http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSun, 6 Jul 2008 21:35:36 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/barnier-eu-concessions-agriculture/article-173950?Ref=RSSThe EU has gone to "the extreme limit" of the concessions it can make to reach a deal at the World Trade Organization (WTO), argues French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier in an interview with EurActiv France.Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMTtcm:29-173950-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/food-crisis-talks-put-renewed-focus-agriculture/article-173946?Ref=RSSConcerns about skyrocketing food prices and growing pressures on land and water were the focus of a high level conference in Brussels yesterday (3 July). Most participants agreed that agricultural markets and farm output need to be improved in order to feed the planet's growing population.Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:50:00 GMTtcm:29-173946-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/czech-minister-liberal-open-flexible-cap-required/article-173924?Ref=RSSA thorough reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is necessary to allow the EU to respond more effectively to rising food prices and internal pressures, according to Ivo Hlavac, the Czech state secretary in charge of agriculture, who spoke to EurActiv France in an interview.Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-173924-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/interview-liberal-open-flexible-cap-required/article-173923?Ref=RSSA thorough reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is necessary to allow the EU to respond more effectively to rising food prices and internal pressures, according to Ivo Hlavac, the Czech state secretary in charge of agriculture, who spoke to EurActiv France in an interview.Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:55:00 GMTtcm:29-173923-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/research-help-solve-global-food-crisis/article-173588?Ref=RSSGuy Riba, the deputy director of the French national institute for agricultural research (INRA), highlights the many challenges the world will have to meet by 2050 if it wants to feed its nine-billion inhabitants without destroying its environment. He spoke to EurActiv ahead of a major conference by the French Presidency today (3 July) in Parliament.Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-173588-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/interview-research-help-solve-global-food-crisis/article-173603?Ref=RSSGuy Riba, the deputy director of the French national institute for agricultural research (INRA), highlights the many challenges the world will have to meet by 2050 if it wants to feed its nine-billion inhabitants without destroying its environment. He spoke to EurActiv ahead of a major conference by the French Presidency today (3 July) in Parliament.Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:50:00 GMTtcm:29-173603-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/current-world-food-prices-high/article-173769?Ref=RSSCurrent high food prices are being caused by several complex factors, including high energy prices and poor harvests, according to experts at the Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:34:52 GMTtcm:29-173769-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/farm-ministers-back-ban-toxic-pesticides/article-173592?Ref=RSSThe Council's political agreement bans the marketing and use of substances proven to be carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction amid claims from manufacturers that the new rules will drive up food prices even further.Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-173592-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/ethics-agricultural-technologies-scrutiny/article-173550?Ref=RSSResponding to Commission President José Manuel Barroso's request, the EU executive's ethical advisory body will issue an opinion on modern agricultural technologies by the end of 2008. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMTtcm:29-173550-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/pesticides-row-heats-ahead-key-ministers-meeting/article-173367?Ref=RSSAs EU agriculture ministers prepare to debate the controversial file next week, Greenpeace has published a 'black list' of companies that manufacture and market "particularly dangerous pesticides" which the group believes should be banned. But pesticides manufacturers slammed the move as a 'PR stunt'. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:30:00 GMTtcm:29-173367-16