Italy. The streets of Milan were the target of Italian tractor-driving on Thursday as they gathered to against the EU’s agricultural policy and increased production costs. …

across this week have highlighted how and households are both hurting these days because of multiple factors, including persistent inflation, high interest rates and …

across are angry over EU climate policies and food imports from Ukraine that they say threaten their livelihoods. Such have occurred across the 27-member EU in recent weeks, but the one on Wednesday in Warsaw was decidedly angrier than earlier demonstrations in this central nation.

France is increasing pressure on the Commission to address complaints raised by protesting , including about imports from Ukraine and a trade deal being negotiated with Latin …

The Polish say they will continue their industrial actions until March 10th. Similar have taken place across the bloc in recent weeks. complain that the 27-nation EU’s …

Protesting , who drove their tractors into the heart of the city and filled streets with manure, are angry at low food prices, cheap imports and new EU environmental measures. Barbed wire …

Many of the across are driven by smaller , disillusioned at national and EU agricultural policy, together with the purchasing power of large super market chains and the …

30) PARIS (AP) — have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. The say their protests aren’t a moment too soon. Grievances have long been brewing in the ’s leading agricultural power.

For instance, the expects overall cereal production to be 4.3 percent below the 5-year average this season, mainly because of adverse weather conditions. Simply put, there’s no food without , just as there’s no farming without nature. Currently, the European Commission estimates that 60 to 70 percent of European soil is unhealthy …

A large part of the ‘s budget is devoted to supporting agriculture. Yet receive a given amount per hectare – so large farms receive way more money than the small ones, to the extent that 25 percent of all receive only 1.3 percent of the available funds.

’ protests against rising costs in the agricultural sector and falling prices for their produce are spreading across the . The Commission’s reaction to the protests in late January was to propose to allow Member States to extend by one more year the derogation of good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standard 8 on devoting a minimum share of arable land to non …

Organic can also benefit from advice on best practice or on how to adopt new and innovative solutions. This can improve efficiency and therefore boost profit margins. The agricultural European innovation partnership (EIP-AGRI) works to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry that ‘achieves more and better from less’.

’ in Netherlands Reflects Rise of Popular Revolts gather with their vehicles next to a Germany/Netherlands border sign during a on the A1 highway near Rijssen, Netherlands, June 29. They are protesting the Dutch Government’s nitrogen plans, which would eliminate a sizable number of .

are now looking ahead to a Union summit that starts on Thursday in Brussels, where Mr. Macron is expected to lobby on behalf of French . Image A barricade in Aix-en …

Spanish are staging another day of protests, with thousands of tractors blocking roads across the country and advancing on Barcelona. Catalonia’s regional police force, the Mossos d …

The move is an apparent concession to who have been protesting in many countries against regulations including the planned reduction in pesticide use. Ms von der Leyen said the proposal …

European will face several challenges in the future, as they continue to supply food and non-food products and at the same time, contribute to this transition. The challenges are wide ranging and include: climate change, resource scarcity, infrastructural issues and changes in food demand/diet habits.

protest in France, blocking roads to Paris with manure and equipment 02:14. All across the , say the increase in green measures is hitting their livelihood by limiting …

Number of Partners (vendors): 728. List of Partners (vendors) have held largescale protests across this past month, including in France, Germany and Belgium.

Welcome to our coverage of the ‘ in London this evening. Two activist groups have called on to drive their tractors to Westminster for a “go-slow” . The protestors …

by Ashoka Mukpo on 14 September 2023. In this three-part series, Mongabay breaks down the Dutch “nitrogen crisis” and the great ’ of 2022. In 2019 and 2022, was …

complain that the 27-nation ’s policies on the environment and other matters are a financial burden and make their products more expensive than non- imports. Advertisement 2 Story …

In collaboration with Deloitte and NTT Data. If are supported to take climate-smart actions the could reduce its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 6%, restore soil health of over 14% of its total agricultural land, and add between €1.9bn and €9.3 billion annually to ’ incomes. Transforming Food …

’ protest turns deadly for mother and daughter ‘defending the profession’. Paris: Spreading demonstrations by French against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy …

The Protein Strategy is an ongoing piece of work looking at all proteins produced, from plants and pulses to animals and lab-grown proteins. The strategy appears to create some conflict between sustainable food production and a demand on to produce other things such as energy.

The Advisory System makes innovative knowledge and practices accessible to all . “We are facing a major transformation of the agricultural sector that requires a shift towards more environmentally-friendly practices without undermining economic sustainability” explains Tassos Haniotis, Director of Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis in the European Commission’s …

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will spend 387 billion euros ($473 billion), around a third of the ‘s 2021-2027 budget, on payments to and support for rural development, with new …

Updated: 15/03/2024 – 21:05. Video. Polish protest against Ukrainian imports Green Deal. European have called for changes to Green Deal restrictions and the re-imposition of …

BRUSSELS — One person was arrested and two police officers were injured in Brussels’ Quarter on Tuesday during a rowdy ‘ which turned violent as demonstrators started throwing firebombs and debris at law enforcement. About 250 tractors arrived in Brussels in the early hours of Tuesday morning, in a new demonstration …

Angry block roads and walk cattle through busy streets as -wide spread. are being held in Ireland, Greece, Italy, France, Bulgaria, Belgium and Holland

More , Ukraine aid, Yulia Navalnaya in focus This WEEK. agriculture ministers will meet in Brussels on Monday (26 February) to discuss a commisison proposal to cut red tape for the sector and simplify obligations that must comply with to receive funds. Some 1,500 tractors are expected in the European quarter on the same day of …

’ demonstration shuts down Berlin city centre. Peter Schwarz. 17 January 2024. A mass demonstration by on Monday brought the centre of Berlin to a standstill. Over 6,000 vehicles …

International Relations • June 8, 2021 • Achin Vanaik. The ongoing struggle of in India is the most significant mass mobilization in decades and represents the biggest challenge to the government of Narendra Modi since it first came to power in 2014. The three agricultural reform laws forced through Parliament during the pandemic …

In this issue of , Scown et al. assess the ’s Common Agricultural Policy’s payment distributions. Their findings indicate strong biases, requiring the to address payment inequality among and to target subsidies specifically toward reversing environmental degradation, decarbonizing agriculture, and halting biodiversity losses.

Published 2:24 PM PDT, July 6, 2022. As thousands of in the Netherlands protest the government’s plans to slash emissions that livestock produce in their waste, old and out-of-context footage is circulating on social media with false claims that it shows the current demonstrations. A video of a tank being returned to a warehouse is …

The ’ that swept were a culmination of several factors such as extreme weather conditions, cheap foreign imports and lopsided subsidy cuts. ’ margins had been …

Spanish ‘ associations said on Tuesday they were planning to take to the streets in February in against strict regulations and lack of government support as unrest …

The ‘ Party ( Dutch: Boerenpartij, BP) was a Dutch agrarian political party, with a strong conservative outlook and a populist appeal. The BP was the first anti-establishment party elected into the Dutch House of Representatives after the Second World War . The BP was founded by Hendrik Koekoek. The party gained prominence in several …

A Polish police spokesperson reported that on Monday, blocked two German border crossings, utilizing tractors to halt traffic on the A2 highway at the Swiecko and Gubinek crossings. The …

Common agricultural policy. The common agricultural policy (CAP) is about food, the environment and the countryside. The CAP is a partnership between society and agriculture that ensures a stable supply of food, safeguards ’ income, protects the environment and keeps rural areas vibrant.