By Philip Blenkinsop and Gabriela Baczynska. BRUSSELS -The will distribute 500 million euros ($550 million) to help and allow them to grow crops on fallow land to mitigate …

The European Commission’s roadmap on how to cut emissions by 90% by 2040, which will be published later today, “no longer includes a reference to a 30% reduction target in methane, nitrogen and other gases linked to farming”, the Financial Times reports, citing officials. This follows “widespread demonstrations” by in …

Why ’s are protesting – and the far right is taking note. Read more. Pieter de Pous, a nature expert at the climate thinktank E3G, said: “Macron, under the weight of Marine Le …

Spanish attend a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Madrid. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Share 21 Feb 2024 05.38 EST

Changing ’s farming practices is proving to be extremely difficult, particularly as parliamentary elections approach in June. are a potent political force, and food and farming are …

French & Belgian are angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies & cheap food imports. They have blocked highways & access roads to a major c…

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

STRASBOURG — French President Emmanuel Macron is increasingly the ‘ friend as he gears up for an expected reelection race in April next year. When he came to power in 2017, Macron took a more confrontational approach to France’s agricultural heartlands by appointing Nicolas Hulot as a campaigning environment minister, who was willing …

A recent poll undertaken by Weekly asked 577 how they were going to vote on 23 June. This was self-selected to represent the profile of farming in the UK. 58% said they would vote to leave, 31% would vote to remain and 11% were undecided.

Future in . “Go for it. Choose the rural alternative. Reclaim the fields!” All around , young urban people with no agricultural background decide to start a , often using principles of agroecology and community supported agriculture. Despite the many difficulties these new face, their practices are innovative …

Feb 01, 2024, 04:32 PM. BRUSSELS/PARIS – Columns of tractors lined up in the streets of Brussels early on Thursday to press a summit of leaders to do more to help with taxes …

The governments of Hungary and Poland, in turn, have blamed the for allegedly being slow to address the income losses suffered by their . In late March, the offered a €56.3 million ($62.2 million) financial support package to compensate affected in Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland, of which about €30 million ($33 million …

To help deal with crises, 15% of farms will receive support to subscribe to insurance premia, participate in mutual funds or in other risk management tools. The level of support for protein crops/legumes through coupled income support will increase by 25% compared to 2022. This will help reduce the dependence of on

The ’s common agricultural policy turns 60 in 2022. Over the decades, the policy has remained true to its original goal of securing ’s food supply, but it also adapted to changing needs and challenges like climate change. Listen to European in this story telling about how the ‘s CAP has helped them run and develop their business.

President Donald Trump isn’t known for ideological consistency but his demand of credit for a second multibilllion-dollar bailout of US creates a new level of discord with his attacks on …

Dozens of tractors and hundreds of returned to Madrid on Sunday denouncing the Union’s agricultural politics. Organisers claimed that 1,000 people attended the , but the …

02/27/2024. Polish took to the streets of Warsaw demanding a ban on food imports from Ukraine. Under pressure, Poland’s prime minister is considering a broader ban on Ukrainian food …

5 October 2015. (Image: Scott Barbour/Getty) It’s a landslide. More than half the 28 countries in the , including Germany and France, have decided to ban their from growing …

This does not include either part-time whose major income is gained elsewhere, or women whose labor in the house, barn and garden contributes so vitally to the operation of the . The Russian statistics of those employed in agriculture include all those carrying on the activities of the state and collective farms.

Last modified on Tue 21 Feb 2023 01.01 EST. “The clock is ticking” to support Britain’s battered by a storm of rising costs, labour shortages, bird flu and post-Brexit changes to …

‘s angry fuel backlash against ahead of elections. MONTAUBAN, France, Feb 1 (Reuters) – In the last 12 months, the cost of running Jean-Marie Dirat’s lamb in southwest France …

in step up protests against rising costs, green rules. Spanish, Italian are joining protest movement which has also hit Germany . Published: January 31, 2024 19:35 Reuters.

VIDEO: from The U.K to Spain have been engaging in frequent, highly publicized this summer, but do you know why? The reasons are varied, but mostly involve new restrictions imposed on by the EU to combat climate change, restrictions the feel will likely drive them to bankruptcy.

Opinion surveys show that most citizens by far rank climate change as a serious problem, and 88% say they’re on board with the EU’s 2050 carbon-neutral target. Many of the …

Aims of the common agricultural policy. Launched in 1962, the ’s common agricultural policy (CAP) is a partnership between agriculture and society, and between and its . It aims to: support and improve agricultural productivity, ensuring a stable supply of affordable food; safeguard to make a …

By Reuters February 20, 2024. are protesting across the , saying they are facing rising costs and taxes, red tape, excessive environmental rules and competition from cheap food imports. Demonstrations have been taking place for weeks in countries including France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy and …

That is why an ambitious group of multistakeholder leaders have come together under the ‘Carbon+ Farming Journey’ Coalitionto work hand-in-hand with to help drive the necessary transition of European food systems to deliver critical and urgent outcomes that benefit the climate, nature and people. Working with European .

6 February 2024. Reuters. in several countries are trying to put pressure on the and their governments to address their grievances. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von …

The EPP had been eyeing the title of “’ party” long before demonstrations swept at the start of this year. In 2023, the group scaled-up its efforts to derail new sustainability …

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 …

26 Feb 2024. have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tyres in a fresh show of force as Union agriculture ministers …

Item 1 of 10 A person wearing a yellow jacket holds a smoke flare as Polish against the Union’s Green Deal and imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, in Lublin, Poland.

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

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

The ’s program is one of the largest subsidy schemes in the world. It represents 40 percent of the European budget — money that is meant to support and sustain rural …

[1/10] Tractors are reflected on a wing mirror as French try to reach Paris during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across …

blockaded roads and burned tyres, as EU leaders converged for a summit in the Belgian capital. The demonstrations are the latest in weeks of around the bloc against …

Enter, the real problem. The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is supposed to safeguard the livelihood of EU , but it is instead one of the root causes behind the decline of small . Between 2005 and 2020, the number of in the EU decreased by almost 40%, forcing approximately 5.3 million out of business.

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.