Dacian Cioloș Member of the European Commission Responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development For an active policy at EU level to support young farmers Conference “Sowing the Seeds to Harvest in Future: Supporting Young People into Farming” organised by the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) Brussels, 12 April 2012
Commission refers decision […]
In preparation of the Commission’s expected proposal for a new seed marketing legislation on June 7th, MEP Sarah Wiener and MEP Martin Häusling called a conference to discuss what is a just transition to agroecology. The conference, moderated by ARC2020 President Hannes Lorenzen, brought together farmers, MEPs, NGO members and Commission representatives. New information about the next form of seed legislation, some secondary space for agroecology, and key GMO concerns emerged. […]
A preliminary agreement has been reached after 20 months of trilogue negotiations between EU Commission, Council of Ministers and European Parliament for a new organic regulation. The main outstanding issues, which delayed agreement for so long have either been settled or deferred. Here’s what this means. […]
Agricultural and Rural Convention
