Agriculture – Food

EU Debates on Food, Farming, Fisheries. EU safety and quality of agricultural and food products, supports businesses, communities and promotes sustainable practices.

EU Parliament asks farmers to gradually end caged farming

MEPs back "End the Cage Age" European Citizens’ Initiative in Brussels and ask farmers to gradually end caged farming in…

4 years ago

Halloumi Cyprus cheese joins EU PDO – Protected designation of origin

European Commission registered Halloumi cheese, the most prominent animal product of Cyprus, as a European PDO - Protected designation of…

4 years ago

Global food prices rise for 10th month in a row – FAO report

Global food commodity prices rose in March, marking their tenth consecutive monthly increase, with quotations for vegetable oils and dairy…

4 years ago

EU, Norway and the UK agreed on post Brexit North Sea fisheries access

In a post Brexit trilateral format EU, Norway and the United Kingdom agreed on the management of fisheries access in…

4 years ago

New European fishing rules include CCTV for certain vessels

MEPs agreed in Brussels to use new technologies and CCTV to better enforce fishing rules and improve security and transparency.…

4 years ago

Food is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions

More than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity can be attributed to the way we produce,…

4 years ago

EU-US negotiations on agricultural quotas agreement

The European Union and the United States have concluded negotiations to adjust the European Union's World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural…

4 years ago

African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries

African swine fever (ASF) is an infectious lethal disease affecting domestic pigs and wild boar and in 2020 it has…

4 years ago

Food waste just feeds climate change

More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, in…

4 years ago

Impact of COVID-19 on people’s livelihoods, health and food systems

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public…

4 years ago

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