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After the much-awaited proposal on the EU packaging and packaging waste directive (PPWD), the ball is in the court of EU lawmakers’ who are now called to tie up loose ends and tweak the draft law.
International partnerships around the use of new farming technologies, on par with common trade standards, can play a role in making global food production more sustainable. The recent push from the EU to highly consider their sustainability standards in the negotiations …
An overhaul of the EU packaging and packaging waste directive (PPWD), the main EU-level instrument dealing with placing on the market packaging and requirements for its end-of-life, is due 30 November.
At the dawn of a new legislative term, Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen seems determined to increase the ambition on a new integrated food strategy that will involve the entire food supply chain, from farm soils to supermarket shelves.
The concept of short food supply chains (SFSC), where intermediaries between farmers and consumers are removed, was introduced in the 2014-2020 CAP and has risen in recent years. According to a study carried out by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), …
The European food and drink industry can boast a healthy track record in reducing its carbon footprint ahead of the COP21 conference, which opens in Paris later this month.
The world population is increasing and the new Common Agricultural Policy should adjust to future nutritional needs.
The “greening” of direct payments, a crucial element of the Common Agricultural Policy reforms, came into force at the beginning of the year, but it is still a divisive topic.
