Briefings
April 21, 2016
This reflection paper aims to investigate to what extent risk management tools offered within the current rural development policy can encourage farmers to combine economic and environmental sustainab...
May 1, 2015
We are worried about the health and environmental consequences of the outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa in the Apulia region. The European Commission implementing decision to prevent the spread of Xylel...
October 1, 2014
The roadmap, as a regulatory tool, outlines the options considered by the COM to establish the criteria for the definition of EDCs in the context of ‘putting into force’ the Plant Protection Product R...
September 1, 2014
The polling question is: “Are you in favor of the implementation of the following amendment to the articles of the Township of Mals? The precautionary principle with the objective to protect public he...
March 28, 2014
Is it the mission of European food policy to realise maximum profit for big multinational companies or to provide healthy food and environment for people? If you look at the trade negotiations be...
March 1, 2014
The EU debate on sustainable production and consumption is often focused on taxation, labelling and environment information, green procurement, and recently more and more about waste. However, the ent...
December 1, 2013
In May 2013, the European Commission published a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain and, as part of that, a proposal for the...
June 1, 2013
1. Pesticides Sales is a big business (www.gmwatch.org):The top 10 companies control 89% of the global agrochemical market. The world's six largest agrochemical manufacturers, who control nearly 75% o...
May 25, 2013
By the early 1990’s, it was established that the traditional toxicological testing protocols used to determine chemical safety had completely missed vast numbers of chemicals that penetrate the womb a...
May 1, 2013
Whoever skilled agronomist you speak to will tell you that crop rotation (1) is one of the most important agricultural practices, existing for thousands of years, and often used in organic farming but...