Agriculture
If Brussels wants to reduce fertilisers and pesticides
Tuesday 27 April 2021 |
Cédric Vallet | Alternatives Economiques
With its "farm to table" strategy, the European Commission aims to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilisers and at the same time increase organic production by 2030. But how?
Will organic food feed the Europeans?
Tuesday 10 December 2019 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
Organic food consumption has increased by more than 80% in seven years. To meet the demand, European countries are devoting more land to organic farming. What environmental impact does it have?
Free trade as a scapesheep
in depth
Wednesday 20 March 2019 |
Valentina Vivona | OBC Transeuropa
Romania has emerged as one of the targets of dairy farmers' protests in Sardinia. But the figures show that Romanian exports are not to blame for the sheep milk crisis.
OECD and FAO Agricultural Outlook
Monday 16 December 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques Ten years after the soaring food prices of 2007, what is the state of world agricultural markets?
The French pesticides buyers club
Saturday 06 July 2019 |
VoxEurop Mediapart dug into newly released data from the French Agency for Biodiversity to understand where pesticides end up in France at a local level.
Estimates of agricultural support
Tuesday 20 August 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques How are agricultural policies evolving in Europe?
Marine protected areas (Protected Planet)
Monday 02 September 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques The oceans occupy more than 70% of the Earth's surface and abound in extremely diverse ecosystems. The Protected Planet website covers more than 15,000 marine protected areas around the world.
Animal production in Europe (Eurostat)
Thursday 11 July 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques How has animal production in Europe evolved over the past several decades?
Droughts in Europe (Copernicus)
Tuesday 27 August 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa The European Drought Observatory gathers and publishes data and maps on past, current and forecasted drought phenomena in Europe.
Italy says no to the largest protected area in the Mediterranean
in depth
Monday 04 November 2019 |
Stefano Valentino | VoxEurop
MobileReporter
A ban on trawling in reproduction areas brings fish stocks back to healthy levels. However, the Italian government is holding back impact assessments, forcing the European Commission to remove restrictions in the Strait of Otranto from the current Mediterranean plan.
