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Latest from Brussels

Delegated Acts End Game Threatens Greening

April 1, 2014 ARC

In a regressive move indications are that weighting may be increased for protein crops. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Poland Short Changes its Organic Farmers

March 26, 2014 ARC

Organic farming and agri-environmental schemes will not grow under current Rural Development plans . […]

Latest from Brussels

Dossier on European Innovation Partnership

February 18, 2014 ARC

Here’s how to make organic farming and agroecology work better in your region or country […]

Latest from EU Member States

Ireland to fund 46% of Rural Development Programme

December 27, 2013 Oliver Moore

Ireland edges closer to finalising its funding plans for its RDP […]

Latest from EU Member States

Romania Plans to Spend E8.15 billion on Rural Development

December 19, 2013 Attila Szocs

What is Romania planning to spend its Rural Development money on, and what sort of effect will this have on its countryside and environment? […]

Latest from key partners

Crucial document on European Innovation Partnership launched

October 21, 2013 ARC

The EIP – European Innovation Programme – offers significant potential for citizens and agri-environment. What’s in it? […]

Latest from EU Member States

Royal lobby for the Romanian family farm

October 15, 2013 Attila Szocs

Saving the Romanian countryside or meddling in another country’s affairs? Prince Charles generates highland subprogramme for Romania […]

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UK rural broadband 2017 fiasco

October 9, 2013 Peter Crosskey

UK government’s rural broadband investment programme slammed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) […]

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Romanian reactions on the CAP deal

October 2, 2013 ARC

Mixed feelings emerge, as the new Common Agricultural Policy waits for its final vote. […]

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Parliament CAP vote defies citizens, environment

October 1, 2013 ARC

Parliament rubber stamps legislation bad for citizens, rural areas and the environment, but battle continues. […]

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A Perspective from Scotland on CAP reform

September 30, 2013 Peter Crosskey

How was the reaction in Scotland to the recent CAP reform triloge and parliament vote? […]

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Informal agreement in Vilnius, formerly overlooked

September 17, 2013 Peter Crosskey

Farm ministers met informally in Lithuania and agreed on all sorts of things, even if the adopted policies run counter to these observations […]

Latest from EU Member States

Austrian company drafts Romania’s rural development

August 27, 2013 ARC

Austrian GBI Consulting to put place the country’s National Rural Development Program (NRDP) […]

Latest from EU Member States

Occupying banks and blocking land grabbers

June 13, 2013 ARC

The finance behind land grabbing in Europe: who is funding who? […]

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Westminster holds back Scottish farming

June 9, 2013 Peter Crosskey

MEP Alyn Smith […]

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  • Letter From The Farm | Watching, Waiting and Knowing When To Help
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  • Letter From The Farm | Learning from a Campesino Family in Cuba
    July 8, 2022
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    July 7, 2022
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    July 7, 2022
  • Rain-Czech for the Environment | Spectacularly Unambitious 6 Month Presidency announced
    July 6, 2022
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  • Nitrogen – Just Fix it! CAP’s Nature & Rotation Rules Under Threat
    July 4, 2022
  • Food Security versus Sustainability in Europe during the war in Ukraine
    June 30, 2022
  • Commission Adopts Regulation to Half Pesticide Use by 2030 – But More Work Needed
    June 24, 2022
  • Nature Restoration Law: A Chance for the EU to Make Good on the Green Deal 
    June 22, 2022
  • Where’s the Impact? The Commission’s Rural Pact Conference
    June 21, 2022
  • CAP Plans in Negotiations: What is the Substance?
    June 20, 2022
  • Op-Ed | Europe Eats the World
    June 18, 2022
  • Denmark | Re-Scaling the Rural
    June 16, 2022
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