FARM TO FORK NEWS: CARBON & SOIL STRATEGIES PUBLISHED
In the two past months the European Commission has proposed two legislative initiative packages, notably the Carbon farming initiative and the Soil strategy. The former is about creating a remunerative system for farmers to incentivise the stock of carbon into soil, borrowing the logic of the ETS system already into place; while the former is […]
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BREXIT – A LAST CHANCE FOR AN EXIT DEAL?
We are now barely 3 weeks before the (latest) deadline for Brexit, which should concentrate minds, in particular of those with political responsibilities, on how best to unlock a reasonable solution. The new element is the latest UK proposal, which departs from the previous signed but never approved withdrawal agreement. The new proposal accepts an […]
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Impact of EU enlargement to Ukraine on the rapeseed sector
As part of the process of enlarging the European Union to include Ukraine, Farm Europe has analysed both the weight and comparative competitiveness of Ukraine’s main crop sectors compared to those of the European Union. The difference in competitiveness ranges from 19% to 39% depending on the sector, with structural factors accounting for most of […]
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