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European Court Rules Gene Editing to be Subject to GMO Regulation
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) passed a ruling deeming organisms acquired by gene editing are subject to the same regulations as other GMOs. […]
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Letter From The Farm | Welcome to Trento
New farmer Chiara Garini, fresh from learning about gastronomy and agroecology at the academic level, is trying to put some of her ideas into practice on a farm in Italy. Here she introduces her background, her studies, and the land she’s working on. Already, she has faced challenges and had to make decisions. […]
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CAP in Bulgaria Part 2 | BirdLife’s Reform Model – good for farmer’s income and the environment
Magdalene Trapp and Sebastian Lakner simulated the potential effects of a CAP reform more oriented towards environment and biodiversity, in Bulgaria. They tested six scenarios on eight farm types, and analysed the income impact for farmers. So what did they find? […]
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CAP in Bulgaria part 1 | coupling a key driver in poor environmental performance
Magdalene Trapp and Sebastian Lakner took an in-depth look into the agricultural sector, the environment and CAP implementation in Bulgaria. Farmers, experts and stakeholders were interviewed in March 2018, to get insights into the specific developments of Bulgarian agriculture. […]
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Future of CAP – is the Commission ambitious or backsliding?
Here we round up some recent perspectives on the Commission’s CAP proposal. This includes a summary of the 18 months of work that went into the document(s), concern over capping backsliding, a briefing on conditionality, which member states want to keep the cash as it was, and an Urgenci (CSA) and Birdlife perspective. […]
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#SoilMatters part 7 | Soil, Farming and Society: support mechanisms for the necessary transition
Stuart Meikle focuses on three main areas: society, farming and transitioning – all to soil-focused farming. The transition section includes seven suggestions for new farm support mechanisms. These suggestions focus on both payments and practices. […]
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MFF | Initial Analysis of CAP Impact
So how fairly will the cash be distributed, if the Commission’s proposals on the MFF come to fruition? And what’s happening to agri-environmental measures? And the eviscerated Pillar 2? An initial analysis. […]
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Do we Need an EU Protein Strategy? And do we Need Weekends?
Last week the European Parliament called for an EU protein strategy to reduce dependency on protein imports. What would such a strategy look like? What are the implications? Alan Matthews tweeted about it. Lots of people joined in. Oh – and what’s a boondoggle? […]
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More Coherence between CAP and European Food Policy Needed
Joost de Jong of the Dutch Transition Coalition of Food Systems argues that European food and farming policy need to be more closely integrated. Part 1. […]
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CAP | Greens Argue for Sustainable Farm Income and an Agro-Ecological Land Use
The Greens EFA group in the European Parliament launched their policy paper n CAP at an event on the 12th April. Land use, crop rotations and fair incomes were the main focus areas of the day long. Harriet Clayton has more. […]
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Democratising AgTech? Agriculture and the Digital Commons | Part 2
In Part 2, Gabriel Ash examines whether Free/ Open Source Software (FOSS) can really counter the commodification of agricultural knowledge. […]
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CAP Greening Measures Ineffective ECA Report Finds
Greening measures found to be ineffective in enhancing the CAPs environmental performance, a report by the European Court of Auditors finds. As well as critique of the current greening measures, the ECA report provided a set of recommendations to improve environmental performance in the upcoming CAP reform. […]
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Does the European Union Need More Milk?
What are the implications – on the farm, in the region, the EU and globally – of the ever-increasing production milk production in the EU? Stuart Miekle explores. […]
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European Commission: Retreating from Science-Based Regulation?
In the USA, there has been a well-documented war on science, allowing product developers to determine the safety of their own new products in nanotechnology and genetic engineering. Recently, the EU has followed suit, despite the obvious implications and conflicts-of-interest.
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