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After years of discussions and months of intensive technical exchanges, the trilogue negotiations on the reform of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) concluded last night with a political agreement. While this long-awaited outcome finally closes a file that had...

Reconhecimento se deu pelo protagonismo no desenvolvimento de ações concretas que estão reimaginando a sustentabilidade na agricultura A UPL Brasil – empresa do Grupo UPL, fornecedor global de soluções agrícolas sustentáveis – outorgou a comenda “Reimaginando a sustentabilidade” a cinco...

When Professor Alicja Krzemień set out to turn one of Poland’s largest coal-mining waste heaps into a thriving meadow, she faced an uphill battle. Together with fellow researchers in an EU-funded collaboration called RECOVERY, her team revitalised the barren terrain...

The automatic trigger is welcome, but the EBA scheme should not be turned into a European EBR – Everything But Rice! With this approach von der Leyen’s Commission will facilitate import of products that pose threats to public health, including...

A chuva que caiu nos países do sudeste asiático em novembro atingiu um recorde de mais de uma década nas regiões, provocando inundações que mataram pelo menos 1.200 pessoas, segundo uma análise com base em dados meteorológicos dos EUA.

With a focus on global innovations in avocados and mangoes, as well as minor tropical and subtropical fruit species, organic nursery production, rootstocks and horticultural innovation, and plant variety rights, Plant Nursery is the exhibition dedicated to innovation in the nursery industry. The event...

O Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento disponibilizou 311 mil dólares (268 mil euros) para apoiar agricultores e população vulnerável, incluindo deslocados, em Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado, norte de Moçambique, disse hoje à Lusa um representante da organização. Os camponeses...

European farmers, forest owners and their cooperatives stand at the heart of bioeconomy. They are essential to the successful implementation of the new European Bioeconomy Strategy published yesterday by the Commission. Copa and Cogeca call for concrete measures that empower...

In 2023, the EU’s total agricultural output was valued at €537 billion.    Data show that 5 regions in the EU, classified at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2), have a total agricultural output...

The European Commission adopted today its communication for a European Bioeconomy strategy, which will play a crucial role in the European Union’s ambition to transform its economy and make it more sustainable, circular, and carbon neutral, in order to reach...

The JRC has published a new report on how to achieve healthy and sustainable meals in public institutions.

Dioxins and dioxin Persistent, chlorine-containing organic pollutant which occurs as by-product of industrial processes. It can accumulate in the food chain and pose a serious public and environmental health risk-like PCBs are toxic chemicals that persist in the environment for...

Agriculture and food have always been central to the European project, a cornerstone of our economy, our security, and our way of life. Every day, Europe’s agri-food chain provides safe, high-quality and nutritious food to citizens across the continent and...

The EEA recently published updated projections for LULUCF emissions and removals by Member State to 2030 and 2050. It is not good news. Although the fall in the LULUCF sink appears to have been halted over the past six years,...

O Irão proibiu temporariamente o acesso público às zonas florestais, numa altura em bombeiros combatem um incêndio numa floresta classificada como património natural pela ONU, noticiou hoje a imprensa local. O fogo, começou a 1 de novembro no norte do...

All businesses should have additional year to comply with new rules Simpler due diligence requirements for some operators and traders Simplification review of the EU deforestation law by 30 April 2026 MEPs voted to simplify the EU’s deforestation law, which...

The European Parliament today adopted in plenary its position on the proposal to simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and postpone its entry into application. This vote represents a key milestone in the co-decision process, following the Council’s adoption of...

Posted on 26/11/202526/11/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Today, the European Parliament reunited in plenary adopted its amendments to the European Commission’s proposal, presented on 21 October 2025, aimed to simplify the EU anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR). This regulation is of...

The European Commission has approved the disbursement of a total of €4.1 billion to four Member States — Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and Austria — under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. These disbursements are part of...

The EPP Group welcomes the European Parliament's vote in favour of simplifying and improving the EU Deforestation Regulation, matching a balanced compromise already agreed by 24 EU countries. Today's vote ensures the effective prevention of illegal deforestation, while reducing unnecessary...

O Governo francês vai gastar 130 milhões de euros para financiar a destruição da produção excedentária de vinho com o objetivo de apoiar os produtores em dificuldades, avança a Bloomberg. França é dos maiores produtores a nível mundial. Algumas da...

Farm Europe welcomes the decision from the European Parliament to withdraw the urgent procedure concerning the Regulation on the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement. Prior to the vote, Farm Europe warned the MEPs that the urgent procedure...

European organisations representing fruit and vegetable producers - COPA and COGECA, AREFLH and EUCOFEL sound the alarm over the European Commission’s proposed revision of the EU–Morocco Association Agreement, along with a new delegated act on origin labelling, which threaten to...

In 2023, the EU’s agriculture and forestry sector consumed 26.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent of energy. This represented a decrease of 1.1% compared with 2022. The sector’s share of the total EU energy consumption remained unchanged at 3.0%. The...

Primary commodity producers, food processors, traders and fertiliser blenders are raising the alarm about the economic impact that the full implementation of the CBAM mechanism could have on the entire value chain if applied as planned by the Commission on...

A inauguração do primeiro teleférico dedicado ao transporte de maçãs em Itália marca um avanço notável na logística agrícola, combinando inovação tecnológica com sustentabilidade ambiental.Teleférico inovador do Consórcio Melinda transporta maçãs através dos Dolomitas, reduzindo milhares de viagens de camião...

Local sowing delays due to dry or overly wet conditions

Between 6 September and 14 November 2025, 1,443 detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses were reported in wild birds across 26 European countries – four times higher than the same period in 2024 and the highest since...

Moçambique quer migrar da produção agrícola de subsistência para a produção de rendimento, apesar dos desafios associados as mudanças climáticas, acesso ao financiamento e as pesquisas agrárias, disse hoje o diretor nacional de Cooperação e Investimentos. "O principal desafio que...

Os Estados Unidos da América (EUA) levantaram as tarifas alfandegárias de 15% impostas às exportações agrícolas do Gana, entre as quais o cacau, anunciou hoje o ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros ganês. Esta decisão surgiu dois meses depois de o Gana...

An international team of researchers, brought together by the EU-funded project BeXyl – Beyond Xylella, has achieved promising results in applying thermal treatment to control the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in various plant species. This breakthrough marks an important first step towards...

The planned changes in the new CAP period from 2028 caused turmoil and uncertainty at the 19th International Conference for Producer Organisations (POs) for Fruit and Vegetables (ICOP) and were arguably the hottest topic at this year's conference. In keeping...

Ireland has reached a significant milestone in carbon farming, with the publication of draft principles for a nation-wide carbon farming framework, co-developed by Climate KIC and the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Ireland is among the first...

A ‘startup’ moçambicana Agriview recolhe cascas de milho em vendedores de maçaroca em Maputo para as transformar em loiça biodegradável que substitui plástico, enquanto procura financiamento para avançar com a produção semi-industrial e criar emprego para a juventude. “Neste momento...

O ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros de França, Jean-Nöel Barrot, exortou hoje o seu homólogo argentino Pablo Quirno para a necessidade de uma cláusula de salvaguarda robusta para que Paris aprove o acordo de livre comércio entre UE e Mercosul. Na...

Cientistas da Universidade de Jiangnan, na China, utilizaram uma tecnologia de edição genética para aumentar a eficiência da produção de um cogumelo, conseguindo reduzir o seu impacto ambiental até 61%, sem adicionar ADN estranho. O cogumelo geneticamente modificado tem sabor...

Os criadores de gado bovino na província de Gaza, sul de Moçambique, estimaram hoje que perderam mais de 100 mil animais em oito anos devido a doenças provocadas por carraças, apontando dificuldades do Governo em apoiar no combate. “De 2017...

O Governo cabo-verdiano anunciou hoje medidas para fazer face aos prejuízos provocados pela chuva na última semana, incluindo a atribuição de rendimentos de emergência. "O Governo aprovou medidas de proteção e de resposta", incluindo a "atribuição de um rendimento solidário...

Since 2024, farmers have consistently warned the EU about CAP and budget reforms, excessive regulation that restricts agricultural initiative, and the drive to conclude unacceptable trade deals such as with Mercosur. Now, at the end of 2025, expectations remain unmet....

Agrifood Comunicación reunió a representantes de la Administración Pública, la industria alimentaria, cooperativas, distribución y expertos en nutrición, en el marco de sus Agrifood Talks, para analizar la evolución de la alimentación de los españoles y los retos de futuro...