The Commission proposals on the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies have been released without any impact assessment – on the agriculture production, on prices, on the trade balance, on food security. It is worth quickly reminding which their key targets were, to be achieved by 2030: 10% agricultural land set-aside -20% chemical fertilizers -50% […]
The European Commission recently published its Renewable Energy Progress Report[1] in which it highlights the positive contribution of domestically sourced biofuels in reducing GHG emissions. The Commission assessment clearly asserts the sustainability of biofuels produced from EU feedstock, invalidating its concerns relating to land use or food security and demonstrating them to be wholly unfounded […]
In the first weeks of November, several EU countries have adopted recovery plans for coping with COVID-19-related impacts on the agriculture sectors. In Denmark, the large-scale culling of mink potentially infected with a COVID-19 mutation dominated the headlines for several days. At European level, Parliament and Council reached a provisional deal on a EU recovery […]
In a Fact-Sheet published this week “Working with Parliament and Council to make the CAP reform fit for the European Green Deal” the Commission tries to re-write the history of the latest CAP reform. The Commission criticises the European Parliament and Council positions because they ask for flexibility in the implementation of eco-schemes and that […]
We are pleased to invite you to the event Transatlantic Sustainability Dialogue – Bridging an agricultural understanding, which is taking place on the 27th of October at 15:00 organized by Farm Europe and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Farm Europe and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are launching a series of events to reflect on the sustainability of agriculture on both […]
This event Innovative Breeding Techniques: the crucial role of sustainable farming to achieve the Green Deal ambitions organised by Agriculture & Progress will take place under the patronage of MEP Paolo De Castro (S&D).
The Commission proposals on the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies have been released without any impact assessment – on the agriculture production, on prices, on the trade balance, on food security. It is worth quickly reminding which their key targets were, to be achieved by 2030: 10% agricultural land set-aside -20% chemical fertilizers -50% […]
The European Commission recently published its Renewable Energy Progress Report[1] in which it highlights the positive contribution of domestically sourced biofuels in reducing GHG emissions. The Commission assessment clearly asserts the sustainability of biofuels produced from EU feedstock, invalidating its concerns relating to land use or food security and demonstrating them to be wholly unfounded […]