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Latest from EU Member States

Food losses and waste on the FAO agenda in Bucharest

April 25, 2014 ARC

The FAO European Regional Conference gave a perfect opportunity for debate as the major topic was “Food losses and waste in Europe and Central Asia”. […]

Latest from Brussels

Organic vs. Conventional agriculture – where’s the profit?

April 23, 2014 ARC

A recent study published by the European Commission puts the two models into perspective. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Ukraine’s land struggle with Russia

March 20, 2014 ARC

If somehow 1 out of 3 agro-ecological zones would be removed from Ukraine’s possession, it would cause enormous consequences for farmers. […]

Latest from EU Member States

How Romania uses and abuses its poor in the name of ‘greening’

March 3, 2014 Luke Dale Harris

Guest post by Luke-Dale Harris : in Romania the main stronghold of sustainable agriculture is ironically held up by the least sustainable of sources. […]

Latest from EU Member States

TTIP = Bad Deal for Romania

February 5, 2014 Attila Szocs

The threats the secretive EU-U.S. Free Trade negotiations pose to Romanian peasants and farmers. […]

Latest from Brussels

Lithuanian Presidency secures agreement on food and animal feed

January 3, 2014 Marek Kryda

What’s involved in the ‘Healthier Animals and Plants for a Safer Food Chain Package’? […]

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Polish Agriculture Minister questions benefits of TTIP

December 6, 2013 Marek Kryda

Polish Agriculture Minister Stanislaw Kalemba raises concerns over TTIP on agricultural model grounds […]

Latest from EU Member States

Climate conference ends with UN admission of failure

November 26, 2013 Marek Kryda

Many NGOs walked out of the conference, accusing governments “giving in, to the interests of the dirty energy lobby”. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Basescu – morning gardener, daytime agri-industrialist

October 30, 2013 Attila Szocs

Did you know it is possible to be a small scale gardener before breakfast and a destroyer of small scale production in work? Meet Traian Basescu. […]

Latest from the ARC network

EU budget summit: BÖLW criticises Merkel’s position on the agricultural budget sharply [GER]

February 7, 2013 ARC

German PR from BÖLW regarding A. Merkel’s position on agriculture budget […]

Latest from EU Member States

Greek Ministry: Organic Farming is our priority

December 20, 2012 Myrto Pispini

Economic crisis in Greece continues to see revival of rural areas and rediscovery of tradition […]

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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.

This Month’s Articles

Missed an article of ours? Or would like to read it again? Find all our articles from this month here. Or browse through our chronological archive that stores all articles here.

Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture

Connecting farmers, advisors, policies, nature conservationists, and critical thoughts around the trajectories of digitalisation. Get involved!

War in Ukraine

While the situation is still a changing one, the war in Ukraine is already destabilising food security in Europe. Find all articles here.

ARC2020 Newsletter

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Rural Europe Takes Action

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