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The European Commission has launched the call for applications to set up the EU agri-food chain Observatory (AFCO). The creation of this Observatory that will look at production costs, margins and trading...

The Bioeconomy Changemakers Festival is a festival of events organised by the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation) in cooperation with the Bioeconomy Youth Ambassadors. The Bioeconomy Changemakers Festival aims to engage...

The EU Farm to Fork Strategy has sparked a debate about the future of European agriculture. We used the GRAFS accounting methodology to describe the agri-food system of Europe...

This report summarizes the key findings of a project commissioned by DG RTD to develop national and EU roadmaps for achieving the European Green Goals in sustainable food systems, smart...

The European Union (EU) plans to decarbonize the region by 2050. As highlighted by the Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy, food systems are essential for this transition. Here we...

Making food systems sustainable is one of the main priority areas of action for the EU. Policies and actions are required to stimulate dietary changes by creating a more favourable...

Food systems are the largest users of land and water resources worldwide. Using a multi-model approach to track food through the global trade network, we calculated...

Food consumption is responsible for most global water consumption and associated environmental consequences. Therefore, quantifying and monitoring the water footprint (WF) of food consumption patterns is relevant...

In the Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan the European Union has set an ambitious and ground-breaking goal to reduce by 50% nutrient...

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is an agency of the European Union set up in 2002 to serve as an impartial source of scientific advice to risk managers and to communicate on risks associated...