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Home2012October

Month: October 2012

Latest from EU Member States

Growing doubt: US warning to European farmers

October 31, 2012 ARC

Greenpeace campaign urges EU not to authorise herbicide-tolerant genetically engineered crops […]

Latest from Brussels

Budget briefing

October 31, 2012 ARC

Brussels update from viEUws […]

Latest from EU Member States

Member States want to postpone aid convergence

October 31, 2012 Samuel Féret

Distribution of direct aid among farmers discussed at of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture of October 22 […]

Latest from EU Member States

Land grabbing in Romania

October 30, 2012 ARC

German documentary […]

Latest from Brussels

Cyprus presents revised Negotiating Box for the MFF

October 30, 2012 ARC

Council presidency preparations for the November Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) meeting […]

Recent updates

EU funding gone bananas

October 26, 2012 Peter Crosskey

BananaLink demands answers […]

Latest from EU Member States

Italy, France and Spain join forces on the CAP

October 23, 2012 ARC

Tripatrie agreement on expenditures and application of the CAP reform […]

Latest from the ARC network

Red Alert!!

October 23, 2012 ARC

Call for action […]

Main stories

Rights to Food – FAO milestone

October 22, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Right to Food adopted as an integral part of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Committee on Food Security policy […]

Latest from EU Member States

Agrochemical lobbyists barred from French parliament?

October 22, 2012 Peter Crosskey

French parliament register of accredited lobbyists is being cleaned-up […]

Latest from EU Member States

Cultivating local preferences in Oxford

October 19, 2012 Peter Crosskey

An example of local agricultural project in Oxford […]

Latest from the ARC network

Opportunity for CLLD

October 18, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Report from Open Days […]

Latest from EU Member States

Sowing the Future

October 18, 2012 ARC

Seed Community Systems […]

Latest from key partners

Via Campesina marks World Food Day

October 17, 2012 Peter Crosskey

The World Food Day denounces daily violation of farmer’s rights. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Thousands of Irish farmers march in Dublin

October 16, 2012 Peter Crosskey

The Irish Farmers’ Association puts pressure on his Ministries to keep the CAP budget high. […]

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