The will step up checks that transporters are sticking to agreements as they carry grain out of Ukraine, in a bid to address protesting ‘ concerns and free up trade that is helping the …

Furious drive their protests home to leaders.And more demonstrations are planned in their revolt against high costs, climate change…

Within the , the diversity of types is important, in terms of size from very large to typical family farms or semi-subsistence and subsistence micro-farms, of on- diversification or specialisation or off- sources of income. In addition, throughout , there is a rapid structural decreasing trend of number of farms and active …

Move by Ursula von der Leyen welcomed by after weeks of protests across . This live blog is closed ‘Symbol of polarisation’: scraps plans to halve use of pesticides

As part of the new changes, member states will now have to make sure that at least 35 per cent of their rural development budget and 25 per cent of direct payments to are dedicated to …

A Politico analysis showed between 2022 and 2023, prices paid to sunk by more than 10% across 11 countries. are also grappling with climate change — regular water shortages …

Commission wants , landowners to lead carbon removal push. With a newly proposed regulation, the European Commission aims to set -wide standards for certifying the removal of carbon …

Protests in Belgium. “Around 200 gathered in central Brussels on Wednesday, saying they can no longer cope with regulations and tumbling earnings, according to Le Soit newspaper,” Horobin and Seputyte reported. “Smaller family are behind many of the protests across the bloc,” Corbet and Casert wrote.

German staged a week of national strikes earlier this month. But, across , discontent is often fuelled by anger with policies. The agricultural sector has always viewed with …

Coronavirus crisis support for . Sustaining agricultural markets: On 22 April, the Commission announced a series of measures to support those agricultural markets worst hit by the crisis. The package of proposals would provide aid for the withdrawal from the market and private storage of certain products (skimmed milk powder, butter …

in Poland, Spain, Italy, and Hungary demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against farming policies and demanded measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits, and unfair competition from non- countries. complain that the 27-nation ’s environmental and agriculture policies related to the European Green Deal are a financial burden […]

Copa-Cogeca, lobby group representing . Mr Juncker’s claims about the deal’s size refer to the scale of such potential tariff reductions rather than the overall economic impact of …

On 26 January 2021, the Commission facilitated discussions amongst a wide variety of stakeholders in the food sector to design an Code of Conduct on responsible business and marketing practices as one of the first initiatives to be delivered under the to Fork Strategy. The to Fork Strategy is an integral part of the European Green …

The FT’s Big Read on farming policy and the experience of European was timely and important ().The ’s to Fork strategy is a well-justified and genuine attempt to address the …

Italians feel ‘betrayed by ’. In Italy, another founder member of the , and their tractors took to the streets on Monday. They are angry about rising fuel costs, inflation, …

10/19/2021 October 19, 2021. and lobby groups are split on an agricultural reform that may increase ‘ incomes and consumers’ prices. A joint report reveals a rift between …

Over half of the ’s 9 million farms produce less than 4,000 euros of products per year and make up a combined 2 percent of ’s production, while the top 1 percent of farms …

should pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, Denmark’s climate minister has said, as Brussels struggles to rein in a sector projected to become the bloc’s biggest polluter by 2040 …

First published on Wed 31 Jan 2024 08.45 EST. protesting across have won their first concession from Brussels, with the announcing a delay in rules that would have forced them to …

The environment secretary, Elizabeth Truss, refused to say what an exit would mean for British , saying only that the government wanted to stay in an single market.

call for more clarity in the CAP, less red tape, more effective support and, in general, better value for their work. This is what is needed to sow the seeds of food security and sustainability. In recent months, our have taken to the streets to express their discontent and unease about their way of life and the future of …

At present, Mr Varley estimates that for every pound received in subsidies from the , Clinton Devon Estates spends four times as much on environmental and public benefit schemes, such as a …

Kurt Zindulka. 19 May 2024. Argentine President Javier Milei stole the show in Madrid on Sunday, as he urged Europeans to reject pushed by “global elites” in a rally for populist parties before the Parliament elections. Greeted with thunderous applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of around 11,000, libertarian …

The Congress of European represents a key moment for Copa-Cogeca and its members, cooperatives and ’ organisations from across the . Since 2005, the European ’ Congress has been organised every two years in a different country in partnership with Copa-Cogeca’s local members. Due to Covid-19, the last Congress was …

To meet the environmental commitments of the Green Deal, must implement land-use change strategies. These strategies involve a combination of conservation practices that aim to reduce negative environmental impacts and improve sustainability. Establishing agroforestry systems – Agroforestry is an integrated approach which combines …

May 28, 2021 6:33 pm CET. By Eddy Wax and Gabriela Galindo. governments showed their true colors on reforming the bloc’s mammoth policy this week — and that color’s not green. Four days of negotiations billed as the prime moment to finalize a new Common Agricultural Policy blew up on Friday in a skull-crunching head-to-head clash …

In response, the Commission is taking action to stop a new rule, part of the ’s so-called to Fork strategy to deal with climate change, which would have required to cut their …

Polish with national flags and angry slogans written on boards protest against green policies that trim their production and against cheap grain and other food imports from Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. have been protesting for weeks across the . (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Tamás Orbán. — February 3, 2024. Thousands of angry participated in Thursday’s revolt against environmental policies in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels. The demonstrators blockaded the entire district with hundreds of tractors and besieged the Parliament building, and were only stopped at the barricades …

Protests in Belgium. “Around 200 gathered in central Brussels on Wednesday, saying they can no longer cope with regulations and tumbling earnings, according to Le Soit newspaper,” Horobin and Seputyte reported. “Smaller family are behind many of the protests across the bloc,” Corbet and Casert wrote. “They complain …

The ’S to Fork plan. The ’s to Fork strategy, often described as the heart of the European Green Deal, was adopted in 2020 and strengthened in October 2021. It sets …

At a recent policy seminar, 21st Century Agricultural Policies: The 2013 CAP and 2014 US Bill, a panel of experts outlined the respective agricultural policies of the and US. Jean-Christophe Bureau from AgroParis Tech began with a presentation of the 2014 CAP reform from the member states.

First introduced in in 1962, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a common policy for all countries. It is regularly updated to ensure can make a reasonable living, consumers can rely on safe food supplies and to tackle evolving threats to agriculture and rural living, such as climate change.

In 20211, the average income per worker in the , as reported by FADN, amounted to EUR 28 8002. This figure reflects a continuous increase over the past decade, with a slowdown observed in 2020 [Graph 1] during the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to 2013, the income per worker was 56% higher in 2021, far outpacing inflation during the …

Spanish and cooperatives organisations demand guarantees for “reciprocity” and a level playing field between the and Mercosur. A FREE TRADE ZONE However, in terms of trade advantages, the agreement is an attractive one. The deal will remove tariffs for 99% of agricultural trade, open markets for 88% of agricultural

Spain’s are at the heart of what is known as ‘Emptied Spain’, the large swathes of the countryside suffering depopulation and with it inadequate services. -wide agriculture generates a mere 1.4% of the bloc’s GDP, provides 4.2% of employment and receives around a whopping 30% of the budget.

With this support and €307 billion in funding from 2023 to 2027, will keep delivering quality, safe and nutritious food to all of us. The medium-term outlook report covers the period until 2035 and looks at production, consumption and trade in the arable crop, dairy, meat, olive oil and wine sectors, in addition to agricultural income.

Trying to shift the centre-right and far-right electoral narrative on agriculture, which have capitalised on the ’ protest to target the ’s Green Deal, the Socialists state that “we …

In the , the main policy of interest is the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which distributes around one third of the entire budget as subsidies to across the Union. The CAP is currently under review, and the way this support will be distributed under the new policy will be decisive for what types of farming practices will …

with their tractors attend a protest in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. For fourth non stop days, in Spain have staged tractor protests across the country, blocking highways and causing traffic jams to demand of changes in policies and funds and measures to combat production cost hikes.