Germany’s incoming 'traffic light' coalition government has said it aims to accelerate the shift to ‘sustainable agriculture and food systems’, including an elevated ambition to have 30% of land under organic cultivation by 2030. How can this...
The scientific community is backing 10 ‘urgent actions’ it says will improve the Common Agricultural Policy, including transferring Direct Payments into payments for public goods.
Poland’s pig farmers have secured €9.3m in funds from the European Commission (EC) to support producers who have been hit by African swine fever (ASF).
The EU commissioner for agriculture has called for all stakeholders in the European food and agriculture industry, and the public, to collaborate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
European agricultural organisation Copa-Cogeca has asked for further targeted measures to be introduced by the EU, to help support the pigmeat sector, as part of a package of support for the agriculture sector.
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said there are still a number of “crucial” issues to be addressed in order to ensure a workable CAP for Northern Ireland.
Sugar users were dealt a blow on sugar quota reform yesterday, after the European agriculture committee voted to extend the current system to 2020, rejecting a proposal to end quotas by 2015.
European farming group Copa-Cogeca has warned that the EU beef industry is facing a “serious situation” and called on policy makers to address the problems affecting the sector.
The French and Bulgarian agriculture ministers, Bruno Le Maire and Miroslav Naydenov, are about to sign an agreement to co-operate for the future of European agriculture.
The EU is set to abolish the system of sugar production quotas for the bloc as well as guaranteed minimum prices from 2016, according to a Brussels source.
Food industry operators in Belgium have set out a code of conduct that aims to streamline the supply and production chain and avoid extreme price fluctuations in the future.
The European food supply chain is being crushed between a hammer and an anvil, according to the Belgian food industry association Fevia, which is setting out to contribute to better understanding between actors and more collaboration.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) health check proposals made by
the Commission yesterday are directed at streamlining the policy
and helping farmers respond to increasing demands.
The European Commission yesterday outlined reforms the bloc's
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), proposing further
measures aimed at weaning farmers off handouts and boosting
commodity supplies.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday performed a partial
U-turn on his country's anti-CAP stance, signalling that debate on
reforms will kick off during the French EU presidency in the second
half of 2008.
Mariann Fischer Boel, Europe's agriculture commissioner, has
highlighted key area for the upcoming CAP 'Health Check', as the EU
gears up to making the common agricultural policy stronger and more
flexible.
The EU has adopted a decision to recover a total of €285.3m
misspent by member states under Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),
the latest indication of tightening controls over farm spending.
EU agriculture minister Mariann Fischer Boal is willing to consider
a transition period for the adoption of EU fruit and vegetable
reforms, according to reports, which would act as a cushion for the
processing sector.
Quality will be key to a strong European food sector, agriculture
commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel told a Brussels conference on
food quality certification yesterday.
The UK's food and farming minister has revealed how almost £500
million of additional support for sugar reform will be incorporated
within the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) over the next seven years.
Ireland's prime minister Bertie Ahern has called for the food
industry to support the CAP, at a time when the system is coming
under intense criticism.
Voicing his full support for reform of Europe's agricultural
policy, UK farm minister Lord Whitty told farmers this week to
'seize the opportunities' that could pave the way to a profitable
future.
As European politicians make hesitant steps towards sustainable
agriculture through reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP), scientists assert that the main focus of agricultural
research has shifted from production to assessing...
Last week's agreement on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy -
even watered down as it was - has been welcomed by the EU's food
and drink manufacturers as a step in the right direction.
The debate on reform to the Common Agricultural Policy may be in
full swing but it's business as normal at the European Commission
with the body announcing this week that it has approved funding
worth €19.2 million for a host...
European Commissioner for agriculture, Franz Fischler - the
crusader of farm reform in Europe - yesterday defended his much
maligned proposed amendments to the common agricultural policy
(CAP) before MEPs in the European Parliament.
As discussions continue at a European level on the proposed new
reform to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), farmers in the UK
are to launch a cross-industry campaign that aims to bridge the gap
between consumer and producer.
Decoupling would secure significant income gains for EU farmers,
writes the European Commission this week. The comment on the link
between production and subsidy - so called 'decoupling' - is in
response to the release of...
'Sustainability', the buzz word in European Commission corridors
and a focal point of the new Common Agricultural Policy, plays a
key role in a new initiative launched by retailer ASDA for a string
of Scottish stores.
The European food and drink industry this week gave a vote of
confidence to the radical revamp of the 41 year old Common
Agricultural Policy proposed by European Agriculture Commissioner
Franz Fischler - but gave a clear warning about...
The Confederation of the food and drink industries of the EU (CIAA)
has given the thumbs up to a radical mid-term review of the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) as outlined by European Agriculture
Commissioner Franz Fischler this...
"The CAP is a policy area where consumers want to be fully
involved and heard," claimed Franz Fischler, EU Commissioner
for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, at a recent
meeting of the Consumer Committee in Brussels.
Portugal is adding to the pressure within the European Union to
reform its common agricultural policy. Portugal is proposing a new
environmentally-friendly...
Food security is a top priority for the Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP), stated Franz Fischler European Commissioner for Agriculture,
Rural Development...
