the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030

European forest owners and managers welcome the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Opinion on the EU Forest Strategy for 2030 adopted today […]

17/12/2021

First sniffers measuring methane on dairy farms

The first sniffer has been installed on a dairy farm in the Netherlands this week. It was a great moment for researcher Yvette de Haas. This farm is one of the 100 farms on which methane […]

17/12/2021

Supermercados europeus boicotam carne brasileira devido à desflorestação

Vários grandes grupos de distribuição, incluindo as redes de supermercados Auchan e Carrefour, comprometeram-se em retirar produtos bovinos suspeitos de estarem […]

16/12/2021

Insegurança alimentar afeta 1,32 milhões de angolanos e pode subir 12% em 2022 – relatório

Um relatório do Governo angolano sobre a situação da insegurança alimentar e nutricional aguda em três províncias do sul concluiu que 1,32 milhões de pessoas […]

16/12/2021

Carbon farming: Making agriculture fit for 2030

Carbon farming refers to sequestering and storing carbon and/or reducing greenhouse gas emissions at farm level. It offers significant but uncertain mitigation potential in the EU […]

16/12/2021

Safra brasileira de café terá queda de 24,4% este ano

O Brasil, maior produtor e exportador mundial de café, vai colher uma safra de 47,7 milhões de sacas do grão em 2021, dado que indica queda de 24,4% face à […]

16/12/2021

GMO cowpea could make protein-rich staple food more affordable, say Nigerian scientists

As Nigeria experiences a sizable hike in the price of cowpea, scientists say broad cultivation of genetically modified (GM) varieties could help keep the […]

16/12/2021

Agricultural labour productivity of the EU up by 1% in 2021

According to the latest data from the economic accounts for agriculture, the index of agricultural labour productivity in the EU is estimated to have increased […]

16/12/2021

Farm to Fork: new publication on the European food chain

Eurostat released today “Key figures on the European food chain”, a new publication focusing on the EU’s farm to fork chain […]

15/12/2021

Carbon farming – Great opportunity for farmers and forest owners if a market approach is promoted and remaining uncertainties resolved

The European Commission unveiled today the long-awaited communication on “restoring sustainable carbon cycles” (the so-called carbon farming communication), which will be […]

15/12/2021

European Green Deal: Commission proposals to remove, recycle and sustainably store carbon

Today the Commission adopted a Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, setting out how to increase removals of carbon from the atmosphere […]

15/12/2021

Irrigation helps women farmers in Mozambique weather climate extremes

In January 2021, a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique and flooded Berta Inácio Ngove’s field, burying a promising crop of maize and beans in a watery tomb. […]

15/12/2021

EU continues strong support to promote sustainable agri-food products in 2022

For 2022, a total of €185.9 million was allocated to the promotion of EU agri-food products in and outside the EU. Similarly to 2021, next year’s promotion policy work […]

15/12/2021

Brasil: Vacas “reativas” emitem mais metano e produzem menos leite

O temperamento interfere no metabolismo da vaca, influenciando a emissão do gás metano entérico, um dos principais causadores do efeito estufa […]

14/12/2021

The CAP contributes to a balanced development of EU rural areas

Poverty and land abandonment would be more pronounced in the absence of the common agricultural policy (CAP), however administrative burden limits the efficiency of CAP support […]

13/12/2021

Developing countries pay hefty price by restricting GMO crops, new research shows

Two new papers aim to quantify the social welfare and economic costs that countries inflict upon themselves by restricting the use of biotechnology […]

13/12/2021

Council approves conclusions on new plan to safeguard Europe’s food supply

Farming ministers today approved conclusions on a plan to protect the EU’s food supply system against future threats. The contingency plan for food supply and food security […]

13/12/2021

Exportações brasileiras de café caíram 10% no acumulado do ano face a 2020

O Brasil, maior produtor e fornecedor mundial de café, exportou 36,3 milhões de sacos de 60 quilogramas do grão entre janeiro e novembro, uma queda de 10,0% […]

10/12/2021

Reino Unido enfrenta o maior surto de gripe das aves alguma vez registado

Em 2020 apenas existiram 26 surtos. Este ano, que ainda não terminou, o país já conta com 40 aviários infetados […]

10/12/2021

Information measures increase public awareness on the common agricultural policy

The information policy on the CAP plays an important role in increasing public awareness about the CAP and its role. Published today, the evaluation of the […]

10/12/2021

5 reasons why the GMO debate is over

Though we still hear some moaning and groaning about GMOs — genetically modified organisms — it primarily comes from a small and […]

09/12/2021

Plan Estratégico de la PAC: pagos acoplados

Trigo en los campos de Marchena (Sevilla). Imagen de archivo de Justo R Puerto. Los pagos acoplados son uno de los elementos fundamentales que hay que tener en cuenta en el Plan Estratégico de la PAC (PEPAC) para el periodo 2023-2027. El Ministerio de Agricultura presentó hace unos días su versión inicial de este Plan,…

09/12/2021

EU agricultural outlook 2021-31

Meat and dairy markets will be influenced by sustainability, societal and health concerns over the coming decade, both in terms of production […]

09/12/2021

Consultorio de la PAC: Los eco-regímenes, uno de los cambios en el Plan Estratégico

Mercedes Morán, exdirectora general de Política Agraria Comunitaria de la Junta de Extremadura y miembro del equipo de expertos de la PAC. En la emisión de AGROPOPULAR que realizamos desde un camión en la provincia de Soria, Mercedes Morán, que fue directora general de la PAC en la Junta de Extremadura, habló sobre los eco-regímenes,…

08/12/2021

Plan Estratégico de la PAC: techo de ayudas y degresividad

Amanacer en Tierra de Campos, Castilla y León, de José Marcos. El Ministerio de Agricultura presentó, el pasado martes, 30 de noviembre, su versión inicial del Plan Estratégico de la PAC para el período 2023-2027, que está abierto a consulta pública hasta el 4 de febrero del año que viene. El techo de ayudas y la…

08/12/2021

Brasil: Pesquisa desenvolve batatas-doces coloridas e biofortificadas

Três novas cultivares de batata-doce, desenvolvidas por pesquisadores da Embrapa Hortaliças (DF), prometem colocar mais cores e nutrientes na dieta dos brasileiros […]

07/12/2021

The new German government coalition’s agricultural plans

Germany sets course for digital progress, animal welfare, organic farming and the post-2027 CAP […]

07/12/2021

PRIMES: a new perspective on the contribution of biofuels to the Green Deal ambition.

The E3 modelling firm has updated the PRIMES model, regularly used by the European Commission for its impact assessments, taking into account the current […]

07/12/2021

Ghana resumes approval process for insect-resistant cowpea, its first GMO crop

Now that it has a new governing board, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority says it is ready to resume its approval of insect-resistant Bt cowpea, […]

06/12/2021

A CAP to seize the EU wine sector’s future

Today the European Union has published the new Common Agricultural Policy -CAP – setting the legal framework that will guide EU wine companies […]

06/12/2021

Animal Transport: The revision should be based on solid science, focusing on the quality of the journey and tackling the shortcomings in the application of the legislation

Following the outcome of the vote in the ANIT Committee of the European Parliament on the Draft Report and Recommendation following the ‘investigation of alleged contraventions […]

03/12/2021

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