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Home2017September

Month: September 2017

Latest from key partners

3rd European Rural Parliament in Venhorst, Netherlands

September 27, 2017 ARC

The Third European Rural Parliament will take place this year on October 18-21 in Venhorst in the Netherlands. So what is the European Rural Parliament? What are the topics and themes? And where is Venhorst anyway? […]

Latest from key partners

Agroecology in Mexico | Building Alternatives for Food Systems & Trade

September 26, 2017 Karen Hansen-Kuhn

Finally defeating the TPP is a necessary first step. Building the alternatives through agroecology will be a vital element of a new approach. IATP’s Karen Hansen-Kuhn brings us some inspiration from farmer organisations in Mexico, from her 2016 visit. […]

Main stories

“Toward pesticidovigilance” Slams Lack of Global Pesticide Regulation

September 22, 2017 Oliver Moore

“(T)he effects of dosing whole landscapes with chemicals have been largely ignored by regulatory systems. This can and should be changed.” Top pesticide advisors criticise weakness of global pesticide regulation […]

Latest from key partners

CETA’s Bitter Taste for European Food and Agriculture

September 21, 2017 Shefali Sharma

In September, most of the EU-Canadian free trade agreement known as CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) provisionally came into force. It’s provisional because should even one of the 28 EU member states refuse to ratify it—the deal could collapse. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Over 200,000 European Citizens Demand Soil Action

September 18, 2017 ARC

Over 200,000 European Citizens have signed an ECI petition calling on the EU to protect its soil. What does this mean, and what might happen next? […]

Latest from EU Member States

A Different Path to the Land – Cheese Makers in Brittany

September 17, 2017 ARC

How can we get young people back onto the land, into rural areas and contributing to local culture and the local economy? There are many routes. Here’s one approach a couple who make cheese have taken in Brittany. […]

Nos campagnes en résilience

Être fromager en Bretagne, ou retourner à « l’aliment-terre »

September 17, 2017 ARC

Comment faire pour que des jeunes retournent à la terre et dans les campagnes ? Comment les associer à la culture locale et à l’économie locale ? Il existe de nombreux moyens. Voici une approche que quelques-uns ont adoptée en Bretagne. […]

Latest from Brussels

4 Instruments, 1 Pillar & a Move to Food – EEB on CAP

September 12, 2017 ARC

Four new policy instruments have been proposed by the EEB – the European Environmental Bureau – for a future CAP. These instruments are put forward for use in the areas of ecosystems, rural development, healthy food and sustainable farming. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Meet Paul-Gildas Dréno : stress-free organic dairy farmer

September 11, 2017 Oliver Moore

Farms have to be viable economically to survive and indeed thrive. Nevertheless, as the years pass, it’s worth thinking about how the farming life is lived. Stress, workload, debt – how do these impact on wellbeing? […]

Nos campagnes en résilience

Producteur laitier biologique pas stressé

September 11, 2017 Oliver Moore

Les exploitations agricoles doivent être économiquement viables pour survivre et même prospérer. Néanmoins, au fil des ans, il est utile de réfléchir à la façon dont la vie agricole est vécue. Stress, charge de travail, endettement : quel est l’impact sur le bien-être ? […]

Main stories

Spain’s CAP Debate Part 3 – Dissenting Voices

September 10, 2017 Marta Zygadlo

In part three of this exclusive three parter on Spain’s internal CAP debate, Marta Zygadlo puts forward the dissenting positions from Spain’s CAP consultation position. The positions of two regions – Aragon and Navarre – and NGOs including Birdlife and WWF are put forward […]

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Spain’s CAP Debate Part 2 | Finance

September 5, 2017 Marta Zygadlo

In part two of this exclusive three parter on Spain’s internal CAP debate, Marta Zygadlo delves deeper into the substance of the position adopted by Spain with regard to the European Commission’s CAP consultation, focusing here on financing. […]

Rural Resilience

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CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

ARC launches a report summarising the key aspects of the CAP Strategic Plans approval process that started a year ago. Take a look here.

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Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture

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War in Ukraine

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