About: agricultural policy

EU and GMOs: The case for a knowledge-based society
Albert Einstein said, “It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.” A persistent prejudice in the EU is that against GMOs. An EU court judgment has restated that fears are unfounded, but will Europe take the opportunity to become a science-based society, ask Roberto Defez and Dennis Eriksson.
A new and better food supply chain for a new and better EU
Measures have been tried and tested within the EU in an attempt to solve the woes currently affecting the bloc’s agricultural sector: to little success, writes José Manuel Roche Ramo.
Europeans deserve a better agricultural and food policy
Organic research and exchange of good practices must empower farmers to move towards resilient farming systems, write Bart Staes, José Bové and Martin Häusling.
How Ukraine’s chicken king could benefit from EU largesse
Future European investment in Ukraine’s booming agricultural sector are set to be conditioned to reforms and a crackdown on graft. But those reforms may result in the wholesale suspension of regulation in the agricultural sector and land grabbing, writes Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath![Strive Masiyiwa [Project Syndicate]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/strive-masiyiwa-africa_progress_panel_credit-projectsyndicate.jpeg)
Africa’s Farms of the Future
African agriculture is a sleeping giant: the odds are against Africa's farmers, but the potential for economic growth is huge. It's time to wake up the giant with action on policy, investment and technology, writes Strive Masiyiwa.