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Dr Luciano Zuccarello grew up in the shadow of Mount Etna, an active volcano on the Italian island of Sicily. Farms and orchards ring the lower slopes of the volcano, where the fertile soil is ideal for agriculture. But the...

Recommended for you Coronavirus and beyond: emerging disease outbreaks With the world in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, in April Horizon takes a step back to look at some of the challenges around sudden outbreaks of emerging diseases. We...

ASAJA Cádiz,  a través de ASAJA Andalucía, de ASAJA Nacional y de su oficina en Bruselas solicitaron hace unas semanas tanto al Ministerio de Agricultura, como a la Comisión Europea una serie de medidas para poder flexibilizar las condiciones a...

Wild bees are major pollinators of crops in Europe such as peas, beans and oilseed rape. But as their numbers decline, there is a need to monitor and boost bee populations and understand the consequences of fewer bees. And pollinators...

Tras el caso aislado de 2018, la Consejería ha analizado más de 1.600 muestras en la zona de vigilancia con resultado negativo

La pandemia ha encarecido entre un 25 y un 30 por ciento la producción agraria respecto a antes del coronavirus, según estimaciones del sector, por

Robots that use artificial intelligence to recognise the health of fruit and vegetable crops and when they’re ready to harvest are being

O uso de tecnologias de pecuária de precisão pode auxiliar no desenvolvimento de sistemas de produção sustentáveis e de uma pecuária

The EU recorded a strong monthly agri-food trade surplus of €3.76 billion in January 2020, an increase of 22% compared to January 2019.

Ha hecho falta una pandemia mundial para todos los países de Europa, por unanimidad, se hayan dado cuenta de la importancia del sector agrícolas y ganadero y, por extensión, de la PAC. El ministro de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Luis...

Some new crop varieties are bred to be more nutritious. Others are more resilient, bred to tolerate harsher environmental conditions.

Un congreso telemático en el que varios representantes del sector agroalimentario han analizado cómo afectará esta crisis sanitaria al sectro agrario y ganadero ha dejado claro no solo los problemas que se van a enfrentar, como la caída de precios,...

Os microrganismos benéficos são objeto de estudos dos pesquisadores da Embrapa e instituições parceiras, como a Universidade Federal de Goiás

Europa ha aprobado un mandato de negociación parcial para discutir con los eurodiputados el período de transición de la PAC que permitirá que

La asociación de agricultores europeos COPA-COGECA ha pedido a la Comisión Europea “ayuda urgente” para los productores de ganado vacuno, ovino y caprino, muy afectados por el impacto del coronorivus, aunque fuera de la PAC. Los productores han dirigido distintas...

La salida a la crisis económica provocada por la COVID-19 se debe guiar por el European Green Deal (Pacto verde europeo) y los planes de lucha contra la crisis climática, según han reclamado diez ministros de la UE, entre ellos...

I am writing to you as a follow-up to my first letter, sent to you on 19 March, and our high-level videoconference. We are facing an unparalleled situation

El coronavirus ha aparcado el calendario de negociaciones cruciales como el presupuesto comunitario, la Política Agrícola Común (PAC) o el acuerdo post Brexit, pero Bruselas sigue siendo prioritaria en las decisiones para garantizar el abastecimiento de alimentos en la Unión...

Recommended for you Fixing the food system By 2050, the world's population will be an estimated 9.7bn people, up from today’s 7.7bn. To feed this growing population whilst also protecting the climate and biodiversity, our food system needs to change dramatically. In...

Tomates y kiwis son el primer foco de este proyecto que mediante la ingeniería genética permitirá la producción de variedades más tolerantes a

Common agricultural policy (CAP) instruments and measures, particularly under rural development, contribute to a higher level of ambition in terms of biodiversity at national level. Regarding water issues, the CAP put it higher on the agenda of Member States by...

2019 proved to be a record year for EU agri-food trade. The export value of agri-food products came to a total of €151.2 billion (rising by 10% from December 2018), while imports accounted for €119.3 billion (an increase of 2.5%...

Plants rich in starch helped early humans to thrive even at the height of the last Ice Age, researchers say. While the evidence around meat eating is clear, the role of plant foods is less understood. Animal bones can last...

How we farm can guard against climate change and protect critical wildlife — but only if we leave single-crop farms in the dust, according to a new

Europe’s food supply chain will work closely together to ensure everybody in Europe continues to have access to safe, quality and affordable food and

In the late summer harvest of 2013, olive farmers in the Puglia region of southern Italy noticed that the leaves on several of their trees were turning brown and their shoots withering. The problem spread from one orchard to another,...

Following the submission of application EFSA‐GMO‐RX‐014 …. from Monsanto Company the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the

Pesquisadores da Embrapa Cerrados (DF) verificaram que vacas Gir Leiteiro que tiveram acesso a áreas com sombra de eucalipto produziram

Labels that carry a single letter followed by a number are found on petrol pumps across Europe. Many motorists probably don’t notice these codes, or aren’t aware that when they use a pump which has one, they’re putting alcohol into...

A top European science council calling is demanding a “radical reform of the legal framework” that regulates genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

HISTOIRES DE MÉDECINE - L’élevage d’animaux tels que les cochons a favorisé l’apparition de nouvelles maladies. La «Salmonella typhimurium», en rouge, sur une culture de cellules humaines. Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH La révolution du néolithique a vu l’avènement de...

Recommended for you Fixing the food system By 2050, the world's population will be an estimated 9.7bn people, up from today’s 7.7bn. To feed this growing population whilst also protecting the climate and biodiversity, our food system needs to change dramatically. In...

«Nous voulons aider les apiculteurs, les responsables de la gestion des terres et les personnes qui conçoivent des mélanges de graines, à sélectionner les plantes les plus intéressantes pour les abeilles domestiques.» Morgan Carr-Markel, doctorante à l’université du Minnesota, est...

Quinta da Cholda has gradually been introducing some Precision Agriculture (PA) techniques on its 500-hectare corn farm.

Future farming in regions that were previously unsuitable for agriculture could significantly impact biodiversity, water resources, and greenhouse

Copa and Cogeca took note of and analysed the proposal on the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) tabled by the President of the

If we took away significant gains in cereal crops yields since 1962, farmers would have been forced to claim

Two decades ago, we were waking up and celebrating that our computers didn’t melt down on New Year’s Day. We could still tote a bottle of iced tea

Plants have nowhere to run from their enemies - flying, crawling and jumping insects want to eat them alive. But plants are not defenceless. They deploy chemical toxins to deter insects. These can make the plant taste bitter, inhibit the...

Producers Organisations (POs) and Association of producers Organisations (APOs) key role in helping strengthen farmers’ position in the food supply