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The European Union is one of the world’s largest agro-food players. In an ever-changing economic and policy environment, the EU agro-food system has demonstrated its resilience and the ability to keep...

Against the backdrop of ongoing farmers' protests and based on information from the Belgian presidency and a non-paper on simplification prepared by the European Commission, agriculture ministers discussed the current crisis and challenges...

Making the agri-food sector more sustainable is pivotal in achieving European Green Deal (EGD) ambitions. EU regulation, innovative high-tech farming approaches, shifting consumer...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a venture debt loan of €15 million, backed by the InvestEU programme, with CrowdFarming, an online platform for European farmers to sell...

This paper looks for empirical support to the existence of a positive nexus between economic and environmental performance in farming as implied by the Sustainable Intensification hypothesis. As the ecological scale at which this nexus...

Europe’s shift to a sustainable food system will involve huge changes in the way we produce and consume food. Achieving this depends on ambitious and coherent EU policies...

Europe’s shift to a sustainable food system will involve huge changes in the way we produce and consume food. Achieving this depends on ambitious and coherent EU policies...

Measures to maintain a sustainable European fertilisers’ production, optimise use and reduce dependency on mineral fertilisers. The Communication outlines several best practices and ways ahead to...

Every step of the food production chain needs to be overhauled to meet the challenge the world faces.