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L'agriculture biologique pourrait avoir des effets très néfastes sur le climat, en contribuant à une augmentation du CO2 dans l'atmosphère. Alors que les bienfaits du bio pour notre santé font débat dans la communauté scientifique, un article publié dans la...

Leuven, 24 October 2018 – The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food announced today the selection of the ten finalists of its 2018 Food Accelerator Network Programme. The finalists are invited to compete for three awards, consisting of...

By Daniel Shane, CNN Business Updated 0450 GMT (1250 HKT) October 24, 2018 Hong Kong (CNN Business)First, Beijing slapped tariffs on American soybeans. Now, it wants to wean its farmers off them altogether. China has been facing a potential soybean...

Fonte: El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) ha adelantado, a través del Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA), el pago de 2.365 millones de euros en ayudas directas de la Política Agrícola Común (PAC) a partir del 16...

El Gobierno español ha reducido elImpuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas (IRPF) a los productores de cereales, leguminosas, patata, fruta de hueso, bovino de leche y ganadería extensiva afectados por la sequía. El conjunto de todas las reducciones puede implicar una rebaja de la...

En las últimas semanas, el presidente del Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA), Miguel Ángel Riesgo, ha dedicado parte del `Consultorio de la PAC´de Agropopular a explicar la nueva normativa que se aplicará esta campaña a la hora de solicitar...

A l'occasion de la clôture, ce jeudi, des états généraux de l'alimentation, le gouvernement a annoncé une loi pour revoir les conditions de marché entre agriculteurs et distributeurs. Sur le bio et les pesticides, les mesures sont plus floues.

Le président de la République Emmanuel Macron a présenté ses vœux du Nouvel An aux Français pour la première fois de son quinquennat, ce dimanche 31 décembre 2017. Pas d’annonce inédite ni de bouleversement de la tradition des vœux présidentiels télévisés....

Mercadona perfila los detalles de su expansión internacional, que transcurre en paralelo al proyecto para poner en marcha su nueva estrategia de comercio electrónico. Tras haber pulverizado todos los registros en el mercado nacional, donde ha logrado que siete de cada...

La Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología, a la que se sumó la pasada semana Valladolid, está previsto que cuente con la adhesión, estos días, de Córdoba, Lleida y Pamplona y, “posiblemente”, Barcelona, según ha explicado el coordinador técnico de...

Les ministres de l'agriculture des 28 Etats membres étaient, avec le commissaire à l'agriculture Phil Hogan, réunis en conseil informel à Tallinn, la capitale de l'Estonie, mardi 5 septembre 2017. (©European Union) Fin juin 2017, la commission européenne a suggéré,...

The newly merged EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme is set to enter into force tomorrow (August 1), so that programmes can run for the 2017/18 school year.

La trémie se fixe entre le tracteur et l'outil pour plus de stabilité (©Amazone) « La fertilisation placée durant la préparation du sol représente une solution pour mettre au mieux les substances nutritives à disposition des plantes. Des avantages logistiques privilégient...

Un informe de la interprofesional láctea resalta la mejoría de los principales indicadores económicos en el sector, a excepción del consumo interno, que sigue bajando.

The ButterflEYE LS cameras, created by the company Cubert afterresearch was conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA), fly on drones andcan see details as small as 4-5cm. They are currently being used in Denmark for biologicaldiversity studies, in ......

El Gobierno ultima una nueva línea de apoyo -en forma de avales para préstamos- para las producciones más afectadas, según la ministra de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Isabel García Tejerina. Su importe ascenderá hasta 60.000 euros por...

The European Commission has published a long-awaited ‘inception impact assessment’ on unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the agri-food supply chain, setting out a series of objectives and policy options aimed at improving farmers’ position in the supply chain.

Estonia is putting the focus on risk management under post-2020 CAP talks among member states during its six-month presidency of the Agriculture Council.

The European Commission is adopting implementing acts to provide aid in the form of advanced CAP payments to drought-hit member states, following a request for aid from Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg. The Spanish and Portuguese delegations at the Farm...

The European Commission has come under fire from national ministers of agriculture for its joint paper with Brazil proposing a fresh approach to imposing multilateral limits on domestic agricultural support.

Switching to a co-financing system for direct aid payments under Pillar One of the CAP could reduce budgetary expenditure on the CAP by between €7.5 and €13.5 billion a year, according to new Agra Europe estimates. The scale of the...

The European Commission will carry out an impact assessment to gather an “exhaustive picture of imbalances in the food supply chain”, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan and Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told the European Parliament’s agriculture committee (ComAgri ) today....

Los países del sur de Europa, que se han reunido en Santarém (Portugal), en la segunda ronda de contactos entre organizaciones agrarias de países mediterráneos con vistas a la futura reforma de la PAC 2020, han decidido unirse para hacer...

SENTENCIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE JUSTICIA DE LA UE El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) determina que los productos puramente vegetales, como la leche de soja o la mantequilla de tofu, no pueden comercializarse bajo denominaciones como “leche”...

The Committee for Risk Assessment of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published and forwarded to the European Commission its final opinion on the harmonised classification of the herbicide glyphosate. ECHA announced today (June 15) that it had published and...

In two joint letters addressed to EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan, representatives of the Chambers of Agriculture of the Visegrad countries strongly urge the European Commission to tackle unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the agri-food supply chain by setting up...

« A quand le "Make Production Great Again" ? » s’interroge la Fop dans un communiqué. La Fédération des producteurs d’oléagineux et protéagineux s’insurge contre le rejet, par les députés européens, d’une résolution visant à maintenir l’usage des produits phytosanitaires sur les...

La Commission européenne entend interdire l'usage des produits phytosanitaires sur les surfaces d'intérêt écologique, notamment sur les SIE productives utilisées pour la production de protéines. (©Terre-net Média) Mercredi 14 juin 2017, les députés européens se sont prononcés contre une résolution...

The incoming Estonian Presidency of the Council has revealed its priorities for the EU’s agriculture sector during its upcoming six-month term as Council President, prioritising making progress on a potential reform of the CAP post-2020. Estonia will take over the...

In an opinion adopted late last week (June 1), the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) called for preservation of the EU model of agriculture and family farming under the forthcoming review of the CAP, as well as closing of...

La Comisión de Recursos Naturales (NAT) del Comité de las Regiones ha aprobado un dictamen sobre "La PAC después de 2020", que plantea la necesidad de un mejor reparto de los fondos de la política agraria y alimentaria a partir...

Agriculture and environment MEPs have set out their wishes with respect to proposed new rules on organic and waste-based fertilisers, ahead of negotiations with the other Parliament committees working on the file. The EU executive lastyear proposed creating a regulation on organic...

MEPs have voted down the European Commission’s proposal to ban pesticides on so-called Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) under the ‘greening’ provisions of the CAP. The Parliament’sagriculture committee (ComEnvi) in a vote held in Brussels today (May 30)blocked the EU executive’s...

New rules for the EU’s fruit and vegetable sector are set to enter into force in seven days, after being entered into the EU’s Official Journal. Therules, which aim to simplify bureaucracy for producer organisations(POs) and give greater financial support...

The budget proposal, released on Tuesday (May 23) setsthe USDA budget at US$137 billion for the 2018 fiscal year, down by around 8%from the current level, and suggests removing, reducing or capping funding forareas such as crop insurance, rural ......

The European Commission’s agriculture and environment units are to establish a joint task force on water and have also asked the EU Joint Research Centre to establish a ‘Knowledge Hub’ to make existing water data available across the EU. ......

Commissioners Phil Hogan and Karmenu Vella presented a joint ‘staff working document’ on water in agriculture during the informal Council of EU farm ministers in Malta this week (May 22-23), which will feed into the reflections on the post-2020 CAP...

New EU organic sector legislation will likely contain no EU-wide threshold for decertification, sources have told Agra Europe at the Informal Council of Agricultural Ministers in Malta. Member states are once again working towards a renewed compromise text for a...

No dia 16 de Maio, no plenário do colégio de comissários, foi lançada uma questão sobre a autorização do glifosato.

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan will next month co-present to MEPs a proposal on fairer regulation of the bloc’s food supply chain. Noticia completa com a subscrição.