Farm income increased over last decade, with important differences between EU countries
Between 2007 and 2018, the average farm income in the EU grew, reaching €35,300 per farm and €22,500 per annual...
Ambitious green farming requirements can lead to higher environmental benefits, study shows
Published today, a new study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the Commission shows how the choices farmers make...
Short-term outlook: positive projections confirmed for EU agriculture
With significant progress made in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign throughout the EU, food services are reopening and travel restrictions are...
Estratégia do Prado ao Prato: 65 empresas e associações assinaram o Código de Conduta da UE sobre práticas empresariais e comerciais responsáveis no setor alimentar
A Comissão, juntamente com as partes interessadas do setor, lançou hoje oficialmente o Código de Conduta da UE sobre práticas...
Questions and Answers: the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices
The Code is a voluntary industry initiative, launched by the Commission, intended first and foremost for the middle players of...
Use of antibiotics in animals is decreasing
Use of antibiotics has decreased and is now lower in food-producing animals than in humans, says the latest report published by the...
Iniciativa de cidadania europeia: a Comissão apresentará uma proposta com vista à eliminação progressiva da utilização de gaiolas na criação de animais
A Comissão decidiu hoje aprovar a iniciativa de cidadania europeia «Fim da era da gaiola», a sexta iniciativa bem-sucedida apoiada por mais...
Questions and Answers: Commission’s response to the European Citizens’ Initiative on “End the Cage Age”
The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) ‘End the Cage Age' called on the Commission to propose legislation to prohibit the use of...
Visão a longo prazo para as zonas rurais da UE: mais fortes, ligadas, resilientes e prósperas
The European Commission has today put forward a long-term vision for the EU's rural areas, identifying the challenges and concerns that...
Questions and Answers on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
The EU has experienced a series of trends which are reshaping its socio-economic and demographic landscape. Despite overall convergence at...
Long-term vision for rural areas: Commission publishes public opinion survey on rural areas
A majority of EU citizens support the EU including rural areas in public spending decisions. The key need of rural...
Acordo político sobre a nova política agrícola comum: mais justa, mais ecológica e mais flexível
O acordo político provisório hoje alcançado pelo Parlamento Europeu e o Conselho sobre a nova política agrícola comum introduz uma...
Political agreement on new Common Agricultural Policy: fairer, greener, more flexible
The provisional political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and Council on the new Common Agricultural Policy introduces a...
EU agri-food trade sharply increase in March 2021
With a slow start at the beginning of the year, EU agri-food trade in January-March 2021 (exports plus imports) reached...
Glyphosate: EU regulators begin review of renewal assessments
EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have received a draft assessment of glyphosate carried out by four EU Member States and will...
Small insects – Big impact! EU authorises insects as food
Following the European Commission’s decision to approve mealworms as the first insect as food in the European Union, Rafael Perez,...
Antimicrobial resistance and the food production environment: sources and control options
Fertilisers of faecal origin, irrigation, and water are the most significant sources of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in plant-based food and/or aquaculture. In...
African swine fever: risks from outdoor pig farms
EFSA has assessed the risk of African swine fever (ASF) spreading through outdoor pig farms and has proposed biosecurity and...
EU imported slightly fewer organic agri-food products in 2020
While the EU organic market grew overall, imports of organic agri-food products decreased slightly between 2019 and 2020. In terms...
Commission launches public consultation on review of the EU marketing standards for agricultural products
Today, the Commission launched a public consultation, which aims to gather views on policy options for a possible revision of the...
EU agri-food trade surplus continues to increase during January-February 2021
In January and February 2021, the value of EU agri-food exports totalled €28.5 billion (a decrease of 6% compared to...
Evaluation of CAP’s impact on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions
EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture fell by more than 20% since 1990, but have stagnated since 2010. Still,...
Biodiversidade: Relatório intercalar da Comissão sobre a ação da UE para proteger os polinizadores salienta a necessidade de medidas urgente
A Comissão publica hoje um relatório sobre o seguimento dado à primeira Iniciativa da UE relativa aos Polinizadores, que a Comissão adotou em
Biodiversity: MEPs demand binding targets to protect wildlife and humans
An EU Biodiversity Law is needed to set the biodiversity governance framework until 2050, the Environment Committee agreed on Friday.
Common farmland bird populations continue to decline
Birds in the EU are less abundant than a few decades ago. However, after many years of decline, it appears that the...
Protecting bees: a new way forward for risk assessment
EFSA has taken a major step forward in its efforts to help reverse the decline of insect pollinators in Europe...
Population projections: urban growth, rural decline
Populations are projected to grow in almost three out of five urban regions of the European Union (EU), whereas they...
New Genomic Techniques: the EU paving the way ahead
Following the publication of the Commission’s study on New Genomic Techniques on 29 April, Deputy Director-General Claire Bury, discusses the...
Pacto Ecológico Europeu: Comissão adota orientações estratégicas para uma aquicultura sustentável e competitiva na UE
A Comissão adotou novas orientações estratégicas para uma aquicultura na UE mais sustentável e competitiva. As orientações proporcionam uma
CAP measures play an important role in supporting farm income
Direct income support strongly contributes to stabilising farm income, with direct payments and support to areas facing natural constraints playing...
January 2021 sees decline in agri-food trade
In January 2021, EU agri-food exports decreased by 11% compared to January 2020, reaching a total value of €13.5 billion....
Xylella fastidiosa: ‘applied research’ the key to success
“We need to translate this week of intense thinking into action.” Those were the words of Claude Bragard, chair of...
Commission extends CAP check flexibilities for 2021
With restrictions still in place across the EU, the Commission adopted today rules to extend to 2021 flexibilities for carrying...
How much do governments spend on fire-protection?
In 2020, 262 200 persons were employed as firefighters in the 22 EU Member States with available data, representing 0.1%...
Biotecnologias: Comissão procura debate aberto sobre novas técnicas genómicas – estudo demonstra potencial para agricultura sustentável e necessidade de novas políticas
A Comissão Europeia publicou hoje, a pedido do Conselho, um estudo sobre novas técnicas genómicas (NTG). O estudo mostra que...
African swine fever: risks from feed, bedding and transport
EFSA’s latest advice on African swine fever looks at the risk of the virus being introduced to non-affected regions of...
Commission adopts new rules for CAP fruit and vegetable support scheme
The Commission adopted new rules to simplify the common agricultural policy (CAP)’s fruit and vegetable support scheme, and in particular,...
Sales of pesticides in the EU down by 6% in 2019
In 2019, the volume of pesticides sold in the EU reached the lowest level since the start of the data...
Animal transport: help us prepare our assessment
EFSA is gathering the views of stakeholders in the early stages of our scientific assessment on the welfare of animals...
Performance of agricultural sector
In 2020, the agricultural sector contributed an estimated EUR 171.9 billion towards the EU’s GDP, the equivalent of 1.3% of...
