Global chemical production is growing rapidly, supporting the green and digital transitions but also creating risks for health and ecosystems. According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing...
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For many farmers, pest control in crops still heavily relies on chemical pesticides. The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) can financially support farmers to reduce...
The Commission has amended the data requirements and criteria for the approval of micro-organisms (the biggest group of biological pesticides) to accelerate approval and authorisation procedures and to increase the availability of biological...
The Commission presents the key measures to reduce the risk for human health and nature, deriving from the use of pesticides in Europe.
The statement that the continuation of widespread global hunger is unacceptable and that individuals have a right not to suffer from hunger and malnutrition has been accepted and proclaimed in many international instruments...
The objective of the Voluntary Guidelines is to provide practical guidance to States in their implementation of the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, in order to achieve...
By 2030, the consumer class is expected to reach almost 5 billion people. This means 1.3 billion more people with increased purchasing power than today.
The right to feed oneself in dignity and to be free from hunger is guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which today has been signed and ratified...
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Within the EU Ecolabel Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 66/2010), the European Commission carried out a revision of the EU Ecolabel criteria for ‘growing media, soil improvers...