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Single-crop farming leaves wildlife with no room to turn

January 4, 2017 ARC

International research shows that monocultures can be bad for the environment and production through effects on soil quality, erosion, plants and animals, and ultimately declining crop yields. […]

How “open source” seed producers are changing global food production

January 3, 2017 ARC

Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds available for other breeders to use. […]

#AfterCAP | What Does The Public Pay For?

December 11, 2016 ARC

Tom Lancaster, Senior Agriculture Policy Officer at the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) assesses the uncertain terrain of the UK, farm subsidies and public goods post Brexit. In doing so, some interesting considerations emerge for the EU too. […]

CAP Communication Complete by Dec 2017?

December 8, 2016 ARC

The European Commission intends to adopt – before the end of 2017 – a Communication on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made this announcment to 400 delegates at the Agriculture Outlook event in Brussels on Tuesday. […]

Good Food Policies – Time to Get Involved

December 5, 2016 ARC

We have to do food better, to create a food system that isn’t feeding half the world so badly they are either undernourished or overweight, that isn’t emitting around 25% of greenhouse gases, that isn’t wasting 30% of what it produces, and that isn’t treating its millions of workers and animals like dirt. […]

UN FAO Agroecology Symposium 24-25th Nov – details

November 24, 2016 ARC

A major United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) agroecology symposium “Regional Symposium on Agroecology for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in Europe and Central Asia” featured ARC2020’s Coordinator Samuel Feret will speak on the Friday. […]

Hans Herren calls for a Radical Transformation of Agriculture

October 31, 2016 ARC

We need a radical transformation of agriculture and industrial food systems to deal with future challenges, says Hans Herren, In an interview published in the Foundation on Future Farming’s new brochure “Agriculture at a Crossroads”, he takes stock of the IAASTD’s impact and looks at the current debate on food and farming systems. […]

Breaking: CETA Court may be subject to EU Court Test

October 27, 2016 ARC

In what is a fast moving a still fluid situation, it appears the Walloon administration in Belgium may have made CETA signing conditional on a significant change – the international court element to the treaty may now, it appears, be subject to European Court scrutiny. […]

Ecological Focus Areas 2016: Low Impact in Lower Saxony

October 19, 2016 ARC

New data from Lower Saxony on the registration of ecological focus area (EFA) for 2016 are published. The data shows almost no changes: The EFA is still an expensive measure for taxpayers with little positive impact on biodiversity. Sebastian Lanker gives ARC2020 this exclusive on the topic. […]

Irish Upper House Rejects CETA – what does this mean?

October 12, 2016 ARC

Barry Finnegan of ATTAC Ireland explains how Ireland’s upper house voted – by a single ballot – against CETA last week. He also points to the wider implications of this (albeit) non-binding vote – the first of its kind in an EU member state parliament. […]

Janez Potočnik | the case for Sustainable Food Systems

October 4, 2016 ARC

A highlight of Cork2 was the sobering presentation of Janez Potočnik of The Rural Investment Support for Europe (RISE) Foundation. he is also Co-Chair of UN International Resource Panel, Former European Commissioner for Environment, and previously of Research. […]

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