O acordo político provisório hoje alcançado pelo Parlamento Europeu e o Conselho sobre a nova política agrícola comum introduz uma...
The provisional political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and Council on the new Common Agricultural Policy introduces a...
With a slow start at the beginning of the year, EU agri-food trade in January-March 2021 (exports plus imports) reached...
EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have received a draft assessment of glyphosate carried out by four EU Member States and will...
Following the European Commission’s decision to approve mealworms as the first insect as food in the European Union, Rafael Perez,...
Fertilisers of faecal origin, irrigation, and water are the most significant sources of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in plant-based food and/or aquaculture. In...
EFSA has assessed the risk of African swine fever (ASF) spreading through outdoor pig farms and has proposed biosecurity and...
While the EU organic market grew overall, imports of organic agri-food products decreased slightly between 2019 and 2020. In terms...
Today, the Commission launched a public consultation, which aims to gather views on policy options for a possible revision of the...
In January and February 2021, the value of EU agri-food exports totalled €28.5 billion (a decrease of 6% compared to...
EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture fell by more than 20% since 1990, but have stagnated since 2010. Still,...
A Comissão publica hoje um relatório sobre o seguimento dado à primeira Iniciativa da UE relativa aos Polinizadores, que a Comissão adotou em
An EU Biodiversity Law is needed to set the biodiversity governance framework until 2050, the Environment Committee agreed on Friday.
Birds in the EU are less abundant than a few decades ago. However, after many years of decline, it appears that the...
EFSA has taken a major step forward in its efforts to help reverse the decline of insect pollinators in Europe...
Populations are projected to grow in almost three out of five urban regions of the European Union (EU), whereas they...
Following the publication of the Commission’s study on New Genomic Techniques on 29 April, Deputy Director-General Claire Bury, discusses the...
A Comissão adotou novas orientações estratégicas para uma aquicultura na UE mais sustentável e competitiva. As orientações proporcionam uma
Direct income support strongly contributes to stabilising farm income, with direct payments and support to areas facing natural constraints playing...
In January 2021, EU agri-food exports decreased by 11% compared to January 2020, reaching a total value of €13.5 billion....
“We need to translate this week of intense thinking into action.” Those were the words of Claude Bragard, chair of...
With restrictions still in place across the EU, the Commission adopted today rules to extend to 2021 flexibilities for carrying...
In 2020, 262 200 persons were employed as firefighters in the 22 EU Member States with available data, representing 0.1%...
A Comissão Europeia publicou hoje, a pedido do Conselho, um estudo sobre novas técnicas genómicas (NTG). O estudo mostra que...
EFSA’s latest advice on African swine fever looks at the risk of the virus being introduced to non-affected regions of...
The Commission adopted new rules to simplify the common agricultural policy (CAP)’s fruit and vegetable support scheme, and in particular,...
In 2019, the volume of pesticides sold in the EU reached the lowest level since the start of the data...
EFSA is gathering the views of stakeholders in the early stages of our scientific assessment on the welfare of animals...
In 2020, the agricultural sector contributed an estimated EUR 171.9 billion towards the EU’s GDP, the equivalent of 1.3% of...
Today, the European Commission adopted a package of two measures regarding an important Cypriot heritage: Χαλλούμι/Halloumi/Hellim. First, the Commission registered
In 2016, for every farm manager under 40 there were three farm managers over the age of 65 in the...
Over the course of 2020, the value of EU agri-food exports increased to €184.3 billion (a growth of 1.4% compared...
The first 2021 edition of the short-term outlook for EU agricultural markets concludes that the EU agricultural sector showed resilience throughout the...
Agriculture is at the heart of the European Green Deal and has an essential role to play in the transition...
A Comissão apresentou hoje um Plano de Ação para o desenvolvimento da produção biológica. O objetivo geral deste plano é estimular...
Data on the presence of residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in animals and animal-derived food show high rates of...
Today is the International Day of Forests, which is celebrated every year on 21 March to raise awareness of the...
Improved infrastructure, especially in terms of public transport, is among the most pressing needs for rural areas. Farming is seen...
The number of women in farming has been slowly increasing in recent years. The most recent data
The information policy on the common agricultural policy (CAP) was successful in improving understanding and perceptions of the policy
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