Using less chemical pesticides: European Commission publishes toolbox of good practices
Controlling pests that damage crops and plants is necessary both to safeguard food security and to ensure viable income to...
Bioeconomy: EU is moving towards its goals, but environmental challenges persist
The bioeconomy covers all sectors and systems that rely on biological resources. An assessment of the progress and the trends...
Summer CEmp 2023 em Ponte da Barca: estão abertas as candidaturas
A edição deste ano do Summer CEmpVer esta ligação noutra línguaPT•••, a escola de verão da Representação da Comissão Europeia em...
Fair winter conditions after a very warm start
No frost-kill damage is expected as winter temperatures return to normal after an exceptionally warm period. There are still concerns...
Food insecurity and the knock-on effects of COVID-19 in the hungriest countries
The number of people battling acute hunger and suffering from malnutrition is on the rise again. The upheaval set in...
Webinar Eurostat: Key figures on the European food chain – 22 de fevereiro
If you are interested in EU agriculture and fisheries statistics and in the wider farm-to-fork chain, Eurostat has the perfect...
The Green Deal Industrial Plan: putting Europe’s net-zero industry in the lead
Today, the Commission presents a Green Deal Industrial Plan to enhance the competitiveness of Europe's net-zero industry and support the fast transition...
Biodiversidade: Comissão intenta ação no Tribunal de Justiça contra seis Estados-Membros por não prevenirem a propagação de espécies exóticas invasoras prejudiciais para o meio ambiente europeu
A Comissão decidiu hoje intentar uma ação contra a Bulgária, a Irlanda, a Grécia, a Itália, a Letónia e Portugal perante o...
Agricultural Commodity Prices – Dezembro 2022
This price dashboard provides a monthly summary of price data for the most representative agricultural inputs, agricultural products and consumer...
Ukraine & Russia: source of 1/3 of EU cereal imports
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of the whole of Ukraine in February 2022, there have been concerns over a...
Perguntas e respostas sobre o Novo Pacto para os Polinizadores
Por que razão precisamos de uma iniciativa europeia relativa aos polinizadores revista? Cerca de quatro em cada cinco espécies vegetais...
Segurança alimentar e resiliência dos ecossistemas: Comissão reforça medidas sobre os polinizadores
A Comissão apresenta hoje um «Novo Pacto para os Polinizadores» que visa combater o declínio alarmante dos insetos polinizadores selvagens...
2023 gets off to a fair start for winter crops
According to the January 2023 issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, December started with relatively...
Winter crops in fair to good condition, but frost tolerance remains weakly developed
According to the January 2022 issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, which was published today,...
Reduced yield outlook for summer crops in Europe
Hot and dry weather conditions take their toll According to the July issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop...
Organic farming in the EU – A decade of growth
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Agricultural annual prices in 2022 – first estimates
First estimates of agricultural price indices for 2022 indicate that they were substantially higher than 2021 for almost all the...
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in the European Parliament, Brussels; contribution to exchange of views with the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development about the consequences of inflation on the CAP budget.
The Commission has been carefully monitoring the various effects of the current situation on the agricultural sector in close collaboration...
Pacto Ecológico Europeu: análise dos principais fatores determinantes da segurança alimentar na UE e no mundo
A Comissão publicou hoje um documento de análise dos principais fatores que afetam a segurança alimentar, elaborado pelos serviços da...
Agricultura: comissão lança inquérito sobre práticas comerciais desleais na cadeia de abastecimento agroalimentar
A Comissão lançou o seu terceiro inquérito anual para avaliar a eficácia das medidas da UE contra as práticas comerciais...
EU Agricultural Outlook for markets, income and environment 2022-2032
The report presents the medium-term outlook for EU agricultural markets, income and environment until 2032. It is based on a...
EU agricultural prices continued to rise in Q3 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has significantly disturbed global agricultural markets in 2022. Russia and Ukraine had been major exporters...
20-fold variation in arable land prices across the EU
The price of one hectare of arable land in 2021 ranged from a low of €3 661 on average in...
Fuelwood production up by 4% since 2020
In 2021, roundwood production for fuelwood in the EU amounted to 118.5 million cubic metres (m3). This was a 4%...
Winter crops generally faring well
Temperatures presented a significant drop in the first half of December, after an exceptionally warm autumn, especially in the western...
Avian influenza cases in poultry and water birds on the rise
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases recorded in Europe among poultry and water birds have risen since the summer according...
EU’s agricultural labour productivity up by 13% in 2022
According to the first preliminary data for 2022 from the economic accounts for agriculture (EAA), the index of agricultural labour...
Ecosystems might lose 27% of vertebrate diversity by 2100
The two scientists generated hundreds of virtual Earths with one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers. They populated each with over...
€186 million to promote high quality and sustainable EU agri-food products
The European Commission will allocate €185.9 million in 2023 to fund promotion activities for sustainable and high quality EU agri-food products in...
Nova política agrícola comum: fixada para 1 de janeiro de 2023
A aprovação dos 28 planos estratégicos (um para cada país da UE e dois para a Bélgica) pela Comissão Europeia marca o início...
Recommendation for safe and sustainable chemicals published
Today, the Commission adopted a recommendation and its annex to promote research and innovation for safer and more sustainable chemicals...
It’s farming season on episode 9 of Stats in a Wrap
Did you know that every 10 years, since the late 1960s, European statistical offices collect information from every farm on...
Farm to fork: key figures on the European food chain
Eurostat released today the 2022 edition of Key figures on the European food chain, a publication focusing on the EU’s...
Facing increasing river flood risk in Europe: adaptation measures can save lives and billions of euro
Flood adaptation strategies are needed to face the increased intensity and probability of floods in most parts of Europe due...
Green Deal: EU agrees law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption
The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement just reached between the European Parliament and the Council on an EU Regulation on...
Pacto Ecológico Europeu: Comissão propõe certificação das remoções de carbono para ajudar a alcançar a neutralidade carbónica
A Comissão Europeia adotou hoje uma proposta relativa a um primeiro quadro voluntário à escala da UE para certificar de forma...
Supporting the transition to safe, nutritious and sustainable food: outcomes of the ONE Conference 2022
How can we improve food safety? What did the ONE Conference recommend? The outcomes and recommendations from our ONE Conference...
Sustainable Development Goals: EU regions’ engagement and filling the data gap
Today, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with EC’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy and Eurostat,...
Sulfites: safety concern for high consumers, but data lacking
Dietary intakes of sulfites could be a safety concern for high consumers of foodstuffs that contain the additives, EFSA’s experts...
Exceptionally warm autumn raises concerns in the south of Europe
Warm autumn mostly favourable for winter crops In most regions, the exceptionally warm temperatures, combined with adequate topsoil moisture conditions,...
