A decline in the population of honey bees continues to be a source of concern in many regions of the world. It’s no surprise that with so much potentially at […]
Last century has witnessed the biggest changes agriculture has ever seen: the productivity increased enormously and high quality, nutritionally rich and safe agricultural products have been provided by farmers. Plant […]
Pollinator declines can result in loss of pollination services which would have important negative ecological and economic impacts and could significantly affect the maintenance of wild plant diversity, wider ecosystem […]
This policy recommendation paper developed with the contribution of renowned agricultural economists around Europe describes a policy approach to develop a system for the stabilization of the European agricultural markets. […]
Over the past decade, the focus of European Agriculture has shifted fundamentally, to focus on farmers providing environmental public goods and services, along with maintaining adequate and secure food supplies. […]
With the coming into force of the recently adopted European Directive 128/2009/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides it becomes a requirement for all the European Member States to find […]
The EU Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (Directive 128/2009) requires Member States to develop a legislative framework and National Action Plan (NAP) that includes the aim of reducing the potential […]