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Statistics on sales of pesticides are used as an indicator of pesticide consumption in agriculture. Over the period 2011-2018, the sales

Overall, imports of organic agri-food products remained stable between 2018 and 2019. In terms of products, imports of organic cereals

Para ajudar a reparar os danos económicos e sociais causados pela pandemia de coronavírus, impulsionar a recuperação da economia

Already 135 million people are on the brink of starvation because of conflict, climate change, extreme poverty and economic crises. The pandemic, and resulting loss of income, could nearly double that number to 265 million. Without sufficient action, there will...

La Comisión Europea publicó el miércoles -27 de mayo- su nuevo proyecto de presupuesto comunitario para el período 2021-2027 y la PAC se llevará

An international team of almost 50 experts identified 75 emerging innovations and 8 action points that can help speed up the transition to a

Nature has spent millions of years evolving answers to problems. It has come up with ingenious solutions to build strong structures, harvest energy and produce iridescent colours. Scientists are increasingly turning to the natural world for inspiration to create new,...

La propuesta de reforma de la PAC que hay actualmente sobre la mesa es perfectamente compatible con los objetivos de las estrategias “de la granja a

An estimated 12.7 million tonnes of cows’ milk were collected from EU farms in March 2020, which was +1.2% higher than in March 2019.

How do you feed a city? It is one of the great questions of our time. After all, for a species that ultimately depends on plants to feed

In 2019, 15.9 million people aged over 15 were employed in the food supply sector in the European Union (EU), representing 8% of total employment.

The common agricultural policy (CAP) reform, proposed by the European Commission in June 2018, introduces a more flexible, performance and

The future common agricultural policy (CAP) puts forward a modernised and simplified approach to enable EU agriculture to meet the ever-evolving

In December 2019, the European Parliament declared a climate and environmental emergency in Europe and across the globe – a recognition of

La Comisión Europea (CE) presentará el próximo miércoles su estrategia “De la granja a la mesa”, que abre el debate sobre la oportunidad de

Los acontecimientos de los últimos tres meses no han alterado la agenda del vicepresidente de la CE, Frans Timmermans, quien pese a todas las alarmas

Son días cruciales para el campo europeo, también el español, y tanto el comisario de Agricultura como el ministro español del ramo, Luis Planas,

The bounty of food we can find on supermarket shelves across Europe is the result of knowledge accumulated over thousands of years by generations of farmers. But with the global human population likely to increase by 2.2 billion over the...

Unión de Uniones informa que está en fase de consulta en el seno del Comité de Fondos Agrícolas de la UE la propuesta de la Comisión de Reglamento de Ejecución que fijaría la tasa de ajuste de los pagos directos...

Um sistema de tratamento de dejetos suínos inova ao combinar processos biológicos e químicos para remover conjuntamente carbono, nitrogênio e

As the world population grows, it will be a challenge to meet everyone’s nutritional needs with traditional sources of protein. The global population is expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years while meat production is...

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...

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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...