EU weighs proposals to break GMO deadlock

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Plans to let national governments decide whether to allow genetically modified (GM) crop cultivation on their land could unblock a paralysis in EU GMO approvals, but risk igniting internal market disputes.

EU continues search for biofuel 'green' criteria

Defining sustainability criteria for biofuels will be one of the first dossiers on the table of the newly appointed environment and energy commissioners, as persistent disagreements continue to divide the EU executive.

Lawmakers join forces to waterproof EU policies

A newly-established Water Intergroup in the European Parliament has started to help MEPs consider EU water policies more horizontally, as the European Commission prepares to put its water strategies in line with climate and resource-efficiency policies.

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Global food prices and CAP reform

The debate on the EU's future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is taking place in the aftermath of spectacular world food price increases in 2007-...

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Europe and global food security

As the world's population approaches ten billion, issues like climate change, growing scarcity of oil and availability of quality land and water...

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Agriculture: In brief

EurActiv presents an overview of the main developments regarding the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): its current priorities, major milestones...

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Challenges and responsibilities in feeding tomorrow’s world Phil Newton, European Crop Protection Association
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