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.
The discussion on the future of the European circular bio-based sector will take place at the CBE JU Stakeholder Forum on 6-7 December 2023 in Brussels. The event will gather about 600 European bioeconomy stakeholders around the main theme ’What next for the European bio-based sector?’.
Health systems in Europe were facing significant problems pre-COVID, from underfunded primary and social care to workforce shortages and inequities in access to care, while addressing growing challenges such as ageing populations and the rise in non-communicable diseases. The ensuing …
There was much talk about cancer warnings similar to the ones used for cigarettes on alcohol products sold in the EU after a recent law proposed by the Irish government. EURACTIV takes a closer look at what is happening in this …
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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Rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to explore the EU's Farm to Fork Strategy and learn what lies ahead for the future of food and sustainable food systems. Does the EU's Farm to Fork Strategy go far enough? What elements should be included in the proposed legislative framework for sustainable food systems (FSFS) to accelerate the transition towards sustainable food systems?
This panel will discuss what skills are necessary to make the hospitality sector fit-for-the-future, more resilient and more sustainable at the same time. Questions that guided the discussion with invited panellists from the European institutions and the hospitality industry included:
• How are restaurateurs handling new sustainability requirements and what are their expectations towards policymakers? • What skills are necessary to help independent business owners adapt and attract new workforce? • Why is digital savviness essential for the optimisation of processes, while at the same contributing to sustainability goals?
Organised by: METRO Media Partner: EURACTIV
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to support World Food Safety Day, celebrated today in order to inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and to draw attention to the many aspects of food safety.
Conservation agriculture and regenerative agriculture are two of the systems based on no-till farming that dramatically reduce the carbon footprint by transforming the soil from a carbon emitter to a carbon sink, counteracting soil threats and increasing the soil's capacity to retain nutrients and water, optimising the amount of fertiliser needed to feed plants and the pesticides applied to them.
We invite you to join us for a timely discussion on the role agriculture can play and the tools and practices farmers can use to address the challenges facing this non-renewable resource.
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 …
EIT Food connects the world of agriculture and rural areas with innovative startups and agtech solutions. This is why the recently published European Innovation Agenda with a strong emphasis on women entrepreneurship and bridging the gender gap in deeptech startups provides additional perspective to the discussion. Women remain underrepresented in both deep tech startups and in investment funds despite clear correlations between company growth and the presence of diverse teams, including women, in leadership positions. In 2020, technology companies with female-only founders captured just 1.7% of the capital raised in European VC markets, and the difference between male-led companies and those with mixed and/or female founders remained significant in terms of both capital raised and the number of deals.
What needs to be done to bridge this gap in agtech and foodtech? What role shall both women and men play in this process? Why do we need more women among agrifood startup founders?
Let’s discuss it during the online panel on the International Women’s Day!
Organised by: EIT Food Media Partner: EURACTIV
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 …
Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to find out what are the different options for ensuring a level playing field for industry and empowering consumers to achieve a successful green transition. Addressed questions included:
• Could the European Commission’s proposal allow for substantiated company-owned sustainability labels which are proven to be robust? • How will it affect local and small-scale producers in the EU? • What resources are required in order to create a level playing field and a fairer system for everyone in the industry? • What are the main challenges in achieving consumer empowerment, and how can they be tackled?
Industry stakeholders call for a digital EU-harmonised label to support consumer behaviors and the end of life management of packaging. The benefits of digital labeling include more flexibility to adapt to changes and potential for innovation, easy access for consumers, efficient …
This EURACTIV-GIGAEurope Digital Debate examined the role that digital technologies can play in global efforts to address food security issues and make agriculture more sustainable. Addressed questions included:
- What are the current attitudes and adoption rates of precision agriculture tools of Europe’s farms?
- What environmental challenges do farmers face and what is the role precision agriculture can play in tackling these?
- What is industry doing to address farmers’ concerns around privacy and data ownership?
- What sort of regulatory assurances can policymakers provide if farmers invest in precision farming tools?
