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In the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which will take effect after 2022, the European Commission wants Member States to determine how they want to achieve green goals. This year the Netherlands must draw up a National

Nitrogen fertilizer has an indispensable role in increasing crop yields, but on the other hand, it creates a severe threat to ecosystems. For this reason, breeding new crop varieties with high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is a high priority for

US. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Assistant Secretary for Health and Head of the Public Health Service Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D.,

Mais cinco aldeias do centro de Moçambique ficaram hoje com os campos agrícolas submersos, elevando para 1.748 hectares a área tomada pela subida do rio Búzi, só num distrito, disse hoje à Lusa fonte estatal.

A decisão foi expressa durante a audiência que o ministro da Indústria e Comércio de Angola, Victor Fernandes, concedeu hoje, em Luanda, à embaixadora Índia em Angola, Pratibha Parkar. Angola importa da Índia, fundamentalmente, produtos farmacêuticos, máquinas, aparelhos, materiais elétricos,...

O ministro da Indústria e Comércio angolano anunciou hoje que o setor vai “promover este ano o surgimento de empresários” para apostarem na fileira da produção da mandioca, visando a exportação dos seus derivados,

O Brasil, maior produtor e fornecedor mundial de café, exportou 44,5 milhões de sacos (de 60 quilogramas) desse grão em 2020, volume 9,4% superior ao de 2019 e um número recorde para o país, apesar da pandemia.

As part of the preparation of the EU budget for 2021-2027, the European Commission put forward a new set of regulations to shape the future EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 1 June 2018. The proposal for a regulation on

Los principales sindicatos agrarios en Galicia (Unións Agrarias y Sindicato Labrego) han pedido este viernes al ministro de Agricultura, Luis Planas, en su visita oficial a la región, que la comunidad gallega no sea discriminada en el reparto de

O Presidente brasileiro, Jair Bolsonaro, ironizou na quinta-feira com a intenção do seu homólogo francês, Emmanuel Macron, produzir soja na Europa para não depender do país sul-americano e pressionar o Brasil a preservar a Amazónia.

The installation, called Hy-Fi, was designed and created by The Living, an architectural design studio in New York. Each of the 10,000 bricks had been made by packing agricultural waste and mycelium, the fungus that makes mushrooms, into a mould and letting them...

Today’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived food product. Our safety evaluations are a necessary step in the regulation of 

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Co-developing land for both solar photovoltaic power and agriculture could provide 20% of total electricity generation in the United States with an investment of less than 1% of the annual U.S. budget, a new paper by

O Presidente francês, Emmanuel Macron, relacionou hoje a produção de soja brasileira com a desflorestação da Amazónia, frisando que luta para que a Europa produza esse grão, como forma de proteger o ambiente.

O Supremo Tribunal da Índia suspendeu hoje temporariamente a implementação das leis de reforma agrícola e ordenou a criação de um comité independente de especialistas para negociar com os agricultores que estão a protestar contra a

In 2018 the government supported new rules which prohibit the outdoor use of 3 neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. In taking that position, the government made it clear that it could consider emergency

are blissfully unaware that the egg industry also slaughters billions of animals every year, but not to put meat on the table. Indeed, the animals in question (male chicks) have literally just been born.

O projeto da Quinta Portugal, apoiado pela cooperação portuguesa, distribui na quarta-feira mais de 70 mil árvores, produzidas nos seus viveiros e nos de produtores locais, para assinalar o Dia Nacional do Sândalo e das Florestas.

Angola tem uma produção anual estimada em mais de 11 milhões de toneladas de mandioca, sendo hoje o terceiro maior produtor de África, depois da Nigéria e o Gana, e quer apostar na sua transformação em amido.

The EU agri-food promotion policy is effective and efficient in supporting the policy’s objectives. Furthermore, the objectives of the policy are relevant to stakeholders’ needs and address market challenges

The new regulation aimed at increasing the transparency of risk assessment in the food chain becomes applicable on 27 March 2021. As part of the implementation process, EFSA has published detailed arrangements

Portugal, que hasta finales del próximo junio presidirá el Consejo de la Unión Europea, se ha fijado como prioridad concluir para abril la reforma de la Política Agrícola Común (PAC), que regulará el campo europeo entre 2023 y 2027,

A Índia quer comprar cerca de 200 mil toneladas de feijão bóer de Moçambique, no quadro da renovação de um memorando existente entre os dois países, anunciou hoje o embaixador cessante da Índia em Maputo.

EFSA has published new guidance on the information applicants need to include in their dossiers for the renewal of the authorisation of feed additives.

As Nações Unidas anunciaram hoje ter destinado 1,5 milhões de dólares (1,2 milhões de euros) para ações de controlo da praga de gafanhotos do deserto no Quénia, como a fumigação de plantações e vigilância dos campos.

Ginger accounted for the largest share of these imports (111 000 tonnes), closely followed by paprika and allspice (94 000 tonnes) and pepper (69 000 tonnes). The main country of origin of ginger, paprika and allspice imports was China (76

Maior produtor e exportador mundial de café, o Brasil prevê uma produção histórica de 63,08 milhões de sacas de 60 quilos este ano, aumento de 27,9% em relação a 2019, informou hoje a Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento.

The EU Parliament has again spoken out against the approval of a number of genetically modified plant species. MEPs in Brussels rejected the use of four varieties of maize and one variety of soy in the EU by a large majority on...

The 2020 edition of Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics is now available. The flow of the publication extends from the EU’s farms, through the processing and manufacture of food and beverages and their distribution, to their

Decline of wine consumption could slow down thanks to the adaptation of the wine sector to changing lifestyles and consumer preferences. As for olive oil, consumption in EU non-producing countries and exports

Sustainability objectives and changing consumer demands are expected to impact EU meat and dairy markets over the coming decade. Milk production is set to grow moderately and demand for poultry projected

EU production growth of arable crops is expected to be limited over the next decade. However, digitisation will be at the heart of yield productivity gains, improved labour conditions and higher environmental

Over the next ten years, digitisation will be key for the arable crops sector, supporting yield productivity gains, improved labour conditions as well as higher environmental standards. Milk, dairy and meat sectors

According to the latest data of economic accounts for agriculture (EAA), the index for agricultural labour productivity is estimated to have decreased in the European Union of 27 Member States (EU) in 2020 (-4%), after an increase in 2019.

Today, the JRC publishes results of a foresight study exploring what farming might look like in the coming decades and who will be working in agriculture in 2040, producing our food.

The Council approved conclusions for an EU-wide animal welfare label, highlighting the overarching objective of improving animal welfare for as many food producing animals as possible. Through the approved conclusions, the

El grado de ambición ambiental es uno de los principales puntos que quedan por decidir en las negociaciones de la Política Agraria Común (PAC), han subrayado este martes representantes de la Comisión Europea (CE).

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which may be used for food or human therapeutics. This is the first IGA in

During the first eight months of 2020, EU27 exports reached a value of €119 billion (an increase of 1.2% compared to January-August 2019), while imports attained a value

A China anunciou hoje a suspensão temporária das importações de carne de duas empresas brasileiras e uma argentina, após ter detetado vestígios do novo coronavírus nas embalagens de