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Has Scientific Publisher Caved in to Biotech Industry?
Objectivity under scrutiny after questionable appointment to Scientific Journal. […]
Objectivity under scrutiny after questionable appointment to Scientific Journal. […]
Combined with a new EU regulation, growing Polish export of poultry is causing fear in the UK. […]
Polish government’s controversial decision to shift 25% from Pillar 2 (including RDP) to Pillar 1 of the CAP, forgetting about rural development priorities. […]
As of today you can vote for Syngenta, Bayer and BASF, the “bee-killers”. […]
(Brussels, 22/11/2013) BEGINS The European Parliament held its final vote on Wednesday 20th November on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In voting as it did, Parliament has it intensified the failure to deliver what was supposed to be a fairer, simpler and greener agriculture policy for Europe. ”Business as usual has prevailed at 90%” said Benedikt Haerlin of NGO platform ARC2020.EU and Meine Landwirtschaft. “Unfortunately the role of the European Parliament had been to substantially cut back on the initial progress towards sustainability proposed by the European Commission. From 2014 to 2020 we will see at least as many farms being closed down within the European Union, organic farming will suffer financially, biodiversity will suffer even more and the role of the European Union in the world will continue to be a resource-sucker at the expense of the global poor and the environment.” Importantly, all amendments, some of which could have improved the proposals, were dropped and not voted on. This democratically questionable move occurred due to a change in the voting order of the overall EU budget […]
The EP’s final vote on the CAP intensified the failure to deliver a fairer, simpler and greener agriculture policy for Europe. […]
For their feature on factory farming, the magazine interviewed Meine Landwirtschaft spokesperson […]
After a week of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Friends of the Earth states some key concerns […]
With UK nations having more autonomy than ever before, what is in the DEFRA consultation for England? […]
Is the government in Greece moving ahead with CAP reform without consulting anyone? […]
Dear friends and supporters,Shirin and Oliver here. We’re nicely settled in now into our roles, and really enjoying the challenge of keeping everyone up to date on European farming and food policy issues. The Arc2020 website is, hopefully, a little easier to use and more useful for you. We’ve added big buttons which feature our CAP and Rural Development Toolkit, agricultural campaigns across Europe, and our 2000m² project, as well as a live twitter feed. Why not pop over and have a fresh look? We look forward to hearing what you think. There’s a lot going on in agri-food politics and policy right now. Member States have been having consultations on the CAP reform process, which means they are closer to making important decisions that will effect farming, food and the environment across Europe. We’ll keep updating our toolkit and site as more information comes to hand: seehere for the latest from Spain, here for the latest from Germany, and see also what’s happening in Scotland and Ireland. The whole area of land grab to the east of the Continent has been a very hot topic on ARC2020 in recent […]
The UK all-farm average business income is GBP 47000 for the year 2012-13, according to official figures released by DEFRA. However the ministry figure includes an average of GBP 25000 for Single Payment Scheme (SPS) money, which is not directly generated on any farm. So an adjusted headline figure for earnings from farming would be GBP 22000 between those working the farm: less than the average weekly earnings for an employee in a food factory (source: National Office for Statistics). DEFRA attributes the slide to a poor growing season and difficult conditions for cropping and livestock sectors alike. Higher feed costs were blamed for a 50% fall in lowland grazing incomes (average GBP 16500), while their upland counterparts in Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) suffered a 35% drop in earnings (average GBP 19500). DEFRA concedes that both categories of farming activity lost money saying they: “…failed to make a positive return from agriculture…” Yet the ministry insists on blaming the lower exchange rate for reduced CAP receipts, as if these were a direct product of farming. […]
Will the Investor State Dispute Resolution aspect of the TTIP talks make it easier for Corporations to Sue Democratically Elected Governments? […]
Did you know it is possible to be a small scale gardener before breakfast and a destroyer of small scale production in work? Meet Traian Basescu. […]
How have the European Union’s newest members protected its land? Have land moratoriums worked? […]
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