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Food trade plays a key role in achieving global food security. With a growing consumer demand for diverse food products, transportation has emerged as a key link...

This workshop report summarises the presentations at a workshop for Parties to the Nagoya Protocol organised by the EU in Brussels in November 2017.

Insect-based food and feed have received a lot of attention recently. The EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy, for example, mentions insects as an alternative feed material that could reduce the environmental...

In a new book, Transformation of our food systems - the making of a paradigm shift, 40 international experts set out the highlights and trends in food production since 2009...

What does it mean for a food and agriculture company to be aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Despite growing corporate sustainability efforts, the answer to this question...

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition...

Proposals shall assess and deliver better nutrition performance of African farming systems, strengthening the agro-biodiversity (and integrated aquaculture systems) and food diversity. They shall...

Research on healthy foods and diets focuses on the nutritional needs and the impact of food on physiological functions and physical and mental performance. The activities aim at studying the links between diet...

Research includes all stages: food design, packaging, process design and control, waste reduction and by-product valorisation. It addresses critical issues such as affordable...

The Commission's proposal for Horizon Europe, strategic planning, implementation, news, related links.