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IFOAM EU | Placing Sustainability Assessment at the Core of CAP Funding

May 1, 2018 Helene Schulze

IFOAM EU and FiBL claim that their CAP plan is “a more effective and cost-efficient” as it will integrate “sustainability assessment in the design, targeting and monitoring of policies and in payment allocation.” And this more targeted, clear, performance-orientated CAP will be accepted by “both farmers and citizens.” […]

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What will the next Organic Regulation look like?

November 4, 2013 ARC

The European Commission is in the middle of developing a new Organic Regulation. What’s the process, and what does the organic movement think? […]

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Where does the CAP reform leave organic agriculture?

July 25, 2013 Oliver Moore

With much of the reform completed, we find out what 2014 – 2020 will bring for organic farming […]

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Training Days in Ireland

April 2, 2013 ARC

Sustainable Rural Development […]

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IFOAM calls for strong 2nd pillar and Greening

February 7, 2013 ARC

PR ahead of EU Council […]

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No more blank cheques for agriculture!

November 22, 2012 ARC

Joint commentary by ARC2020, BirdLife, EEB, Friends of the Earth Europe, IFOAM EU Group and WWF. […]

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10 examples of success

November 16, 2012 ARC

ARC2020 innovation brochure […]

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Reactions to Council and Parliament meetings

June 19, 2012 ARC

Press releases begin […]

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EU leaders need to put environmental leadership into effect

June 12, 2012 ARC

Press Release 11th June […]

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Organic farming must be at the heart of CAP reform

April 17, 2012 ARC

IFOAM EU Group Press Release […]

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Smart change towards a sustainable CAP

April 17, 2012 ARC

6th European Organic Congress taking place today in Copenhagen. Follow updates here. […]

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Interview: Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU Group President

April 2, 2012 ARC

As the European Organic Congress fast approaches, ARC2020 talks to one of the key organisers […]

Rural Resilience

Co-constructing proposals rooted in actions on the ground: Visit the project page.

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

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.

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    March 17, 2023
  • A primer – New Genomic Techniques and Sustainability
    March 15, 2023
  • Post-Brexit Farm Policy – Outlook Across Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
    March 9, 2023
  • Feeding Ourselves 2023 – Another Rural is Possible!
    March 6, 2023
  • Excerpt | Arche Noah report on EU Seed Marketing Reform
    March 3, 2023
  • France | Pesticides, PDOs & Plenty of Spin at Salon de l’Agriculture 2023
    March 1, 2023
  • “CAP is an Aberration in terms of Climate & Environmental Impact of Ag”
    February 27, 2023
  • German CAP Strategic Plan: Bold Changes Required
    February 27, 2023
  • Regional Carbon Farming? An Italian Example
    February 23, 2023
  • Post-Brexit Farm Policy – Where Do England’s Smallholdings and Horticulture Sector Stand?
    February 22, 2023
  • Seed Marketing Reform – Commission hints at Faustian Hybrid
    February 15, 2023
  • Busy in Brussels: Carbon Farming, SUR reform and New GMOs
    February 9, 2023
  • New ARC Report | Carbon Farming – Stakes, Issues and Alternatives
    February 7, 2023
  • Meet the Movement Linking Civil Society with Philanthropy for Food System Transformation
    February 2, 2023
  • Czech CAP Strategic Plan – Redistributive Payments and the Counter-Productive Tension Between Small and Big
    February 2, 2023
  • Is the EU Positive about Reaching Carbon Negative? New ARC report shows more work needed
    January 30, 2023
  • Brexit Bites – Farming in Britain after CAP
    January 27, 2023
  • Responsible Digital Agroecology – from Farm to Fork
    January 25, 2023
  • Protest, Pesticides and the Parliament – European news round up
    January 23, 2023
  • Oxford Real Farming Conference 2023 | Agroecology Movement Gathers for Hope and Action
    January 22, 2023
  • soup and talk meeting about agri-food Berlin
    Five Talks to Catch at Soup & Talk 2023 – this Saturday 21st January
    January 18, 2023
  • A-ction, R-esilience, C-ritical Mass – Hannes Lorenzen’s Letter to 2023
    January 17, 2023
  • The Swedes Enter The Room: What’s on their EU Presidency Agri Programme
    January 12, 2023
  • “Faster than NASA” – How a Community Broadband Outfit Turbo-Charged Northern England’s Countryside
    January 10, 2023
  • Oxford Real Farming Conference 2023 | Sixteen Must-See Sessions
    January 4, 2023
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