During the months of September and October, the world of wine has been characterized by harvests. According to the annual OIV estimates, after the exceptionally high production of 2018, for the second consecutive year, the 2020 world wine production volume is expected to be below average. At the institutional level, the Parliament and the Agriculture […]

This month has been marked by the Nobel price nomination for chemistry to the inventors of the CRISP/Cas9, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, and the discovery of a new methodology of use this technique, notably with the Cas3 enzyme, so to allow to work with bigger parts of DNA. Moreover, CRISP/Cas9 have been used to […]

In October, most important developments in the agriculture and livestock sector are linked to the CAP reform, agreed upon by the European Parliament and the Council. The new CAP poses different challenges and opportunities for the livestock and dairy sector, which causes debates among different stakeholders. One of the most discussed topics this month are […]

In October, several EU countries have adopted recovery plans for coping with COVID-19-related impacts on the agriculture sectors. At European level, the organic farming regulation has been postponed until January 2021. An exchange with MEPs from the Agri Committee in the European Parliament on 26 October highlighted the difficulties the wine, as well as the […]

This month has been signed by some important developments in the reform of the CAP, notably, the European Parliament and the Council agreed on their positions prior the formal start of negotiations. In parallel, the Parliament, which hold two plenary session in October, decided to increase the 2030 greenhouse gasses reduction target to -60% compared […]