Agriculture
Without EU quotas, sugar sector struggles with low prices
in depth
Saturday 29 September 2018 |
Peter Teffer | EUobserver
VoxEurop
The outlook for the European sugar sector is not good at the moment, according to the director-general of the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS).
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.
Atlas of the Common Agricultural Policy
Wednesday 27 February 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques "Our agriculture is changing and with it are social models and the environment: it is to address all these issues that we have decided to publish this Atlas".
Ecologists ask for less trawling and restricted areas to stop fish massacre
Thursday 13 June 2019 |
Stefano Valentino | VoxEurop
MobileReporter
At the Marrakesh Summit held on June 11-12, coastal countries confirmed their commitment to combat overfishing in the Mediterranean, the most overexploited sea in the world. However, scientists argue that total bans in the most vulnerable areas are required.
1.6 million farmers receive almost 85 percent of the EU's agricultural subsidies
Friday 24 May 2019 |
EUfactcheck A large part of the EU's budget is devoted to supporting agriculture. Yet farmers receive a given amount per hectare – so large farms receive way more money than the small ones, to the extent that 25 percent of all EU farmers receive only 1.3 percent of the available funds.
Agriculture: an ever less common policy
Tuesday 30 April 2019 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
The Commission has proposed to allocate 365 billion euro to agriculture in 27 member states, or 28.5 percent of the EU budget – an historically low contribution.
The EU’s risky move on (un)sustainable fisheries
in depth
Friday 12 April 2019 |
Stefano Valentino | VoxEurop
MobileReporter
Pressures on the EU from industrial fishery lobbies to maintain business as usual in the Western Mediterranean may put both fish stocks and small fishermen’s livelihoods at risk, while also undermining the economic sustainability of the industry itself, as we reveal in a three-part investigation.
Fewer antibiotics in European livestock farming
in depth
Wednesday 27 March 2019 |
Antoine Vergely | VoxEurop
The improper use of antibiotics for animals contributes to the emergence of resistant bacteria. While their use in the EU is declining, this phenomenon remains a threat to human health.
An ever less fertile Europe
in depth
Wednesday 30 January 2019 |
Marta Gatti | OBC Transeuropa
Soil has a sensitive and crucial role to play, but is increasingly under threat: besides erosion and pollution, artificial covering is on the rise in many areas of Europe. There is still a chance, however, to reduce land take.
Eastern Europe: poverty and the countryside
Tuesday 16 October 2018 |
Davide Sighele | OBC Transeuropa
In contrast with other parts of the continent, life in rural areas in Eastern Europe is synonymous with poverty. The problem should be tackled during the current debate on the reform of the common agricultural policy, with particular emphasis on young people.
