Agrifood products should be kept out of the current EU-China trade tensions as the Asian giant is a key partner for the sector, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told Euractiv.
The European Parliament elections are fast approaching, and agrifood policies have taken the spotlight following a wave of protests and demonstrations across the EU in recent months.
With farmers under the age of 40 accounting for only 11.9% of farm managers in the EU in 2020, the need to ensure generational renewal is becoming a key issue in the agricultural sector.
Expanding organic farming and agricultural lands in the EU is at the heart of the European Green Deal’s initiatives. Organic farming uses natural substances and processes to produce food and brings environmental, economic and social benefits.
The EU Council on Tuesday (26 March) formally adopted a revised version of the EU's Geographical Indications (GIs) regulation, which protects the names of products that come from specific regions and have specific qualities and a certain reputation through special labels.
The EU’s promised plans for an overarching sustainable food systems law may not have come to light in Brussels, but that has not stopped actors on the ground across the EU from taking action to make their own vision of a sustainable food future a reality.
EURACTIV visited Sébastien Geens who, together with his brother, has taken over his mixed crop-livestock family farm in Villers-lez-Heest, a small village outside the Belgian town of Namur, to hear his thoughts about the future of farming.
Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss social conditionality and its impact on the working conditions of agri-workers. How do these reforms affect farmers? Are there any potential drawbacks or unintended consequences of introducing social conditionality in the CAP? If so, what might they be, and how could they be addressed?
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The National Park of Doñana emerges in between the Spanish Southern cities of Huelva and Sevilla. For decades, it was an oasis of biodiversity, lagoons, and marshes. Today, it is a battleground for the scarce water available. Europe's largest strawberry hotspot …
Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to learn about the proposals for a new Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products. -Are these proposals comprehensive enough to reduce the bloc’s environmental footprint? -Is a 50% reduction in the use and risk of pesticides a feasible target for Member States to achieve?
Tucked away in the heart of Ireland in the sleepy rural village of Cloughjordan, you’ll find an eco village which hosts ‘Feeding Ourselves’, an annual gathering of farmers and environmentalists to discuss the future of sustainable agriculture. A number of farmers …
Watch this video in Spanish or in Romanian. The agricultural reserve - previously the crisis reserve - was triggered last year for the first time ever to support EU farmers after the invasion of Ukraine …
In the heart of Brussels, just five minutes away from European Parliament, you can find an urban farm tucked away on the rooftop of a supermarket. L[ag]UM is an experimental and educational research project exploring the best ways to grow vegetables …
Watch this video in Romanian or in Spanish. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the price of fertilisers skyrocketing in Europe. With prices for some types of fertilisers up by almost 150%, farmers are struggling …
Between soaring food prices and feed shortages, the war in Ukraine has rocked the EU’s agri-food sector and thrown an age-old issue back into the limelight: food security.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, proposed by the European Commission in June 2018, introduces a more flexible, performance and results-based approach that takes into account local conditions and needs, while increasing EU level ambitions in terms of sustainability.
The EU’s farming subsidy programme, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), is relentlessly debated at the EU level.
In 2020, the agricultural sector faced unprecedented challenges due to the Covid-19 crisis. From logistical issues, a shortage of workforce, to radical changes in demand, the sector showed its resilience by adapting to the different challenges. Overall, the impact of …
This year has been a decisive one for the reform of the EU’s farming subsidy programme, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
From competition with local products to the recent focus on agriculture sustainability, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) carries a lot of clout on the EU’s neighbours and trade partners. In this video reportage, EURACTIV asked agriculture stakeholders and representatives from Switzerland, …
Although Europe have abandoned the use of subsidizing export of its agricultural products, the EU’s main farming subsidies scheme continue having an impact on third countries, particularly the ones that can afford a similar direct payments system.
Over the past few weeks, all eyes have been on France where farmers are scrambling to save their crops after a catastrophic frost swept through the country in what French agriculture minister Julien Denormandie has called …
In this video EURACTIV takes a closer look at FTAs and what makes EU foodstuff so crucial in trade negotiations.
The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal, aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.
